Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[noeynox]

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The fact that it worked out the way it did makes it a bigger anti-trust problem, not a smaller one. But the sports executive should keep his legal takes coming. And BTN legal must have caked its pants to see a former executive opine on the anti-trust aspects of the Big 10 on Twitter.

 

[superjohn]

I guess we better learn to love playing Our Sisters of Christ’s Eternal Agony in the Big East.

Best basketball conference in the country.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Best basketball conference in the country.

I don’t see it.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

And of course, who could ever forget...

This guy shares a (large) bit of the blame, too...

 

[superjohn]

I don’t see it.

You should watch.

 

[Urcea]

I don’t see it.

They think a conference being held up by a team from Nebraska with no pedigree and annual first round losers from Wisconsin projects sustained success and even dominance long term

 

[Dibbie]

They think a conference being held up by a team from Nebraska with no pedigree and annual first round losers from Wisconsin projects sustained success and even dominance long term

Not to mention one coaching change away from being irrelevant again

 

[superjohn]

They think a conference being held up by a team from Nebraska with no pedigree and annual first round losers from Wisconsin projects sustained success and even dominance long term

This made sense in your head?

 

[Urcea]

This made sense in your head?

let me rephrase in terms you can comprehend:

marquette and creighton poopy

 

[superjohn]

let me rephrase in terms you can comprehend:

marquette and creighton poopy

Top 10 again, yep they blow.

 

[Luna]

Marquette is a big brand..

 

[Urcea]

Marquette is a big brand..

With very very little to show for it. My point was that throwing around “we have the best league” based on recent successes of nobody schools and relying on that as the antidote to realignment is pretty short sighted.

 

[superjohn]

Marquette is a big brand..

Urethra thinks they're nobody poopy basketball programs.

 

[bendm]

Urethra thinks they're nobody poopy basketball programs.

i think urethra meant peepee programs

 

[Luna]

The big east has big brand schools in the east and midwest.. three top ten schools this year..big name coaching hires… the defending national champions…sit back and enjoy the ride… the big east is going to be a lot fun this year

 

[huskymedic]

 

[bendm]

hope it stays that way

 

[ScottVib]

The big east has big brand schools in the east and midwest.. three top ten schools this year..big name coaching hires… the defending national champions…sit back and enjoy the ride… the big east is going to be a lot fun this year

I think people overrate the Midwest brands when it comes to the Big East’s next deal. The Big East has two must-owns and a collection of second tier schools who are worth airing when they are good… plus some other schools in decent markets. (I.E. UConn makes a DePaul game airable. Creighton does not)

Without UConn the Big East’s next TV deal would likely remain flat, even in an environment where every other deal has gone up. With UConn the Big East will approach legacy AAC school money (~7M per)

 

[CTBballfan243]

I think people overrate the Midwest brands when it comes to the Big East’s next deal. The Big East has two must-owns and a collection of second tier schools who are worth airing when they are good… plus some other schools in decent markets. (I.E. UConn makes a DePaul game airable. Creighton does not)

Without UConn the Big East’s next TV deal would likely remain flat, even in an environment where every other deal has gone up. With UConn the Big East will approach legacy AAC school money (~7M per)

For what the Big East is, that's not bad money. The small private institutions can survive off that.

 

[Ha Who]

Imagine if we were third school. Rule 1 would dictate SMU swoops in during the delay and grabs our spot

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[nelsonmuntz]

ESPN is effectively throwing spaghetti against the wall to see if it sticks.

 

[superjohn]

Is this a joke? This has to be a joke.

 

[JeepCSC]

They’ve been doing it for a couple years for the playoffs.