C7 to announce league membership tomorrow?

[TRest]

According to this link, the PC board admin, (RichardCoren?) has posted on his premium site that the C7 will announce they are adding 5 schools from the A10 mainly. No real surprises.

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com...&tid=161614589&mid=161614589&sid=1146&style=2

 

[Dann]

i found a insider that knew about this days ago on twitter

Dan‏@HuskyfanDan
if they go 16 big then #drake, #creighton, #davidson, #bonnies, #duq types should be in play.



6 JanDan‏@HuskyfanDan
i'm thinking #dayton, #xavier and #butler are the best adds, then #stl, #vcu. that could be the 12 with best possible markets and programs.



6 JanDan‏@HuskyfanDan
the c7 are clearly going to add either 3, 5 or 9 teams quick. thats how they can get max $ thru max inventory in prime markets.

 

[UConnDan97]

If it's true, and there's no reason to believe it isn't true, then the A-10 just got kicked in the nards. Wow. Poor VCU...

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I don't understand why they would go to 12 teams?

Add: Butler, Xavier, Dayton to get to 10, have an 18 team, home and home conference schedule and call it a day.

You have a pretty damn good hoops league, that logically and logistically makes sense.

 

[UConnDan97]

i found a insider that knew about this days ago on twitter

Dan‏@HuskyfanDan
if they go 16 big then #drake, #creighton, #davidson, #bonnies, #duq types should be in play.



6 JanDan‏@HuskyfanDan
i'm thinking #dayton, #xavier and #butler are the best adds, then #stl, #vcu. that could be the 12 with best possible markets and programs.



6 JanDan‏@HuskyfanDan
the c7 are clearly going to add either 3, 5 or 9 teams quick. thats how they can get max $ thru max inventory in prime markets.

It looks like they are going to target Catholic schools primarily, which isn't a surprise. What also isn't a surprise is that they are leaving out St. Joe's, a relatively well known Catholic basketball school, because.....Nova strikes again!!! They are such insecure punks!

 

[uconNYC]

I know Fordham is a perennial seller dweller, but they would be an outside-the-box addition. NYC + good academics (probably best after Georgetown of the C7). YES Network actually airs a bunch of their games, so they have more of a following than people might perceive. Between SHU, SJU and the C7 league would have a strong grip on NYC.

 

[TRest]

I don't understand why they would go to 12 teams?

Add: Butler, Xavier, Dayton to get to 10, have an 18 team, home and home conference schedule and call it a day.

You have a pretty damn good hoops league, that logically and logistically makes sense.

I think they are adding as many strong programs as possible to balance the weak of the C7.

 

[Oxford Bob]

I don't understand why they would go to 12 teams?

Add: Butler, Xavier, Dayton to get to 10, have an 18 team, home and home conference schedule and call it a day.

You have a pretty damn good hoops league, that logically and logistically makes sense.

Duh, so they can have a championship game.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

i found a insider that knew about this days ago on twitter

Dan‏@HuskyfanDan
if they go 16 big then #drake, #creighton, #davidson, #bonnies, #duq types should be in play.



6 JanDan‏@HuskyfanDan
i'm thinking #dayton, #xavier and #butler are the best adds, then #stl, #vcu. that could be the 12 with best possible markets and programs.



6 JanDan‏@HuskyfanDan
the c7 are clearly going to add either 3, 5 or 9 teams quick. thats how they can get max $ thru max inventory in prime markets.

Your joke tweets are almost identical in form to mhver3 and the Dude's real tweets. Predict everything, then you will always be right. Well done.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The C7 are going to get more than $50MM, and there is going to be a lot of Tier 3 inventory for the individual schools to sell separately. They are going to be just fine.

The one caveat is that the current A10 contract is probably for a limited amount of inventory, leaving the schools to sell a lot remaining content separately. In other words, I am sure Butler is projecting a lot more than $400k of TV revenue for this season. I can see a buy in, but I don't know how likely they are going to be to take a half share, since I am sure their consultants will say that Xavier and Butler are much bigger drivers of the Fox TV deal than Providence and Seton Hall.

 

[Pudge]

It's in UCONN's interest ... keeping the hoop strong ... to be connected to good hoop teams. If the C-7 don't want to include VCU, we should start a good solid series. IF we want to play in NYC, we should contract with Fordham ... heck, St. John's doesn't buy you much. The league we are in should scoop up games with good teams. Content for TV networks. The C-7 are off & running: Pick up your opportunities.

 

[uconNYC]

It's in UCONN's interest ... keeping the hoop strong ... to be connected to good hoop teams. If the C-7 don't want to include VCU, we should start a good solid series. IF we want to play in NYC, we should contract with Fordham ... heck, St. John's doesn't buy you much. The league we are in should scoop up games with good teams. Content for TV networks. The C-7 are off & running: Pick up your opportunities.

