There is no reason for the Big East to expand unless TV tells them to for inventory. In that case I can't see any better options than Dayton and St. Louis. And if you base it on fan sport and local corporate support, it is easily Dayton. 13k a game, the arena keeps getting upgraded with new boxes and other expensive seats thanks to corporations wanting in, plus long term history... And a fan base who travels (in the A10 UD far outclassed XU in traveling to Atlantic City and Philly for the tourneys). It isn't close, really. I live in Dayton and work in Cincy... All UD all the time in Dayton during basketball season, hardly any XU stuff in Cincinnati and they are number 5 in the country right now. I'm still a firm believer that in all categories *except* on the court success (big exception) Dayton was a better choice than Xavier last go around. But the Big East got the publicity it needed with XU, so they chose well there.