By now I'm sure all of your have heard about Ras's comments to the Wichita Eagle about pining for WSU and Gonzaga to join the Big East. And that for the first time since reconfiguration, expansion will be a topic of convo at the conference's business meeting in May. Other than who might be considered, I'm curious about what the pulse is amongst the fans for expansion.
I'm in favor as long as the teams brought in make the tournament and thus increase (not water down) the number of NCAA tourney units earned per capita, because that is the only way that expansion makes the whole better. And if those are the kinds of teams you bring in, it doesn't affect anyone adversely from playing an "unbalanced" schedule if the conference is tough top to bottom. I couldn't give a crap about the round robin schedule argument if it places a couple more teams in the tournament each year, thus providing our conference more opportunities to get teams to the Final 4. The problem is a lack of desirable candidates. You could convince me to add VCU and Dayton... that's about it.
I'm in favor as long as the teams brought in make the tournament and thus increase (not water down) the number of NCAA tourney units earned per capita, because that is the only way that expansion makes the whole better. And if those are the kinds of teams you bring in, it doesn't affect anyone adversely from playing an "unbalanced" schedule if the conference is tough top to bottom. I couldn't give a crap about the round robin schedule argument if it places a couple more teams in the tournament each year, thus providing our conference more opportunities to get teams to the Final 4. The problem is a lack of desirable candidates. You could convince me to add VCU and Dayton... that's about it.
