I wouldn't mind swapping out one of those teams...say...UConn, and slot in BCU...then UConn can take a more appropriate place in the ACC while magnanimously permitting BCU to be with like-minded schools. Really a win-win for our football and basketball programs...'xcept I'd have to walk back all the bad stuff I said about the ACC.
Now I understand how Alabama feels sharing a conference with Vandy
No other BE team besides UConn has a shot of joining the B12 until Basketball is decoupled from Football (and even then it's only a possibility)
While I don’t think St. John’s gets cherry-picked anytime soon, it’s true that the Big 12 could destroy the Big East by grabbing any combo of UConn/SJU/Villanova/GTown. Even if the pay is the same as the BE you’d make up for it in tourney credits and one less competitor in the basketball market.
The Big East is and will be at risk with only 11 members. It may still be at risk even if it expands to 16 or 18. Gonzaga is going to the PAC. Wichita State is in the AAC. Notre Dame in the ACC. No telling who what or when a P4 decides to pull the trigger on a basketball only add. And if Yormark could get his way he'd already have those Big East programs.
If UConn can't even sniff the B12 after going back-to-back and being a large state flagship then those schools have no shot
Rule 1
Just can’t help but look back to my childhood…. Which one of these things doesn’t belong
I cannot like this comment enough!
www.nytimes.com
I can't read the article at this link but there are several tweets about it. "UNC's behind-closed-doors exploration of conference realignment and its future in the ACC was known by only a code name, ACC 'in financial decline'"
Documents reveal UNC’s conference realignment approach: A code name, ACC ‘in financial decline’
UNC’s behind-closed-doors exploration of conference realignment and its future in the ACC was known by only a code name.
St. Louis has made 1 NCAA Tournament in the last decade and averaged 5.6k fans last year. Hard no. And, Dayton doesn't move the TV needle.
To be fair there is only like three teams in the Big East that actually move the needle
Ed Scott, the Memphis AD, seemed to imply that he did contact Big East in September when Memphis was trying to figure out a way to make the PAC-12 invite work. They desperately want out of the AAC.
"The Athletic obtained a previously unreported email exchange that took place around that time, April 2024, between John Preyer — the chairman of UNC’s Board of Trustees, who was integral to the school hiring Bill Belichick as its football coach in December — and former trustee Chuck Duckett.I can't read the article at this link but there are several tweets about it. "UNC's behind-closed-doors exploration of conference realignment and its future in the ACC was known by only a code name, ACC 'in financial decline'"
Documents reveal UNC’s conference realignment approach: A code name, ACC ‘in financial decline’
UNC’s behind-closed-doors exploration of conference realignment and its future in the ACC was known by only a code name.
There are a few good tidbits:
Did they mention learning about lack of institutional control from us?
That could be the case. I do believe that conference affiliation makes a big difference. Marquette is doing much better than it was in CUSA. Creighton has improved since leaving the MVC. DePaul and Butler haven't done well. I could see how the Big East would benefit both Dayton and St. Louis much more so than the A10 could. No guarantees but the Big East is certainly a much better recruiting sell and is even a better fit geographically for them.
