(03-01-2013 04:01 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(03-01-2013 03:22 PM)adcorbett Wrote:  

(03-01-2013 12:01 PM)MU88 Wrote:  

(03-01-2013 11:37 AM)adcorbett Wrote:  

(03-01-2013 10:56 AM)MU88 Wrote:  From I hear, it has nothing to do with admission standards, its bball related. If I say why, its just going to tick of the VCU fans on this board. It will turn into a peeing contest.

I would think it is very hard to ignore an otherwise suitable candidate who averages 17,000 fans per game playing against a meh schedule.

Who averages 17,000? VCU is around 7600. That said, there were strong feelings against VCU by some east coast schools led by

I'm referring to Creighton. I was saying some may be against vcu because they cannot ignore what Creighton has to offer.

My guess is that the support for VCU was largely driven by athletic directors (which is why there seemed to be a lot more talk about them in the beginning when reporters are talking to sports people), while the presidents gave much more weight to institutional fit. When speaking to stakeholders about expansion, coaches generally want recruiting areas, athletic directors want to sell tickets and university presidents want to form prestigious clubs.