I’m still scratching my head about Butler. Two straight national championship games, yet there are no conferences fighting to get them to join their league? The Horizon League is the ceiling for them?

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not one of those naive fans who’s completely oblivious to the reasons conferences expand and thinks the Big Ten or Big East should invite them over. But what about the A-10? The Missouri Valley? Don’t they think Butler would add enough to the size of the pie to justify splitting it one more way? Heck, C-USA ought to have enough vision to see that it should ditch the requirement that members play football when there’s a two-time national runner-up in a very low-revenue conference available.

As for Belmont’s switch to the OVC, I don’t blame them one bit. It’ll be less travel and a slightly better basketball league. This move also probably means the A-Sun is going to have nothing but 15- and 16-seeds in the NCAA Tournament for years to come. The league is officially rivaling the Great West and the Summit in the race for the most unhappy members, although the Summit has come a long way.