by TheAsianSensation » May 24th, 2017, 11:31 pm
Denver has every resource to be a power....which makes me wonder why they haven't shown anything yet.
I know common sense says Grand Canyon has to turn into a power, but on general principle I refuse to think anyone in that WAC can actually make it.
I'm looking strongly at the Colonial. That league got its act together, so the next program to find the right hire is going to make a big move.
I'm also looking at Siena and Iona, two schools with modest recent success.
Schools like Vermont, FGCU, North Dakota St, Long Beach St, New Mexico St, Stephen F Austin...all fit the profile of a possible powerhouse down the road based on general expectation and on-course product, but their leagues are too weak to support them being year-in-year-out powers.
Depending on if/when Murray St comes over here, it's also possible Belmont and them turn the OVC into their personal playground for a couple of decades.
But really, the correct answer is UNI. They're one step below powerhouse at the moment...they just need to figure out how to turn their down years into NIT years, and to convert NCAA bids and NCAA wins at just a slightly higher rate.
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