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Two other teams. Mega realignment? Presumably those other teams would have football teams. What happens with those?
 
bendm said:
hearing from a PC friend of a PC insider that FOX is driving this and Zags would be 1 of 3 new teams. two divisions of 7. idk who the others would be. assume 2 other west coast teams?

idk what to believe. all i know for sure is the danger of smoke inhalation is very high right now.
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If it's that, as a UConn fan, I'll be praying for an ACC invite.
 
bendm said:
hearing from a PC friend of a PC insider that FOX is driving this and Zags would be 1 of 3 new teams. two divisions of 7. idk who the others would be. assume 2 other west coast teams?

idk what to believe. all i know for sure is the danger of smoke inhalation is very high right now.
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Spitballing... MWC is already CBS/Fox, so doesn't make much sense to raid from them. The AAC is dead so maybe Wichita St. and SMU? That doesn't help Gonzaga, but I don't know.

Or maybe St. Mary's and San Francisco?
 
auror said:
Spitballing... MWC is already CBS/Fox, so doesn't make much sense to raid from them. The AAC is dead so maybe Wichita St. and SMU? That doesn't help Gonzaga, but I don't know.

Or maybe St. Mary's and San Francisco?
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Wichita St. is realistic, but SMU would never leave for a non-football conference.
 
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methodology said:
East: PC, UConn,Nova, Seton Hall, St John’s, Gtown, east coast addition

West: Xavier, Marquette, Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Gonzaga, travel partner
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i think they'd add 2 more teams to the western division so the travel between the two divisions isnt quite so unbalanced. or maybe doing so makes it even more unbalanced...idk i'm freaking out!

East: PC, UConn, Nova, Seton Hall, St John’s, Gtown, Xavier
West: Marquette, Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Gonzaga, Wichita, St Mary's/San Fran
 
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Forget traveling that has almost zero effect on UConn. It’s one trip to the west coast every year. We could even begin to recruit out there with a guaranteed game every year. What matters to UConn is the amount of prestige, competition and just overall excitement adding Gonzaga and Mark Few to an already loaded coaching group would be. UConn, Nova, Gonzaga. Xavier with Miller at the top of the BEAST would be incredible. Add in Shaka and MU, Matta and Butler, Cooley and PC, SH and Sha all in the second tier. Man oh man. And if GTown ever got it together. That’s the best basketball conference in the country in a couple of years. Quality wise the BE might be all the way back. NO BRAINER
 
I really like the round robin regular season schedule. The success of the move is basically contingent on Gonzaga sustaining an incredibly high level of success; which to their credit they have been doing it for a long time. The moment they become just another competitive team... this feels a lot less of a good move.
 
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UConnRock said:
Wichita St. is realistic, but SMU would never leave for a non-football conference.
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bendm said:
i think they'd add 2 more teams to the western division so the travel between the two divisions isnt quite so unbalanced. or maybe doing so makes it even more unbalanced...idk i'm freaking out!

East: PC, UConn, Nova, Seton Hall, St John’s, Gtown, Xavier
West: Marquette, Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Gonzaga, Wichita, St Mary's
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Yeah Wichita, Gonzaga, St. Mary's seems most obvious combination.
 
NotADime89 said:
Exactly I highly doubt they'll want to fly across the country for half of their conference games.
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willing to bet that Gonzaga has the revenues to sustain that better than UConn that loves to go deep into the overdraft protection the state allows them.

I don't envision Gonzaga signing up for that monster of a road schedule. Fake news.

That team goes anywhere to challenge anyone and has done so for years. Only Coppin State puts more mileage on the odometers

Would love to see Zaga twice a year - it would boost recruitment and make every NBE team that much better
 
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borninansonia said:
Having a team in Washington join the big east is immoral.

The latest IPCC report states that humans must take action now to minimize greenhouse gases if we want future generations to thrive or perhaps even survive. Last week, both poles were about 40C above normal.

Having a team in the state of Washington join the big east will significantly increase the carbon footprint of all the teams in the big east, and that, my fellow big east fans, is immoral. It's steal life from future generations.
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This belongs in the Off Topic Archive
Last I heard John Kerry has his own private jet and uses airplanes for travel all over the world
 
metsfan2323 said:
From Gonzaga's perspective if it ain't broke don't fix it. They win 30 games a year and get high seeds in the tournament and they are going to trade that in for a murderous road schedule? Plus they would have to find a home for their non-revenue sports because no way would they be joining the Big East.
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i think from gonzaga's perspective, it is broken though. you can't have 20+ years of success (including five+ years of near dominance) and keep crashing and burning in the postseason without questioning their less-than-ideal conference situation.

as far as the move goes from a uconn fan perspective -- the realist in me is dubious, but the basketball junkie is frothing at the mouth. this is about to get crazy.
 
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auror said:
Yeah Wichita, Gonzaga, St. Mary's seems most obvious combination.
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or St. Louis. i think 1 west coast team is preferable

East: PC, UConn, Nova, Seton Hall, St John’s, Gtown, Xavier
West: Marquette, Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Gonzaga, Wichita, StL
 
I would be okay with adding Gonzaga. They're the only basketball school out there that would probably help the BE with their next FOX contract.

But adding St. Louis, St. Marys, San Fran, Wichita St?? Gross. There is no need to dilute the conference with those programs. Would any of you be excited to play any of those on a Wednesday night at the XL? Hell no.
 
elmcityboy said:
i think from gonzaga's perspective, it is broken though. you can't have 20+ years of success (including five+ years of near dominance) and keep crashing and burning in the postseason without questioning their less-than-ideal conference situation.

as far as the move goes from a uconn fan perspective -- the realist in me is dubious, but the basketball junkie is frothing at the mouth. this is about to get crazy.
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They made it to the finals last year. Hardly a crash and burn.
 
aburks41 said:
I would be okay with adding Gonzaga. They're the only basketball school out there that would probably help the BE with their next FOX contract.

But adding St. Louis, St. Marys, San Fran, Wichita St?? Gross. There is no need to dilute the conference with those programs. Would any of you be excited to play any of those on a Wednesday night at the XL? Hell no.
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I agree. If we are going to ruin the conference FOX better be paying though the nose.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
I agree. If we are going to ruin the conference FOX better be paying though the nose.
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shizzle787 said:
Yes to Gonzaga. No to additional add-ons.
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100%. Gonzaga move the needle. St. Mary's/San Francisco does not. Wichita been there done that -- not going to cater to Creighton with adding them (in all honestly they might even block a Wichita addition).
 
metsfan2323 said:
I agree. If we are going to ruin the conference FOX better be paying though the nose.
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Yes. And before anyone forgets, travel includes soccer, baseball, and all the other Olympic sports. Still think Gonzaga can make that work? If it was only basketball, that would be easy.
 
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