AlumniFan Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Not true re: geography only. He said there are no natural rivals in the A-10 and also stated that the MVC was playing an equal brand of basketball as the A-10. (over last 8 yrs this is true, give or take, this yr. A-10 = .006 better RPI... A-10 has 4 more teams so 40% > NCAA berths). And some other things... No natural rivalries, huh? That is so ridiculous. Our rivalries with Dayton and Xavier go back years, they are similar type schools to SLU and they are not that far away. The only partial rivalries we have in the MVC are SIU-C and SMS, two public schools with completely different academic profiles. The basketball history of the four schools is not the same. Between X and Dayton, there are 36 tourney appearances, while SMS and SIU-C have 16. Overall, the A10 has 161 tourney appearances versus just 73 for the MVC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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