Big East ramping up efforts for bubble

[UConnKev]

 

[superjohn]

Thank you, I've been saying this the whole time.

 

[glastonbury50]

Yas island

 

[UConnMike04]

Mohegan would be perfect.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

If we don't want to make changes to the schedule, a bubble makes the most sense. As @UConnMike04 says, Mohegan makes a ton of sense. A Philly bubble at the Palestra would be pretty sweet too.

However, some smaller conferences are doing it like college hockey schedules...two games in two nights at the same location and more time in between games.

 

[freescooter]

So just to be clear, this really isn’t college basketball any longer. Taking kids from campus and locking the up in what will be admittedly a guided cage for 3 months so they don’t miss a basketball game is just beyond the beyond. And I get the kids want to play and all that. But this is just wrong on so many levels.

 

[BoukofJames]

Mohegan has been hosting “bubbles” over the past few months for MMA / Boxing (there was one last night), so they have a track record of successfully hosting sport events in this environment, which likely led to them hosting the Legends Classic. I’d like Mohegan for BE bubble simply because I trust them to run a tight ship.

 

[Fatroony5]

So just to be clear, this really isn’t college basketball any longer. Taking kids from campus and locking the up in what will be admittedly a guided cage for 3 months so they don’t miss a basketball game is just beyond the beyond. And I get the kids want to play and all that. But this is just wrong on so many levels.

Let’s just call it what it is. The NCAA can’t keep clinging to the idea that high level college sports (mainly football and basketball) are “amateurs.” Amateurs don’t generate billions of dollars. They aren’t even really minor league sports, minor leagues don’t generate that type of revenue. The NCAA and these conferences have taken huge financial hits; they’ll go to extreme lengths to ensure a season occurs and they generate the revenue they need. The NCAA can’t really afford to have another March Madness canceled.

 

[superjohn]

So just to be clear, this really isn’t college basketball any longer. Taking kids from campus and locking the up in what will be admittedly a guided cage for 3 months so they don’t miss a basketball game is just beyond the beyond. And I get the kids want to play and all that. But this is just wrong on so many levels.

You've gone from constant nonsensical whining on this to now being straight up offensive.

 

[87Xfer]

Mohegan has been hosting “bubbles” over the past few months for MMA / Boxing (there was one last night), so they have a track record of successfully hosting sport events in this environment, which likely led to them hosting the Legends Classic. I’d like Mohegan for BE bubble simply because I trust them to run a tight ship.

but then, the whole place is probably full of covid cooties

 

[huskyfan224]

I live in Indy... not many people here are fans of wearing masks and businesses being shut down, rightfully so. I wouldn’t mind having this, but I’d be pissed bc I can’t be in attendance ...gotta wonder what the douches at the NCAA would say/implement though

 

[zls44]

Each team gets its own floor in the hotel and it's own practice court.

 

[glastonbury50]

So just to be clear, this really isn’t college basketball any longer. Taking kids from campus and locking the up in what will be admittedly a guided cage for 3 months so they don’t miss a basketball game is just beyond the beyond. And I get the kids want to play and all that. But this is just wrong on so many levels.

They're not being held against their own will. Relax.

 

[fatlucy]

So just to be clear, this really isn’t college basketball any longer. Taking kids from campus and locking the up in what will be admittedly a guided cage for 3 months so they don’t miss a basketball game is just beyond the beyond. And I get the kids want to play and all that. But this is just wrong on so many levels.

It’s not mandatory. They don’t have to do it. But I bet they want to. Just like The League.

 

[HooperScooper]

So just to be clear, this really isn’t college basketball any longer. Taking kids from campus and locking the up in what will be admittedly a guided cage for 3 months so they don’t miss a basketball game is just beyond the beyond. And I get the kids want to play and all that. But this is just wrong on so many levels.

@freescooter, you needed to read the article before commenting. I'd agree with you if they were talking about doing this for an entire season. They're talking about 2 weeks in January when students are on semester break. A time when the players would be playing games anyway and living on campus by themselves. Sounds fine to me.

The conference’s goal would be for its teams to play five or six conference games during a potential two-week span in January if it implements a bubble in early 2021, according to a source.

Sources: Big East intensifying plans for a January bubble

The Big East is intensifying its plans for a January bubble due to recent spikes in COVID-19, a source close to the situation said on Friday. The league is currently exploring multiple locations for a bubble. The conference’s goal would be for its teams to play five or six conference games...

collegehoopstoday.com

 

[HooperScooper]

You've gone from constant nonsensical whining on this to now being straight up offensive.

And wrong. See my post above this one.

 

[Kolumbo]

UConn, CT, and Mohegan are actually better suited to host the bubble than any other university. If you want to avoid congested cities. Then again, you could host it at MSG as long as proper protocols are followed.

 

[superjohn]

And wrong. See my post above this one.

So they're only going to be locked up in a cage for 2 weeks?

 

[Kolumbo]

 

[HooperScooper]

So they're only going to be locked up in a cage for 2 weeks?

And they only get bread and water for those 2 weeks.

 

[UCSouth]

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That's an awful nice cage.