(01-28-2018 04:48 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(01-28-2018 02:11 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(01-28-2018 09:11 AM)zibby Wrote:  Duquesne, Fordham, La Salle and St Bonaquitter should all go to a less competitive conference.

And you've kind of hit on the whole issue in the A-10. I'd leave the Bonnies out of it though.

Duquesne hasn't been to the dance since 1977, even though they have played in a conference with multiple bids forever. Fordham has never gone to the NCAA's as an A-10 member. LaSalle did go once (and made the sweet 16). The Bonnies....the Bonnies..are actually more competitive.

I really wish that we could have switched Valpo for Duquesne, dropped Fordham for Siena or Hofstra etc. But that's not how conferences work. You can't just break conferences apart and put them back together again the way you'd like to.

Valpo plays in a HS gym and their success is still entirely on the shoulders of the now-departed Drew family. They’re the worst team in their league this year. I’d switch Duquesne and Fordham for Siena and Iona (or what about Vermont?).

Siena and Hofstra. And Niagara or Canisius for Bonnie. Or Buffalo if they ever gave up on FBS football.

Valpo was a terrible add for the Valley. I can't believe they did that with Oral Roberts, Little Rock, Oakland, UIC, Belmont, Murray State and Milwaukee available, not to mention the Dakota schools.