Quote Originally Posted by xubrew View Post
Why does it bother you??

Look at it this way. Of the three schools that joined the previous Big East 7, Xavier was the only one that (at least as far as I know) did not have any direct affiliation or ties to the Big East. Creighton's president at the time was on Marquette's Board of Trustees, so to think that Creighton was not in touch with the other schools even years prior to the official announcement is almost impossible. Same with Butler. Their president (who is still there) came from Villanova. They hired him in 2011, which was right at the time that Pitt and Syracuse were leaving, and I think that one of the reasons he got the job was because they knew he could help get them into a new Big East type conference. Similar to Creighton, Butler had probably been in contact for years prior to the announcement. Even before they joined the A10 they were probably in communication. There's almost no way that they wouldn't have been.

Xavier, on the other hand, had no political help at all other than maybe being Jesuit, which probably didn't hurt, but a lot of Jesuit schools did not get in. It was all merit and brand. So, let's feel good about that and just stop caring about whether or not we were the first ones called, shall we!!?
Well it doesnt matter, except that yours is based on what could have happened based on the "political" climate, dash's "narrative" is based on fact