So what's taking so long?
The Atlantic 10 Conference rumors in adding Butler have been going on just about as long as it's been since Temple announced its departure. It's been a couple weeks since Andy Katz of ESPN submitted his report about Butler's interest in the conference.
First, we thought an announcement was imminent. Butler wasn't going to wait to jump on the opportunity. They did. Then we expected an announcement once Butler lost in the CBI to Pittsburgh, which is now three days ago. Nothing. My best guess is that the Bulldogs and Atlantic 10 are waiting for the NCAA Tournament to finish, so they can dominate headlines and make huge waves in adding the program.
But why wait? Probably because the Bulldogs aren't the only team making the move to the A10.
In an
e-mail to the Board of Trustees regarding the firing of Ron Everhart this year, Duquesne President Charles J. Dougherty made mention of
"the addition of new high quality university programs" that lends credence to the notion that Butler will not
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