(02-24-2018 08:07 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-24-2018 07:45 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  BB777,

I am sorry, if ECU would have gotten their basketball program just to NIT level every year, they would have been in the Big East 20 years ago. The basketball program has been the albatross around ECU's neck. Again, I will never understand why ECU could never get basketball off the ground but that is the primary reason why ECU has been kept our of BCS and P5 conferences. That is not ESPN's fault. Currently, the current AD is what is holding ECU down, not ESPN.

Another thing Wolf, I totally understand 100% why you would be against what I'm saying. As an ACC fan, your interests and ESPN's are tied together until 2040. You have to have ESPN succeed or your conference doesn't. I'm not a conference fan like you are but I understand. Maybe if NCSU got invited to the Big 10 or Big 12 you'd see it my way a little more as those 2 aren't 100% dependent on ESPN like the ACC is. I used to follow NCSU wrestling and would love to see you guys in a real wrestling conference against real competition.

First, ECU is not a mid major baseball program. Unfortunately, the AAC is a Mid Major conference. The AAC has been very disappointing in basketball, they have yet to prove they are a major conference by performance. Basketball this year, basketball should receive a minimum of four bids with the addition of WSU. Unless there is an upset in the AAC tourney, it will be only three. I figure last year had to be a fluke in Baseball, I totally expect to see ECU march through AAC baseball like Sherman through Atlanta. BTW, hope to see you all win the series against UNC.