The reality is this is an exercise in mental self stimulation. The BE has given no tangible indication it's going to expand anytime in the foreseeable future, and even less indication that UD is a desired target. The AAC expanded by one and, though there were some indications UD was in the discussion, I find it hard to believe UC would want to share the SW Ohio spotlight with the Flyers for essentially the same reason that X doesn't want UD in the BE.
UAC hit the nail on the head when he said the breakup of the BE was unique in that you had a core of schools (VU, G-town, Marquette,
SJU) with a either a strong national following, recent high level NCAA success, historical panache, or all three. They were able to attract the top flight basketball schools from the eastern half of the country to join them and they have thrived as a league. It's not as easy as saying "well, we'll just pull VCU, WSU, and some other schools and viola, we have a league at the same level as the BE." VCU does not equal Villanova;
SLU does not equal SJU. That's not to say these aren't good basketball schools and wouldn't be good to be in a conference, but we are deluding ourselves if we think creating a league from the cream of the A-10, AAC non-football, and the Missouri Valley is going to be anything close to to the BE.
As I said before, we may not want the BE to expand, because if they do they may take someone from the A-10 who is not us, and who we may wish were still in our conference (SLU/
Duq).