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The only real difference is 1 Million extra they get because of their Basketball(2 Million Total).

The Stronger Schedule topic has been around since the 27-win Team that could not get into any Tournament. Let's face it that Schedule that year was ok, but nothing to write home about. The Miami Death Marches was brought up. Do you really want that Gauntlet of games every year? I wish that on NO Mid-Major. I am just a Joe-Akron, but in my eyes you have Three options: -Do what Miami did for cash and get killed. -In Season Tournaments(and NO, I am not excited about the possibility of playing an historically Basketball-Poor East Carolina) -Do what the Missouri Valley did years ago: Force all Conference teams to schedule better of get kicked out. Now, on to the ACC claim: If, and I do mean IF that was on the table, that means either: -The new Arena was the holdup -Had a Travel Partner -We were one of the final options -Did not have the Cash/ Had someone to buyout the remainder of the MAC Deal(at that time) -Needed a body if Louisville agreement feel apart at the last moment(see MAC Deal) This part is not a slight on said claim, I just don't buy it without actual proof..... The AAC part I do believe because of this: Go back when the Then-Big East was having their Indoor Track Tournament on Campus and I said back then that were at least "Snooping Around" to see what Akron had. Keep in mind at that point, that Conference was already on the Ropes and was looking to stay together somehow.

And that is fair. I was not at the Spring Game due to prior commitments. Do they look like a 9-Win team? Are they a bunch of questionarks? Can they hang with the best in the country?

Why do I see a 9-3 team happening.........

Yuck! Why even be involved with this Tournament if you have basically average schools and one historically Poor Basketball School(E. Carolina). I KNOW that they can do better than this......

Have not seen this in a long time! Totally Jacking this

The could hold their own in the MVC. The issue is the MVC gamed the system to be a Multi-Bid League......

Will never happen. IMHO, Schools would outright refuse to be apart of it in Akron is in it. Doing it on their own? It is a 20-Loss Season if they do a Miami-Like Gauntlet Schedule....

The record. I hate any Conference winners in Dayton(other then when the SWAC a couple of years ago with all of the APR issues), but that is what they decided.....

I will Give Holy Cross a pass only because the won their Conference. However another Conference needs to be explored....

The only reason why is because the Top Half of the AAC is good......

^Agreed! They have NO BUSINESS in this at all......

So let me get this strait: Vanderbilt gets in(IMHO a sham no matter how you slice it), but Akron Cannot?

I caught that! It must be a Tuesday in Dayton......

^THIS The fire Dambrot talk needs to stop!

^Agreed. Buffalo is NOT that good and they would get smoked as (My projection) a 14 Seed. Akron on the other hand is a Prayer from be a Tuesday Afternoon in Dayton. I just do not see that happening.....

So basically you are saying if the Zips win until the Title Game and Loose. Prey for a Tuesday in Dayton? And to Point #2: Villanova is NOT exactly stiffs. They played the game........

Looks like they are going to hire Lovie Smith......

It used to have more weight, until the Missouri Valley Conference figured out how to game the system. That is where it became less of a factor....

Oh OK. I was not sure

Didn't Toledo do that when they played them? Even if we could get that, they would more than likely demand 70% of the Gate also....

And the Audio Feed goes down........

I was at that game and just from being on the Concourse(like everyone else due to the Monsoon), there was more than 10k at that game

I know that it is a P5 school, but Purdue is a Death Sentence in Football.......