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Gonzaga/Big East embers

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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Would need some Midwest teams to go with Ceighton, Butler, Xavier, Marquette and DePaul. Add Zags and another central time zone school.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
From a NBE-perspective, Gonzaga's in the west yet still 280 miles from the Pacific. Additionally, Spokane's airport (GEG) has a grand total of 1 direct flight to any city with a NBE school (ORD 3.5 hours, Depaul). As crappy as UConn being in the AAC was, at least most AAC schools were in or reasonably close to mid to large size cities with some direct flights from/to BDL. Imagine Gonzaga's players enjoying their many 1/2 to full cross-country flights.
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Gonzaga uses private chartered jets for away games so their trips would be better than taking commercial flights. But can't get around the distance.

www.spokesman.com

How Gonzaga travels: Behind-the-scenes look at how the Bulldogs take to the sky

Most college basketball teams fly to games. Commercially. In the same planes we all do. But one of the perks of playing for one of the nation’s elite college basketball programs is traveling on privately chartered jets. That rarefied company includes Gonzaga.
www.spokesman.com www.spokesman.com
 
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I’ll take Gonzaga. The logistics will work themselves out.

I hope Val has a backbone to stand up to Fox and doesn’t let them water down the league with anyone else (the only semi-realistic outside shot school that would add value is Notre Dame, but they ain’t joining).

The NBE is at an all time high point considering recent success + coaching hires. Anyone other than Gonzaga joining will just get to ride those coat tails while dragging down the profile of the league. Not smart for the current conference members.
 
I will file this under "I'll believe it when I see it".

It's a great talking point and prior to getting too deep in discussion it seems like a great idea. Once the logistics begin to be considered and reality sets in the idea falls apart.
 
ThabeetDown said:
I like it short-term for sure. Add another powerhouse team. Logistically, the flight out to Spokane sucks, especially if you do like Omaha on Wed and Zags on Sat. Tough back-to-back games. I hope they do keep the round robin schedule though. Getting a crack at a top 5 team though twice a year is nice to have come Selection Sunday.

Long-term, how many years does Few have left? The trip out to Spokane quickly becomes a nightmare if they aren't a top 5/10 team. It would become a chore like flying out to Tulsa was in the AAC. That's my biggest concern.
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When the idea was first thrown out there a while back, I liked it, but the travel was obviously a concern. Now that we have played a full season in the Big East with the round robin schedule, Im not so sure how I feel about adding anybody, especially Gonzaga. You bring up a good point about Mark Few. Is Gonzaga going to continue to be a annual top 10 team after he leaves. If they become irrelevent, adding Gonzaga would have been a huge failure. I know you can say that about any school, but the travel would just make that a bad situation.
 
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a mid-major conference adding a member on the other side of the country has never backfired.
 
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kobe said:
a mid-major conference adding a member on the other side of the country has never backfired.
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imagine despising the coach your program peaked under!

I'm sure you will settle into a poor man's WVU existence.

Fortunately y'all have a decent recruiting class next year that would give you a recruit higher ranked than all but 9 Huskies
 
Ts5034 said:
When the idea was first thrown out there a while back, I liked it, but the travel was obviously a concern. Now that we have played a full season in the Big East with the round robin schedule, Im not so sure how I feel about adding anybody, especially Gonzaga. You bring up a good point about Mark Few. Is Gonzaga going to continue to be a annual top 10 team after he leaves. If they become irrelevent, adding Gonzaga would have been a huge failure. I know you can say that about any school, but the travel would just make that a bad situation.
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This was a fear I had before but I don't think it's realistic. If Gonzaga could even stay at the level of a Creighton or Xavier after Few leaves it is a home run addition. A perennial tournament team with Gonzaga's name and the Big East will be fine.
 
Maybe they want to be prepared for March

I'll believe it when the ink dries, but I'd absolutely love it
 
Risky decision for Gonzaga. Seems like they have a pretty good thing going right now.
 
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Regardless of what happens, it's really fun to talk about and pretend it might be real as we just kicked off the 7 month black hole that is the college basketball offseason.
 
The disrespect

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I don't like it but what I do like is a scheduling alliance where Gonzaga, St. Marys, BYU, and San Francisco or Santa Clara (or whoever the 4th and 5th place teams are that year) agree to schedule 2-3 games per year with the top teams in the BE, changing from year to year depending on who those tops teams are. Any of those aforementioned teams would be an improvement over some of the lowest-rated cupcakes scheduled.
 
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