Originally Posted by Viperstick
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.
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I don't think anyone is saying this "new" conference would be as good as the Big East. But with Wichita State, Dayton, VCU, Memphis,
Temple, etc, with a few good additions (assuming UConn and UC leave), it would certainly be better than the A-10.