Hey Colonials fans,

As a VCU fan, I appreciate the welcome many of your fans have offered. With these new additions, the A-10 can undoubtedly claim to be the best non-BCS basketball conference in the country.

With as proud and accomplished a conference as the A-10 is, it seemed somewhat unsettling that there wasn't an online forum dedicated solely to A-10 hoops where all the fan bases can interact. A common hub if you will. With that in mind, www.A10Talk.com was launched today where there will be articles on the A-10 and its programs as well as fora for discussion.

I think it is high time that something like this was made available for fans of the conference and I hope you will all check it out and use it as a resource!

I look forward to competing against George Washington and helping to do our part in making the A-10 one of the best basketball conferences in America.

Cool! I'll set up an account. Of course I'm loyal to this corner of the internet but more GDub talk the better.

And welcome VCU to the A-10. We're all excited to have you, but I at least hope you guys take it a little easier on us the next time we play.

Thanks, and welcome to the league!  We enjoyed the game with you last year (despite the outcome) and looking forwward to more now that GW seems to be ready to rise again.

There is a pretty active A-10 message board here:  http://www.basketballforum.com/atlantic-10-conference/

However that site frequently devolves into pissing contests between Xavier and Dayton fans. If you can prevent that, you'll have a good chance to steal a lot of the traffic away from that site.  I am pretty sure a lot of GW fans have been turned off by the other message board because of that bickering, though it still tends to be an inormative site.

The other thing is that if you can coax the poster who goes by WH out of his semi-retirement and onto your site, that would instantly draw every knowledgable A-10 fan.  As you will hopefully find out, his previews are one of the best things about follwoing the A-10 -- far more detailed, interesting, and inciteful than you'll find anywhere else, period.  Only problem is that he didn't write this them this past year (busy with kids).

Anyway, we are happy to have VCU in the A-10. Charlotte is no less, but adding you and Butler more than makes up for losing Temple.

Maybe VCU vs Richmond will grow into the nasty online flame war that is Dayton vs Xavier.  If GMU replaces Umass, even GW can start a petty, time consuming rivalry with it's suburban neighbors. 

Something tells me that few fan bases can form the smug sense of superiorty that Xavier brings to the table or Dayton's desperate sense of self-worth through college basketball attendence figures, but VCU, Richmond and GMU could try.  And, of course, we have a secret weapon in THE MV for any future flame wars: the man simply does not give up and will keep posting until his rival simply gives up and goes on with his/her life.  Small victories are hard fought on the internet.

 I think the best thing about Butler coming is we don't have to hear from the irritating Dayton fan base as much because they've accomplished more in two years than Dayton ever has. Really the only thing Dayton has going for it is its fan base. 

Welcome DB.