Bye Bye AAC

[Ha Who]

true but isn’t it ironic that all those teams u mentioned above all suck right now except for Louisville and maybe wv.

You beat me to the punch

 

[HuskyHawk]

I'll let you in on a little secret Louisville, Miami, and West Virginia aren't the old Big East.

And certainly not Cincinnati or USF.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

There have been 3 iterations of the Big East.

The first iteration was a basketball conference of 9 schools.
The second iteration was a football conference of up to 16 schools.
Now we're joining the third iteration, a basketball conference of 11 schools.

The first and third iterations are remarkably similar. We traded Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and BC for Xavier, Butler, Marquette, Creighton, and DePaul. What we lost in tradition is certainly made up for in competition.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Other than Louisville and to a lesser extent WV, what former OBE teams have thrived in their new homes?

Definitely Villanova. Assuming you believe Nova is in a "new home".

But i believe you are referring to the schools who pursued football dreams in larger conferences. Most of them have experienced limited success.

 

[UCLJ0211]

I’m sure this is a product of the internet but it’s feels as though we attract the most uniformed fans. Don’t know the sports or the history of the program. We left the Big East? Since when?

Depends which uniform you’re talking about. I prefer the mid-90’s ones with the old husky logo

 

[Rocktheworld]

We didn't leave the BE, those schools left us. Bizarre that people still think this.

Someone gave me crap in another thread for using the NBE acronym. This is why I do it. Nobody should ever forget what happened to us.

 

[87Xfer]

Other than Louisville and to a lesser extent WV, what former OBE teams have thrived in their new homes?

In what universe is Louisville considered old Big East?

 

[AZHuskiePop]

The C7 where instrumental in blowing up the Old Big East. In fact their objective was to blow it up and distribute the assets to each member . A clause in the charter prevented that without the consent of UConn, USF, and Cinncy. All of whom would have been broke and homeless . Those teams got the bulk of the $75,000,000.

 

[Zissou]

Those leagues never lost any teams

Over their histories they all lost teams. In the more recent CR the ACC lost Maryland.

 

[Zissou]

 

[McLovin]

The new Big East is the same as the old Big East, it's the original schools with a few added schools. Same as it always was and same thing as the other major conferences.

Not at all the same conference from our glory days of the 90s and 2000s. Half (5/10) of the current conference weren’t around back then.

The New Big East, however, is a top 3 basketball conference and right where we belong.

You like to be mister literal around here, so let’s keep the facts straight.

 

[Zissou]

The Big East = "Old Big East" 9 minus [Cuse Pitt BC] plus [Marquette Xavier Creighton Butler DePaul]

6 of the 11 members are from the "Old Big East"
8 of the 11 members were members before the "Great CR".

 

[gtcam]

There will never be an OBE
It was the finest basketball conference and UConn was a major force and near or at the top of most accomplishments
This NBE is formidable but none of these teams would finish in the top half of the OBE

 

[polycom]

Depends which uniform you’re talking about. I prefer the mid-90’s ones with the old husky logo

Ah yes, ignore content talk about typos

 

[Zissou]

This NBE is formidable but none of these teams would finish in the top half of the OBE

Hey Rip Van Winkle, Nova won the National Championship in '16 and '18.

 

[wheelerdog]

Call it the NBE, OBE, BE, ZBE, whatever.

I call it home

 

[scoscox]

I wouldn't say that each year got progressively worse in the AAC. This year in the conference has been a major upswing compared to the last 3. Also love the Raw passion from OP, but this is an extremely uninformed post.

it's a borderline 1 bid league. how is it on a major upswing?

 

[scoscox]

Hey Rip Van Winkle, Nova won the National Championship in '16 and '18.

Fun fact: Rip Van Winkle was the name of the head basketball coach at UC and Miami (Ohio) in the 30's and 40's

Rip Van Winkle Coaching Record | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Rip Van Winkle Coaching Record

www.sports-reference.com

 

[glastonbury50]

it's a borderline 1 bid league. how is it on a major upswing?

Referring to UConn's play in the conference. Did you read OP?

 

[MexicoHusky]

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I'm happy to be joining the new Big East, but UCONN is currently still in the conference that began in 1979. So I have a fairly petty disagreement with the picture you posted.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Sort of related.

The AAC offices are still in Providence, correct? Which doesn't really make sense considering the location of all the schools. It makes even less sense with UCONN leaving. They probably should move their office to TX or something.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Sort of related.

The AAC offices are still in Providence, correct? Which doesn't really make sense considering the location of all the schools. It makes even less sense with UCONN leaving. They probably should move their office to TX or something.

American Athletic Conference looking forward to benefits of moving headquarters to Dallas

Las Colinas will likely have another college sports tenant in 2020.The American Athletic Conference will move its headquarters from Providence,...

www.dallasnews.com

 

[MexicoHusky]

American Athletic Conference looking forward to benefits of moving headquarters to Dallas

Las Colinas will likely have another college sports tenant in 2020.The American Athletic Conference will move its headquarters from Providence,...

www.dallasnews.com

Or something

 

[BGesus4]

We definitely should rock "I heart NY" warmups to fort worth next week

 

[auggie22]

You can feel the intensity in the building as we trade baskets in the final seconds of the final ( senior night) game of the season here in New Orleans. Electric. I am going to miss these rivalries.