NJIT isn't happening, they don't offer enough AE sports and just look at the Athletics/MBB budgets below:
Bryant - $11.2 / $1.4
CCSU - $10.5 / $1.2
NJIT - $7.6 / $1.3
Actually, Sacred Heart is the biggest budget in the NEC at $20.1 / $1.2 (their tuition is about $32k)
That is actually bigger than QU, Monmouth, and even Stony Brook
FYI - Every budget in the AE is at least $11 / $1
I'll say it again, they should just at 2 teams and wait:
CCSU - top notch basketball, plus adds strong baseball and soccer programs; has Women's Lax, plus it a public univ. and has instant rivals.
Bryant - adds nationally-ranked MLax, an improving hoops product, a baseball team, and puts a team in RI
10 teams - 18 game home/home round robin schedule. Adds great Lax, and improves basketball and baseball.
After that, the potential candidates have much more downside to consider.
NJIT - public school, in NJ market - BUT no M/W Lax, no softball, small budget
SHU - very good all around, but nothing great – BUT does anyone want another CT program?
RMU - decent programs and excellent men's hoop – BUT a huge geographic outlier
WAG – solid programs, NYC, and good academics – BUT tiny enrollment with limited financial resources
LIU - solid hoops and NYC location - BUT academics are far worse than anything in the AE