Lets assume UD and another A10 team left for the AAC. Lets say its VCU.
As the AAC is currently constructed I think its a no brainer for UD to go to if invited. The top of the AAC is better and the bottom has way more upside than the bottom of the A10. BG may not get USF to the tourney much, but theres no way he doesn't recruit enough athletes to make them competitive.
The AAC gives us a massively upgraded conference schedule at a time when non-con scheduling is getting tougher. UConn, UC, Memphis, SMU, Wichita St,
Temple...all teams we'd love to schedule H/H with in the non-con and cant.
There would be some risk involved in a jump to the AAC. The biggest and probably most immediate would be UCONN and UC leaving. In that scenario the AAC + VCU would still be still be better than the A10 minus VCU - top roughly equivalent and still a better bottom.
There is risk involved in staying in the A10 too. What if VCU and
SLU jump to the AAC? We'd be left with an equivalent of the Colonial. Not terrible, also not where we want to be.
Competing with football money...we're doing that already every time we recruit a guy with P5 offers.
