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Wichita St. to AAC Next Year (Officially Official)

Anyone who doesn't like this is a fool. None of us like our situation but unless we are moving back to the Big East and finding another home for football or something else changes drastically in realignment, this is our reality. We are adding a top 10 team next year, it's a no-brainer.
 
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The Frankenstein conference is continuing its journey. No longer about good academic schools... no longer about markets... no longer about improving the football side to get a bigger contract heading forward. This only looks good on paper.
 
Dayton
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i can see them adding these schools if this works out, and if the programs maintain success with their new coaches
 
ConnHuskBask said:
The University of Connecticut and Wichita State University in the same conference.

Unbelievable.
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You need to take a good look at UConn of late.

Yes, this is a shortsighted move. WSU is not a long term powerhouse. But right now, it will help us. By the time that wears out I'm really hoping we're playing basketball in a conference that isn't AAC.
 
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UCDaveD said:
Yay, another mouth to feed.

Can we at least kick someone out while we're at it?
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Is the argument against this that they will be given more money than they bring in? Isn't there a way to allocate the league money they get based on not having football? I'm sure they would still want to be in the conference if this were the case.
 
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krinklecut said:
You need to take a good look at UConn of late.

Yes, this is a shortsighted move. WSU is not a long term powerhouse. But right now, it will help us. By the time that wears out I'm really hoping we're playing basketball in a conference that isn't AAC.
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They are the best available basketball school, no basketball powerhouse is going to leave the P5 to join the AAC.
 
superjohn said:
We are already in a league with 7 or 8 other worse basketball schools, Wichita is currently better than any team in this conference. Did you not realize we are already sharing a conference with Tulane and Tulsa?
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So when Wichita regresses to the mean, which I think is a lot more likely to happen then them staying as a Top 15 Ken Pom darling, we'll have another Tulsa on our hands.

Just great.
 
At bare minimum, this will boost attendance in the short term. Id much rather go see a game against a ranked Wichita St. than Tulane, E. Carolina or USF. We need to concentrate on making ourselves look great over the next 8 years until realignment rears its ugly head again. This is a short term decision for us. I could care less if it waters down the AAC once (hopefully) we've left for greener pastures.
 
krinklecut said:
Yeah, that team Tulsa we always beat handily.
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What don't you understand about adding a team that a) nobody cares about b) in an area nobody lives in c) that's located halfway across the country.

I mean, hey, anytime you can the 3rd most popular program in Kansas in combination with the 3rd most popular program in Oklahoma you just gotta do it.
 
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This means 3 ranked teams and if uconn get healthy and situated 4. Means more teams in the tourney. We better have home and home with Wichita Cinci and Amy. This is great for the conference. Hopefully in 3 years we're in the Acc
 
UConnSwag11 said:
This means 3 ranked teams and if uconn get healthy and situated 4. Means more teams in the tourney. We better have home and home with Wichita Cinci and Amy. This is great for the conference. Hopefully in 3 years we're in the Acc
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How do you think Amy's parents will feel about a home and home with the entire UConn men's basketball team?
 
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