For anyone who may express frustration at the fact that the A10 isn't as well positioned as we'd maybe like for multiple bids this year, just a quick reminder that the old CAA had exactly 2 teams who won 10 games this season, the lowest number of double digit winners in all of D1. That conference really is in a free-fall and I am proud to say we were able to get out while the getting was good.
I honestly think that with the make-up of that league now, maybe GW, Fordham, Lasalle, and Richmond (if they are no longer interested in focusing on A-10 level basketball with their new university president) consider moving to the CAA. I think there would be a few suitable rivalries for those teams- Fordham/ Hofstra, Lasalle/ Drexel, UR/William and Mary/JMU, GW/ Towson and it might give those schools more of an opportunity to compete and win consistently.
For us, I'd be sad to see Richmond leave the conference, but I think their long term commitment to competitive basketball is in question and they might well be better off in a league without as many other schools with resources. They could have been the third team in the CAA to win 10 games and may have competed for the NCAA bid. Honestly, their peer group is probably closer to Elon and William and Mary. We could still play them yearly, as we did for years when we were in separate conferences.
