I can’t believe I forgot Valpo. They totally fit the Usual NCAA Suspects. Butler probably should fit in too, maybe even IUPUI if they had managed to get in this year.
I think putting DePaul over Big10Basketball is an envy thing; being from a fellow city school, I know they must get way more attention than they deserve, so they must get a lot of attenion. But I tend to zone out on Big10 basketball so I could see the other side.
I think Arena Football’s importance is overplayed just because they have a national TV deal; they appeared to lose their radio deal locally, and no one seemed to have much interest when they got to the semi-finals this year. There’s probably as many people in Dekalb (and in the western suburbs, because it’s quite the mid-range high school graduate magnet) who care about the Huskies as people who care about the Rush.