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Message: [QUOTE="ThabeetDown, post: 4885608, member: 4336"] Val has to do something. Diluting the product by adding Dayton is not the option. Same goes with adding Gonzaga. The conference needs to market itself better but it’s too late if the deal is being negotiated off of current ratings — FS1 ratings stink but our best teams minus UConn fall behind run of the mill B10 games on the channel. That is a major problem for negotiating. Val has to get creative. I’d bring back Big Monday to start. Most Monday games stink in CBB. Market it like crazy. Make it the marquee game of the week (like a better version of football MACtion). It shouldn’t dilute Saturday games if they can figure out to make the travel or schedule not too challenging to play on Mondays. But shouldn’t be too difficult. You can also add OBE matchups on Mondays as part of the noncon. Next, I’d do something more drastic like a scheduling alliance with the Mountain West. They have 11 teams and it’s a very fun basketball conference. I’m not talking about a 11v11 challenge one time a year, I’m talking about multiple games. Play 4 games each rather than cupcakes in Nov and Dec. I think we’d all rather play Colorado State or SDSU than Pine Bluff. Those are games that look great if you win, don’t kill if you lose, and are better ratings. Things like this is what the BE needs to do to stay relevant. I don’t trust Val to do this but one can hope. [/QUOTE]