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Message: [QUOTE="McLovin, post: 3912020, member: 9450"] Putting aside the fact that 11 teams works perfectly for a 20 game round robin schedule, here is the issue with adding a 12th team. What team would we add to the conference that would have a long term positive financial impact for the league (big fan base) and increase the league's competition as a whole (ability to keep a top tier coach to build a program)? Outside of UConn, Nova and Georgetown, I don't think there are any schools in our conference who can attract a power 5 quality coach / keep a power 5 potential coach from jumping ship when things get good. We saw it happen recently with Xavier, Butler and Marquette. This means that they need to keep replacing quality coaches with undervalued quality coaches to keep their teams & league competitive. What team do we add that wouldn't have that concern? VCU, Dayton, UMass and the likes have all proven to be stepping stone programs. Gonzaga would be the only program from a competition stand point that would elevate the league, but that is never happening since they are so far west. Also, Mark Few may have another decade of run in him, but after that the NBE might be left holding a west coast lemon on every team's travel schedule. Wichita State might have been a good add a few years ago with Gregg Marshall set to be a lifer there, but it looks like the league dodged a bullet with that. [/QUOTE]