[quote=“ninersfan99, post:1517, topic:23766”][quote=“itsbraille49, post:1511, topic:23766”]Absolutely, Charlotte’s days in the A10 are clearly numbered.
How long was the A10 invitation on the table before we accepted? The Sun Belt invite has been out for nearly two weeks, if we were going that direction would we have already accepted?
I’m confident The Alliance is our destiny, the AD must be as well not to have accepted SBC invite yet.[/quote]
The shitty thing is if we’d just have WON playing in the A-10 we would of had plenty of TV games and easy entry into the NCAA’s. Hard to say with the teams in the alliance that will be the case. But, it seems nobody cares about the A10 teams down here win or lose.[/quote]
Winning would have only guaranteed us TV games in the postseason. We might have had some money to put some of the games on local TV, but with the crappy A10 TV contract we wouldn’t have been on TV any more than we have been under that contract. Xavier and Temple have their on TV deals in addition to the CBS contract games, which is why they are on more. ESPN has only had them on a few times (2-3), even with X being a regular in the Sweet 16 the last 5 seasons.
[quote=“X-49er, post:1521, topic:23766”][quote=“ninersfan99, post:1517, topic:23766”][quote=“itsbraille49, post:1511, topic:23766”]Absolutely, Charlotte’s days in the A10 are clearly numbered.
How long was the A10 invitation on the table before we accepted? The Sun Belt invite has been out for nearly two weeks, if we were going that direction would we have already accepted?
I’m confident The Alliance is our destiny, the AD must be as well not to have accepted SBC invite yet.[/quote]
The shitty thing is if we’d just have WON playing in the A-10 we would of had plenty of TV games and easy entry into the NCAA’s. Hard to say with the teams in the alliance that will be the case. But, it seems nobody cares about the A10 teams down here win or lose.[/quote]
Winning would have only guaranteed us TV games in the postseason. We might have had some money to put some of the games on local TV, but with the crappy A10 TV contract we wouldn’t have been on TV any more than we have been under that contract. Xavier and Temple have their on TV deals in addition to the CBS contract games, which is why they are on more. ESPN has only had them on a few times (2-3), even with X being a regular in the Sweet 16 the last 5 seasons.[/quote]
The A10 is right there with ACC, etc. All we would have to do is win and the rest would of worked itself out.
[quote=“Niner National, post:1522, topic:23766”]That article tell me that invitations have already been doled out.
I imagine we’ll start hearing of invitations to the Alliance following the NCAA tournament.[/quote]The Green Jacket Reception is April 20th. That is going to be a great event if this is announced a week or so before!
[quote=“919R, post:1524, topic:23766”][quote=“Niner National, post:1522, topic:23766”]That article tell me that invitations have already been doled out.
I imagine we’ll start hearing of invitations to the Alliance following the NCAA tournament.[/quote]
pleez, pleez, pleez…be right.[/quote]
If not we would have accepted that Sunbelt invite I would think.
The email from the Duquesne official today stating that the A10 would be upgrading soon with the addition of quality programs makes me think that VCU and GMU will be added to the conference.
What’s funny is that the A10 will legitimately be a 4-6 bid conference every year with the addition of Butler, VCU, and GMU and we might be leaving to go to a conference that will likely offer mediocre football and a lesser quality of basketball.
[quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1526, topic:23766”][quote=“919R, post:1524, topic:23766”][quote=“Niner National, post:1522, topic:23766”]That article tell me that invitations have already been doled out.
I imagine we’ll start hearing of invitations to the Alliance following the NCAA tournament.[/quote]
pleez, pleez, pleez…be right.[/quote]
If not we would have accepted that Sunbelt invite I would think.[/quote]
It doesn’t mean we still won’t accept a SunBelt invite.
[quote=“Niner National, post:1527, topic:23766”]The email from the Duquesne official today stating that the A10 would be upgrading soon with the addition of quality programs makes me think that VCU and GMU will be added to the conference.
What’s funny is that the A10 will legitimately be a 4-6 bid conference every year with the addition of Butler, VCU, and GMU and we might be leaving to go to a conference that will likely offer mediocre football and a lesser quality of basketball.[/quote]
I’d agree, A10 is stout and if they add even 2 of those teams the conference may end up better then the ACC. But it’s all for not if we can’t win in the A10. For basketball, stick with the A10 and figure out how the hell to win.
[quote=“49RFootballNow, post:1528, topic:23766”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1526, topic:23766”][quote=“919R, post:1524, topic:23766”][quote=“Niner National, post:1522, topic:23766”]That article tell me that invitations have already been doled out.
I imagine we’ll start hearing of invitations to the Alliance following the NCAA tournament.[/quote]
pleez, pleez, pleez…be right.[/quote]
If not we would have accepted that Sunbelt invite I would think.[/quote]
It doesn’t mean we still won’t accept a SunBelt invite.[/quote]
Truth - but if we didn’t feel like we have a very good legit shot at the alliance we wouldn’t leave that invite just hanging out.
[quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1531, topic:23766”][quote=“49RFootballNow, post:1528, topic:23766”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1526, topic:23766”][quote=“919R, post:1524, topic:23766”][quote=“Niner National, post:1522, topic:23766”]That article tell me that invitations have already been doled out.
I imagine we’ll start hearing of invitations to the Alliance following the NCAA tournament.[/quote]
pleez, pleez, pleez…be right.[/quote]
If not we would have accepted that Sunbelt invite I would think.[/quote]
It doesn’t mean we still won’t accept a SunBelt invite.[/quote]
Truth - but if we didn’t feel like we have a very good legit shot at the alliance we wouldn’t leave that invite just hanging out.[/quote]
We dont know for sure we even have an official SB invite at this time.
[quote=“Niner National, post:1527, topic:23766”]The email from the Duquesne official today stating that the A10 would be upgrading soon with the addition of quality programs makes me think that VCU and GMU will be added to the conference.
What’s funny is that the A10 will legitimately be a 4-6 bid conference every year with the addition of Butler, VCU, and GMU and we might be leaving to go to a conference that will likely offer mediocre football and a lesser quality of basketball.[/quote]
[quote=“919R, post:1533, topic:23766”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1531, topic:23766”][quote=“49RFootballNow, post:1528, topic:23766”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1526, topic:23766”][quote=“919R, post:1524, topic:23766”][quote=“Niner National, post:1522, topic:23766”]That article tell me that invitations have already been doled out.
I imagine we’ll start hearing of invitations to the Alliance following the NCAA tournament.[/quote]
pleez, pleez, pleez…be right.[/quote]
If not we would have accepted that Sunbelt invite I would think.[/quote]
It doesn’t mean we still won’t accept a SunBelt invite.[/quote]
Truth - but if we didn’t feel like we have a very good legit shot at the alliance we wouldn’t leave that invite just hanging out.[/quote]
We dont know for sure we even have an official SB invite at this time.[/quote]
Didn’t the SB commish say that they extended one to us? Or was that a source other than official?
[quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1535, topic:23766”][quote=“919R, post:1533, topic:23766”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1531, topic:23766”][quote=“49RFootballNow, post:1528, topic:23766”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1526, topic:23766”][quote=“919R, post:1524, topic:23766”][quote=“Niner National, post:1522, topic:23766”]That article tell me that invitations have already been doled out.
I imagine we’ll start hearing of invitations to the Alliance following the NCAA tournament.[/quote]
pleez, pleez, pleez…be right.[/quote]
If not we would have accepted that Sunbelt invite I would think.[/quote]
It doesn’t mean we still won’t accept a SunBelt invite.[/quote]
Truth - but if we didn’t feel like we have a very good legit shot at the alliance we wouldn’t leave that invite just hanging out.[/quote]
We dont know for sure we even have an official SB invite at this time.[/quote]
Didn’t the SB commish say that they extended one to us? Or was that a source other than official?[/quote]
[quote=“919R, post:1536, topic:23766”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1535, topic:23766”][quote=“919R, post:1533, topic:23766”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1531, topic:23766”][quote=“49RFootballNow, post:1528, topic:23766”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:1526, topic:23766”][quote=“919R, post:1524, topic:23766”][quote=“Niner National, post:1522, topic:23766”]That article tell me that invitations have already been doled out.
I imagine we’ll start hearing of invitations to the Alliance following the NCAA tournament.[/quote]
pleez, pleez, pleez…be right.[/quote]
If not we would have accepted that Sunbelt invite I would think.[/quote]
It doesn’t mean we still won’t accept a SunBelt invite.[/quote]
Truth - but if we didn’t feel like we have a very good legit shot at the alliance we wouldn’t leave that invite just hanging out.[/quote]
We dont know for sure we even have an official SB invite at this time.[/quote]
Didn’t the SB commish say that they extended one to us? Or was that a source other than official?[/quote]
I’m ok if the Sun Belt invite is football only. If you think the adjustment from CUSA to the A10 was bad, the adjustment from the A10 to Sun Belt will be much worse.
[quote=“919R, post:1534, topic:23766”][quote=“Niner National, post:1527, topic:23766”]The email from the Duquesne official today stating that the A10 would be upgrading soon with the addition of quality programs makes me think that VCU and GMU will be added to the conference.
What’s funny is that the A10 will legitimately be a 4-6 bid conference every year with the addition of Butler, VCU, and GMU and we might be leaving to go to a conference that will likely offer mediocre football and a lesser quality of basketball.[/quote]
2 of those 3 didnt make the tourney this season.[/quote]They were still pretty good though. Enough to elevate the rest of the conference to the point that teams like SJU, Umass and Dayton may have had a better shot at an at-large bid? Since the A10 got 4 teams in anyway, with SJU just on the outside of that, I’d think adding 3 more quality teams might’ve been enough to push the league into the 5 to 6 bid range (and possibly ahead of the ACC in overall conference rpi).