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Message: [QUOTE="Omaha-Jays, post: 3200777, member: 9966"] I am excited for another real program in the league. Creighton cares, they play home games where the championship is played and they try to be competitive. Finished Top 25 in every poll this year. X and St. John's are decent too. I have no delusions of them(or Creighton) being powerhouse programs, but they try and aren't a RPI anchor. What absolutely kills this conference is the bottom. Hall, Butler, GT and Nova are RPI killers. Somehow Creighton still pulled off a 20 RPI with 4 teams between 185 and 290 RPI in conference. Those programs don't need to become world beaters, but the conference needs to find a way to get the bottom team at 200 or 175. 3 programs in the high 200s is going to ruin the league as a whole. I still think there is potential for a consistent 2 bid league with UConn, Creighton, X and SJU. I am also on the bandwagon of not holding a conference tournament and making sure the team that wins the regular season gets the bid. It would buy an extra week to push regular season home games further out of winter and could give some more scheduling flexibility to build a strong schedule. [/QUOTE]