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  1. Well congrats on your invite to join the A-10. I was holding out hope that you guys would end up in the MVC, but I'm not exactly an emotional wreck now that SLU has decided to play East Coast ball. In the end, I hope your move the A-10 brings you success on the basketball court instead of just a financial windfall. I don't think there could be anything worse than going from a middle of the pack C-USA team, than to go to being a middle of the pack A-10 team. Teams like Louisville, Marquette, Cincy, Memphis, and to a lesser degree by name alone DePaul aren't shabby schools to finish behind. But finishing behind Fordham, LaSalle, St. Josephs,St. Bonaventure, and possibly Richmond, instead of Dayton, Xavier, Temple, or UMass would be like taking a step backwards in my opinion. I guess only time will tell if SLU made the right move "athletically" or if this was all about "financial" profitability. I just hope you guys don't end up being a nomad team like Tulsa who I believe is set to join their 3rd conference since leaving the MVC.
  2. >The MVC is a decent plan B. If SLU could bring Butler with >them and dump a couple of the patsies like Illinois State >and Northern Iowa, it would be better. Actually Illinois State and Southern Illinois are the largest schools in the MVC with enrollments of 21-22K respectively. ISU just suffered only it's 4th losing season in it's 33 years of Division 1 basketball history (two of which came at the hands of our former coach Tom Richardson in the last 4 years). While I'm not crazy about some of the MVC teams (Evansville, Drake, Northern Iowa) I'm all for improving the conference with SLU, but the commish Doug E. has stated that he's not going to just add one team. The wonderful people at Western Kentucky want in, but they will only get added if SLU joins. Thus if there is no interest by SLU, then the MVC stands pat. On another note, Is there any chance SLU remains in C-USA? Or does C-USA plan on moving on as an All-Sport conference with football as it's main emphasis?
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