Alberts is a stooge. It wasn't costing them anything but he is fronting for somebody and that somebody wanted it gone. They are trying for the Marquette model, no real competition for basketball and entry into the big boy club on the cheap. These schools that go division I and all they really have is basketball give me a rash anyway. They want a split of the big money without spending any to have a real well rounded division I program. He is a media production (Alberts) and totally untrustworthy. They aren't going to listen to anyone, they have an agenda and they are going to play it out. If they had gone division one in all sports it would have cost them a fortune. This way they get to call themselves a big boy for practically nothing. The cheap jerks.