Out on the NIVC website there is a press release dated Nov 2nd listing teams they had contacted about auto qualifiers and potential invites plus inquiries about hosting. For the A10 they only listed VCU and Dayton. I was surprised
SLU wasn't listed considering if UD had won the conference tourney, VCU would have gotten an at-large bid.
Based on this, UD would have had almost 4 weeks to make a decision if they had any interest.