I know the NBE isn't as good as the OBE. But I like it. I really do. I like the full round robin, and I like the fact that we are playing schools similar to Marquette. And yeah there are a group of people that are going to label it "mid-major" because it has a bunch of schools that don't offer football, but I don't care about that. I care about their performance on the court and so far that has been fine.

Unless it comes with increased resources per school, I do not want expansion. But if the numbers work, I think St. Louis and Dayton are the best options. However if the east coast schools don't want two midwestern schools, there really isn't a great eastern alternative.

Perhaps an 11 team conference with a 20 game conference season would work. Each team would have two "byes"...one in the middle of the week and one on a weekend.