New Addition to the Big East

[Aughnanure]

They won before him and they are obviously throwing a bunch of resources at the program.  They could still make a bad hire, but they can come back from it.

By "won before him" you mean winning in a crappy CAA, right? Cause it certainly doesn't mean NCAA winning.

[Benny B]

By "won before him" you mean winning in a crappy CAA, right? Cause it certainly doesn't mean NCAA winning.

As they say, you can't spell NCAA without CAA.

[Galway Eagle]

DePaul? 2nd in Illinois. And don't even mention the school that has never been to an NCAA tournament ever.

2nd as in basketball success, or second as in academic prestige? Because UofI, Northwestern and University of Chicago are all more selective Depaul falls wayyy behind those. 

[Aughnanure]

2nd as in basketball success, or second as in academic prestige? Because UofI, Northwestern and University of Chicago are all more selective Depaul falls wayyy behind those.  

Since when are we talking about academic prestige? Most every school, incl UofI falls wayyy behind those two.

[Galway Eagle]

Since when are we talking about academic prestige? Most every school, incl UofI falls wayyy behind those two.

Well seeing as there's a ton of posts about acedemic prestige of Virginia schools I figured I'd double check.  But ya in terms of basketball I'd agree.  Though if we were to be talking about recent success I'd say SIU is no2 with 9 tournament appearances since 1990 and two sweet 16s beating out depaul's 4 first weekend knockouts, Bradley at least got a sweet 16 in there two appearances since then. So I'd argue Depaul is third or fourth now days. 

[Dawson Rental]

Well seeing as there's a ton of posts about acedemic prestige of Virginia schools I figured I'd double check.  But ya in terms of basketball I'd agree.  Though if we were to be talking about recent success I'd say SIU is no2 with 9 tournament appearances since 1990 and two sweet 16s beating out depaul's 4 first weekend knockouts, Bradley at least got a sweet 16 in there two appearances since then. So I'd argue Depaul is third or fourth now days. 

Evidently, you totally missed the implosion of SIU's basketball program.  You might remember that Seton Hall's big center last year was a transfer from the SIU diaspora.

[ChicosBailBonds]

DePaul? 2nd in Illinois. And don't even mention the school that has never been to an NCAA tournament ever.

That was my point....it sounded like Keefe was putting reputation of academics in the mix.  Using that criteria, I would have DePaul way down the list....so we already do it in our league.  Thus, adding VCU isn't without precedent considering a number of schools already in the conference are not in the top 5 necessarily in their state.  MU yes.  Georgetown yes.  Nova...doubtful (good school, but behind Penn, Penn State, Bucknell, Lehigh, etc.  St. John's..hell no.  DePaul...not close.  Creighton yes.  Butler....doubtful.  Providence....maybe.  Seton Hall...no.

That's why I wasn't quite sure where the topic was going.

[Galway Eagle]

Evidently, you totally missed the implosion of SIU's basketball program.  You might remember that Seton Hall's big center last year was a transfer from the SIU diaspora.

Clearly I did but I wouldn't exactly call what Depaul's been doing sustaining a great program. People my age will at least remember Southern from filling out our brackets a good amount of our lives whereas we only know Depaul as the but of jokes not very different than Loyola Chicago in that their students are bragging about stuff none were even alive for. 

[Spotcheck Billy]

If Grambling drops football now perhaps their game at the BC can be a tryout of sorts