Quote Originally Posted by DFW HOYA View Post
And Holy Cross could join the Big East. Neither is happening.

In the past, a team might have considered the PL as one of three options: 1) cost-containment, 2) an easier path to an at-large bid, or 3) access to the Ivy League for scheduling. Today's it's none of the three. A PL budget and and a CAA budget are substantially the same except for Georgetown, the PL has not demonstrated of late it can earn multiple at-large bids as the CAA and Valley do, and the Ivy is moving to a a variety of conferences to fill out its schedule.

As to the Big East, look at what Xavier slowly but methodically did over the 15 years to elevate its program from the "who's that" to the "who's who" of the sport--from what is now known as the Horizon League to the A-10 to being a realistic Big East candidate. They ditched the Schmitt Fieldhouse, hired great young coaches, played games downtown, and scheduled all comers. Twelve NCAA bids in 13 seasons made them a strong choice to replace Cincinnati. If HC had any foresight, that would have been the blueprint for being Boston College's replacement instead of thinking that the Hart Center would make the case.
Exactly. No reason to move now that you guys offer schollies & budgets are within reach of Villanova's current football budgets. The PL is at most a 2 team bid league while CAA is 3/4 team bid league most seasons.

It appears that Nova is very happy scheduling 2 PL teams a season.