It's an exciting move for sure. I'll be interested to see if there's an increase in spending and program resources with the move. Minimally, I imagine the athletics budget will have to increase due to travel. For comparison sake, the average men's basketball budget in the A10 is almost $5 million. In the MVC it's slightly under $3 million.
Loyola's budget is reported to be about $4.3 million which is tops in the Valley but middle of the pack in the A10. It would be nice to see an increase in budget to get towards the top of the conference.
Source:
https://www.three-man-weave.com/3mw/col ... dgets-2020