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ATrain wrote:Just outta curiosity, why does Gardner-Webb want to join us?Less travel and a better geographical fit than the Atlantic Sun I guess...Competitively, I'd say the Big South is stronger in both men's and women's basketball. A-Sun probably has an edge in baseball, but both leagues are solid in that sport. Don't know much about the A-Sun in other sports. Also, given that there isn't real advantage to being in the A-Sun, they'd probably prefer to have all of their sports in one conference anyway. And who knows, since they deal with both conferences anyway, maybe they just like the Big South better. I know alot of people on here can't stand the conference, but it isn't all bad.
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