Can the Non football Schools put pressure on remaning football schools?

[Aughnanure]

I really think a basketball only league would at best get $500K per team. Honestly, that is probably generous. And I can't see a legit national package. Like it or not, football coupled with 8+ bids per year is why we get what we get now. Take away the Big East and we become a lot less relevant.

Way to low-ball it. $500k? Not a chance it's ever that low. A-10 makes more than double that. This is even better if we keep the Big East name and have Villanova, us, Georgetown, St. John's, etc.

Would be great to get west and grab Creighton, Gonzaga and others, and have a conference that can play games across all time-zones (TV network's dream).

[Lennys Tap]

My point was that Xavier received a more favorable seed by playing in the A10 than they would have received if they had played in a tougher conference in each of those seasons.  
Look at their 2011 team.  They received a 6 seed based on an A10 regular season  championship, and a 15-1 A-10 record.  I don't think that team would have been good enough to recieve a 6 seed if they were in the Big East, Big 10, ACC or other major conference.

My opinion is that if they played a tougher conference, their w/l record, ranking, and RPI would all suffer in comparision, and that would be reflected in their ultimate seed.

Considering that they consistently outperformed their seed against teams from tougher conferences on the biggest of stages, I think a much more logical conclusion would be that they were just that good. And that playing in a tougher conference would have validated that fact and resulted in higher, not lower, seeds.

[bilsu]

Considering that they consistently outperformed their seed against teams from tougher conferences on the biggest of stages, I think a much more logical conclusion would be that they were just that good. And that playing in a tougher conference would have validated that fact and resulted in higher, not lower, seeds.

+1
People here look down on Xavier for some reason, I just do not understand.

[Newsdreams]

People just probably remembering late 70's early 80's when they were basically an easy win?