ACC Big East merger

[freescooter]

Why do you hate UConn so much?

It has become very clear your priority one is to make sure the Big East survives intact or blow everything up!

Do you work in Val's office?

I think this is the best evaluation of Nelson I have ever seen.

 

[Fishy]

Is this a real possibility and how would you feel about this?

Rick Pitino agrees with Mike Krzyzewski's idea of ACC merger with Big East

Mike Krzyzewski thinks the ACC and Big East should form an alliance and create a dominant basketball conference and Rick Pitino agrees with the idea.

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No.

It’s stupid.

 

[RedRabbit84]

I think he's just trying to come up with an idea to make the ACC relevant again and less vulnerable after the inevitable departures.

The big six conferences became the P5, which became the P4, which soon will become the P3. He's just coming up with a plan that would potentially leave the ACC as the survivor. The only good that I see coming out of the whole exercise is that maybe it spurs the big 12 to issue an invite to us. I think there has always been this notion that. UConn will always be on the shelf. So having a little perceived competition would, arguably, create some urgency if someone was thinking about giving us an invite.

That said, I'll believe it when it happens.

I've read this board a long time, and I'll speak bluntly; every time the "inevitable" ACC collapse was predicted to happen, the opposite has happened instead and the conference pulls off a way to stay together. Heck, even FSU and Clemson are backing away from the ledge of wanting to leave. Meanwhile, there's not as much contentment in the BIGXII as you may believe.

The football schools want what they want. Tobacco road wants what it wants. The Big East schools want to ensure they're not left out if the A4 go through with taking over the tournament. This literally solves everyone's problems. Wins across the board, including for UConn. I wouldn't be quick to dismiss it...

 

[CL82]

I wouldn't be quick to dismiss it...

 

[DFW HOYA]

The football schools want what they want. Tobacco road wants what it wants. The Big East schools want to ensure they're not left out if the A4 go through with taking over the tournament. This literally solves everyone's problems. Wins across the board, including for UConn. I wouldn't be quick to dismiss it...

No chance on this one, none. Clemson and FSU do not want Georgetown and St. John's sitting at their table and a 29 team conference is a scheduling car crash.