The academics and university mission statements should be important. It's just nice to see a post about the team's abilities without regards to them. The player's points, rebounds, etc., are more important to me than what he got on his quantum physics exam.
By the way, just to make my stance clear, I wish SLU the best in joining the A10 and the continued success of your program...it was the Mo Valley "losers" that irked me...(it's your board, I respect that)...