For Funsies: Conference Reallignment/Creation

[mrgeode]

if ODU had a smell, what would it be?

IF???

 

[Violet Ram]

if ODU had a smell, what would it be?

If?

 

[Violet Ram]

IF???

Lol beat me to it. Great minds such and such?

 

[rvaram]

if ODU had a smell, what would it be?

Those off brand Tahoe cigarettes, stale boxed wine and dollar tree scented candles

 

[mrgeode]

Lol beat me to it. Great minds such and such?

They smell alike

 

[Violet Ram]

Got a bit bored, so I thought I'd use kenpom to see how the remaining AAC looks compared to the A10. Since 2014:

ECU, USF = Fordham (14th)
Tulane = GWU (13th)
Temple, Tulsa = Richmond (7th)
Memphis = Davidson.(3rd)
SMU = VCU (1st)
WSU = VCU (1st) if only counting AAC seasons, and is significantly higher when adding in MVC years.

5 of the remaining 8 remaining AAC teams would be below 7th in the A10.

While it'd be nice to share a conference with Memphis, WSU and SMU, the AAC isn't a clear upgrade in my eyes, especially when you consider that SMUs and WSUs numbers are bouyed by the first half of the dataset (when SMU was led Larry Brown and WSU was in the MVC).

Edit: added A10 ranking

 

[WillWeaverRVA]

A proposed “Bigger East”:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1436423321151750152

 

[VCU Heel]

‪It would be better to split the conference east and west. ‬

 

[Mr. X]

‪It would be better to split the conference east and west. ‬

.....and if this really happened.

 

[Bluey]

if ODU had a smell, what would it be?

Swamps of jersey

 

[Violet Ram]

A proposed “Bigger East”:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1436423321151750152

That list makes no sense. Why take Dayton, Davidson, URI, or Richmond over Memphis or SMU? Loyola makes as much sense of not more then most of those teams.

 

[Mr. X]

That list makes no sense. Why take Dayton, Davidson, URI, or Richmond over Memphis or SMU? Loyola makes as much sense of not more then most of those teams.

Basketball conference. Memphis and SMU are flight risks with football.

 

[WillWeaverRVA]

Basketball conference. Memphis and SMU are flight risks with football.

This. The person who made this was going for a conference without FBS football (despite including Temple and UConn).

 

[VRam]

A proposed “Bigger East”:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1436423321151750152

Starting to look like the old ECAC.lol

 

[Violet Ram]

This. The person who made this was going for a conference without FBS football (despite including Temple and UConn).

Not sure why Memphis is a flight risk but Temple isn't, but I digress.