Ramdog
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I realize that VA Tech had more options available to them since our days in the Metro Conference. However, if they hadn’t taken an aggressive approach, moving a couple of times, perhaps they would not be in the ACC today.
Tech was all about D1 Football...totally...their basketball was meaningless in the scheme of things...of course now that they are in the ACC they benefit form all that is the ACC...kids want to play in the league, fans want to watch it, and TV wants to show it...move just about any good team ,including the upper level CAA teams, into that league and give them a couple years and they would compete as well. A rising tide lifts all boats.
The A10 has some very good basketball teams that would be fun to play home & home and could help elevate our profile but there are pitfalls as well.
UR has not exactly set the world on fire in basketball and the rest of the programs have suffered (sans football, which is a CAA sport). heck our baseball team has beaten them 10 straight times and we are going through one of worst down cycles in decades.
I would love to elevate our conference profile. But It will have to be in a new alignment of teams
And for the love of god...stop making me defend the CAA
No one (and some of you guys were around) railed against our move from the Metro to the CAA more than I