(03-09-2018 11:29 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  I'm of the belief that if Denver ever got its basketball **** together, there's one of your Big East members. They're already an associate member for lacrosse, and they definitely check all of the boxes academically. But, yeesh...with the exception of soccer, they bring next to nothing for the other sponsored sports.

Actually, Denver is the top non-football athletic dept. in the country for 8 of the last nine years in the Learfeld Cup. #4 in Capital One Cup in men's in 2015. Facilities are all pretty new (nothing older than 18 years). They would bring annual NCAA tourney teams in women's volleyball (top 50), top 30 men's and women's swimming, NCAA tourney calibre men's and women's tennis and golf (women are top 20), as well as men's/women's soccer (NCAA tourney almost every year, with men's final four two years ago) and men's (annually top 5)/women's lacrosse (top 20-25). And if the Big East ever decided to sponsor women's gymnastics (top 15), or men's hockey (top 5, defending national champion), or skiing (Current National Champion). Also If the Big East ever offered a Denver league spot in return for adding new sports to match league needs (e.g. softball, cross country, track, etc,) DU would certainly consider adding those sports, too.