Better or Worse?

[Heywood Jablomi]

No, no, I agree that C of C has to be a target. They're a basketball-centric school and have some name recognition. I'm just pointing out that they have a much bigger rep than their credentials would suggest.
I think that they would be a good addition (and great town to road trip to!), along with Davidson.
What I wouldn't be happy about, if I were DU, is the Elons and Furmans and Woffords coming in. That would suck.

[GMUGemini]

We can do a lot worse than Charleston. 14 20+ win seasons in the last 19 years. And while they've only gone to 4 NCAA tournaments, their time in Division 1 isn't that long (1991), so 4 tournaments in 20 years of division 1 history is pretty solid for a mid-major. They've also had NIT success, making the NIT quarterfinals in 2011. I don't know that anyone is saying that they'll be better than ODU or VCU who are leaving, but certainly they have a solid mid-major program that could benefit from more exposure outside of the SoCon and seem to be committed to growing and improving their athletics department.

[Heywood Jablomi]

Agreed 100%. I'm pissed they didn't come over prior to ODU and VCU leaving. Same with Davidson. To have had a league with ODU/VCU/GMU/DU/CofC/Davidson...that would be a really strong mid major league.
Oh well.