I am one of those Ram fans of 40+ years - my take on conferences is that our first year in the A10 (2012) was the strongest conference we have been in . soon after our joining Temple, Butler, Xavier and UNC Charlotte bolted - A10 now if your take the top 7 teams is on par with the Metro , but the A10 has a few programs that should be relegated (to use a Premier league analogy) to lesser leagues like Fordham and ............
metro conference had the best team Louisville of any conference we were ever in
CAA had a few years when the conference really rocked on a national scale (probably top 6 or 7 conference) But the CAA bottom feeder teams remind me a lot of the A10 at the bottom
Sunbelt was probably the one I liked the least though some good teams like UAB with Bartow and a South Alabama , ODU , south Florida, Western Ky , Jacksonville and Ga State
A10 is great for VCU now but my Christmas wish would be for us to jettison the bottom 2 teams and become a 12 team conference