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Message: [QUOTE="tzznandrew, post: 2242555, member: 168"] Well, first, I should probably throw the BE in the same category as the AAC as it stands. Better history--sans UConn, and maybe Cincy--but they have similar difficulties as it stands. Yet they don't have a whole state behind them, and the funds that go with that. No one is UConn, but folks here have been upset for a long time about not being consistently in the Top 25. Gonzaga seems like the easy answer. Solid recruiting, great regular seasons, some recent good post-seasons. We have better name recognition, we have a better conference, and if we get our act together we'll be in better shape than them. And, if they showed up, they'd have won the title. A title we won from a non-P5 conference. Wichita State is another one that--now in our conference--we beat by every measure and they've had great regular seasons and some strong post-season success. If we--UConn--do what we're supposed to, our conference will be fine and on par with the NBE/weaker P5s almost every year. When we suck, though, we drag the conference down with us. (This isn't getting into fan excitement. All these years in I still DGAF about SMU or any of those other schools...but that will come with time--or with rescue.) [/QUOTE]