I see where you are going with this, but I don't like your examples. If we want to play in NYC do a neutral court game against the likes of Duke or Kentucky at MSG or Barclays Center. Instead of VCU just schedule Michigan State, Kansas, Texas and UCLA - top schools that are not afraid to have a strong OOC schedule.

I think playing VCU, Gonazaga, St. Marys, Butler, etc. kind of pigeonholes us in the "best of the rest" category. We want to be looked at as one of the blue bloods in BBall.

 

[UConnDan97]

I see where you are going with this, but I don't like your examples. If we want to play in NYC do a neutral court game against the likes of Duke or Kentucky at MSG or Barclays Center. Instead of VCU just schedule Michigan State, Kansas, Texas and UCLA - top schools that are not afraid to have a strong OOC schedule.

I think playing VCU, Gonazaga, St. Marys, Butler, etc. kind of pigeonholes us in the "best of the rest" category. We want to be looked at as one of the blue bloods in BBall.

THIS was my point. The neutral site game in NYC will attract a MUCH bigger name than Fordham! That's what we should look at...

 

[alexd]

also this from SI about the CYO7:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20130109/catholic-7-tv/index.html?mobile=no

 

[Jimdish255]

This sounds like an interesting league. I think a few of the former BE members are going to regret adding some of these teams when they start getting spanked by them. Oh and there will be drama among this group for sure.

 

[Vowelguy]

I don't understand why they would go to 12 teams?

Add: Butler, Xavier, Dayton to get to 10, have an 18 team, home and home conference schedule and call it a day.

You have a pretty damn good hoops league, that logically and logistically makes sense.

Butler might have some reluctance to being the only non-Catholic.
If that's the case, might go with Richmond or possibly VCU, but I think Richmond is better & a better fit for them.

 

[kingdobbs]

I don't understand why they would go to 12 teams?

Add: Butler, Xavier, Dayton to get to 10, have an 18 team, home and home conference schedule and call it a day.

You have a pretty damn good hoops league, that logically and logistically makes sense.

The Big Catholic wants to have as good a chance as possible to remain relevant in the new landscape, and as much as that means "having enough powerful teams", it also means "putting as much distance as possible in between you and the next best". In basketball terms, that means still being perceived as a "major" conference.

Certainly an argument could be made that just Butler, Xavier and Dayton remove any chance of the A-10 being a close "next best", especially with Temple on its way out as well. But Creighton also puts a hurt on the Missouri Valley, widening further the gap there.

 

[RS9999X]

Certainly an argument could be made that just Butler, Xavier and Dayton remove any chance of the A-10 being a close "next best", especially with Temple on its way out as well. But Creighton also puts a hurt on the Missouri Valley, widening further the gap there.

Exactly. The A-10 beat out the PAc-12 the last two years for Conference RPI. With the Big East out of the picture the C-12 will challenge the SEC for 4th place.

 

[tzznandrew]

Go to 12 with Butler, Creighton, VCU, Xavier, Dayton.

I'd watch the better games from a league with those teams.

 

[RS9999X]

Go to 12 with Butler, Creighton, VCU, Xavier, Dayton.

I'd watch the better games from a league with those teams.

5 teams in the Top 33 in the AP and Coaches polls (Georgetown, Marquette, VCU, Butler and Creighton). Likely one more by season's end

 

[Vowelguy]

Go to 12 with Butler, Creighton, VCU, Xavier, Dayton.

I'd watch the better games from a league with those teams.

Why would a conference of Catholic schools (most <10k students) want to be associated with a very large (30k+ students) public university in VCU?

 

[UConnDan97]

Why would a conference of Catholic schools (most <10k students) want to be associated with a very large (30k+ students) public university in VCU?

Money? That's why they associated with schools like that in the past, right? Just sayin'...

 

[Vowelguy]

Money? That's why they associated with schools like that in the past, right? Just sayin'...

They associated 30+ years ago. Surely you're not suggesting that decision-making process still applies today.

VCU would be a mistake IMHO. If they want that area, they should take Richmond.

 

[upstater]

Wow, check out this latest tweet from Mrwv3:

#CYO7 #catholics #conversion VCU is being baptized right now. my vatican source is surprised that school named after protestant virgin (hardly) throws in towel after 500 years, but realignment is scary.

 

[RS9999X]

Wow, check out this latest tweet from Mrwv3:

#CYO7 #catholics #conversion VCU is being baptized right now. my vatican source is surprised that school named after protestant virgin (hardly) throws in towel after 500 years, but realignment is scary.

It's the presence of the El Amarna markings on the Medical School AKA as the Egyptian Building. All the Amen stuff and homage to Akhnaten and his son Tut gets them teary-eyed in the Towers of Mordor the Holy See and all-seeing eye..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Building