goramblers2011 wrote:
JC64 wrote:
The A-10 is a second rate conference.
And what "first rate" conference would you (realistically) like to see Loyola in?
Unfortunately,this year's NCAA tournament a likely signal that the SEC, Big 10 and maybe the Big12, will dominate the sport, with maybe one or two ACC teams, and maybe one or two BE teams, breaking through once in a while. Even the days of the BE being considered a P5 conference is likely a thing of the past. If anything, the BE, the next logical place for Loyola to set its sights on, will never look to expand with a team from a conference like the A10, but will look at the ACC or the like.
I know you are projecting into the future but the BE has the last two ncaa champs. Uconn has won championships with three different coaches in recent history, so it is cemented as a blue blood program. We aren't even that far removed from a run of Villanova dominance. Big East is a conference of great coaches.