UConn Conference vs Catholic 7

[businesslawyer]

Something is very wrong regardless. Even in the MAC now, which is quite compact, kids are traveling midweek in non-revenue sports. It's all over and in every conference. This means the travel problems for the new spread out conferences is more an issue for budgets than it is for athletes since the athletes are already missing class in even the smaller compact conferences.

As I've said before, a rational person who had been in a comma for 100 years -- or who parachuted in from the jungle somewhere -- would never in a million years understand our Division I college sports structure.

But it is what it is.

 

[zls44]

C7 locked up MSG through 2025-26. Solid win for them and puts a turd in John Swofford's punch bowl.

 

[prankster]

As I've said before, a rational person who had been in a comma for 100 years -- or who parachuted in from the jungle somewhere -- would never in a million years understand our Division I college sports structure.

But it is what it is.

I have never known anyone to have been in a comma, for any length of time.

Although I suspect that there is a larger percentage of the population who might seem to have been in a period for longer than is generally acceptable.

 

[tzznandrew]

This is exactly why the New Big East is forming. The vast majority of the schools you mentioned are leaving the conference anyways. UConn and Cincy would have left if given the option. Why not join with some more teams and get some more money in the meantime. No one thinks that this is anything other then a roll of the dice, but better to leave then get left behind.

Here's the thing: they're placing schools in the tournament from 3 different conferences right now (BE, MVC, A10). It will be harder when they're all in the same conference.

That said, I do think the BE as it will be constructed next year will be viable, stable, and enjoyable.

I have no hard feelings toward the catholics. Anything they can be criticized for (not being for UM) can be countered by some of the football schools not voting for Penn State.

I mean, geez, we were almost in a conference with VT, Miami, Penn State, WVU, and Florida State. That likely would have been the league if we took Penn State in the early 80s. That conference never gets poached by the ACC...although it may have split football-basketball eventually.

 

[hoopsnloops32]

I think it's hard for fans of UConn/Syracuse/Pitt/other Big East football schools to understand the perspective of the basketball schools. Unlike you guys, they have known that they were going to be left in the realignment dust for over a decade. The New Big East is the best the catholic schools could hope for short of the current Big East sticking together.