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Who Will Be the 12th Big East Team?

If there was a viable candidate in Boston, I would be in favor of adding a team. Otherwise, no point.
 
local? check.
big fanbase? check.
not poor? check.
able to make big noise every now and then? check.
Navy.
i have no clue about any externalities involved in this possibility. just winging tacking it, and that ain't no jib(e). anchors aweigh!
 
I find it "fitting" that Navy plays in the Patriot league.

They haven't won a conference championship since 1998...and thus haven't been to the dance this century....could they be tempted by a league that gets multiple bids?
 
McLovin said:
@PRHusky , valid points for a 12th team, specifically the NCAA Tournament revenue.

But the league wants a 20 game conference schedule. All of the P5 conferences are going to 20 games. Our options are play 20 and have better games on the resume for selection Sunday or play 18 and fill 2 games with cupcakes that don't move the needle. We want to be playing Nova, Creighton and other Q1/Q2 opponents twice a year to help our metrics. The committee showed this year that "beating up" on each other in league play is rewarded with top seeds, as the undeserving Big 10 was rewarded with 5 top 4 seeds.

Granted, they could still do a 20 game schedule with 12 teams but it wouldn't be as clean.
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If staying at 20 League games is necessary, we can still do that with 12 teams. You would play 9 teams twice and 2 teams once.
 
ClifSpliffy said:
local? check.
big fanbase? check.
not poor? check.
able to make big noise every now and then? check.
Navy.
i have no clue about any externalities involved in this possibility. just winging tacking it, and that ain't no jib(e). anchors aweigh!
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were you so stoned the last 8 years you didnt realize navy bball wasnt even good enough for the aac?
 
ClifSpliffy said:
local? check.
big fanbase? check.
not poor? check.
able to make big noise every now and then? check.
Navy.
i have no clue about any externalities involved in this possibility. just winging tacking it, and that ain't no jib(e). anchors aweigh!
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yeah, let's water (see what I did there?) it down even more. My God, no.
 
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Most schools have programs aimed at "sustainability" or 0 carbon emissions. I think cuse had a "sustainability" program before they broke up the big east and decided to fly everywhere.
Gonzaga is a great bball program, but does not belong in the "big EAST." Flying all the way cross country for basketball games does not lead to 0 carbon emissions or sustainablility.
 
John said:
yeah, let's water (see what I did there?) it down even more. My God, no.
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that's actually funny. pithy too. i'll drop a like to almost any post that gets me laughing. kudos. anyway, that's all i got on the topic at hand.
 
VCU or Richmond. The Big East should be in Virginia. Or Liberty Liberty Liberty.
 
Kolumbo said:
VCU or Richmond. The Big East should be in Virginia. Or Liberty Liberty Liberty.
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richmond has a law school, where my cuz now attends, so ......... no.
vcu apparently does not have a law school, so .......... yes.
i mean, who wants to further screw up these fine, entertaining, and enjoyable big east threads even more? not me. and, ur right. the big east should be in virginia if possible.
 
I hate the idea of adding another team. Sort of like the AAC adding East Carolina, Navy, Tulane and whatever other lower tier teams they did.
bendm said:
were you so stoned the last 8 years you didnt realize navy bball wasnt even good enough for the aac?
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Please. Talking about the BS additions they made to other sports as well..If they left it alone as an 8.team conference it would have.
 
Kolumbo said:
VCU or Richmond. The Big East should be in Virginia. Or Liberty Liberty Liberty.
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You actually believe any of these schools should be in the Big East? I live in Richmond and attend VCU and Richmond games pretty regularly and they're not on the same level as anyone in the conference except maybe DePaul.
 
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ClifSpliffy said:
richmond has a law school, where my cuz now attends, so ......... no.
vcu apparently does not have a law school, so .......... yes.
i mean, who wants to further screw up these fine, entertaining, and enjoyable big east threads even more? not me. and, ur right. the big east should be in virginia if possible.
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Small world, I attend Richmond law too.
 
Psolo12 said:
You actually believe any of these schools should be in the Big East? I live in Richmond and attend VCU and Richmond games pretty regularly and they're not on the same level as anyone in the conference except maybe DePaul.
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A rising tide or something like that. But I catch your drift.
 
You get Fordham and Manhattan to field combined teams – like some high schools do in sports that don't have the necessary participation. They're not that far apart. A couple of nice Catholic schools with two fan bases. Fordham grad Andrew Cuomo could broker the deal. Now, let's see .... what's the combined mascot of a Ram and a Jasper? The Raspers? The Jams? This is growing on me.
 
Notre Dame. Other than that, no reason to expand unless the major conferences start getting shaken up. Then Syracuse, Pittsburgh, or Louisville. Maybe Virginia Tech. No idea what they do with football though. That's why Notre Dame works, though they've got a good thing going with the ACC.
 
I like 11. If going to 12, I would say Sister Jean and the boys from Loyola. Don't know if 2 teams in Chicago would work.
 
NowInStorrs said:
Notre Dame. Other than that, no reason to expand unless the major conferences start getting shaken up. Then Syracuse, Pittsburgh, or Louisville. Maybe Virginia Tech. No idea what they do with football though. That's why Notre Dame works, though they've got a good thing going with the ACC.
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Notre Dame are prima donnas who think they have the right to call their own shots, they played a big part in killing the OBE. Screw them
 
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Drew said:
Marquette joined the Big East from CUSA in 2005. Before that they were members of the Horizon league and the Great Midwest league for basically the entirety of their athletics program's history
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You need to learn Marquette history. MU has been playing basketball for over 100 years. Many schools were independents. Marquette was a super power under some guy named Al McGuire.

Marquette joined the MCC in the very late 80's. That is not anything close to "basically the entirety of their athletics program's history".
 
FairView said:
You get Fordham and Manhattan to field combined teams – like some high schools do in sports that don't have the necessary participation. They're not that far apart. A couple of nice Catholic schools with two fan bases. Fordham grad Andrew Cuomo could broker the deal. Now, let's see .... what's the combined mascot of a Ram and a Jasper? The Raspers? The Jams? This is growing on me.
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Throw in the Maccabees from Manhattan for diversity.

Why hasn't NYU returned to Division I.

"Before it was scrapped at the height of a budget crisis in 1971, NYU's men's basketball program was a national power whose teams played for sellout crowds at Madison Square Garden. NYU still boasts winning records against several top schools like Connecticut, Georgetown and North Carolina and on May 8, the school will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1959-60 season when the Violets reached the NCAA tournament's Final Four.

Although it was reinstated in 1983, NYU's men's team is no longer a candidate March Madness. It now plays in Division III against the likes of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and Lebanon Valley College. And the wounds from the 1971 death sentence still linger. "It came as a total shock," says Stan McKenzie, a former NYU star who was playing in the NBA when he heard the news. "It happened in some smoke-filled room where someone just said, 'This is over.' Bam! And that was it.""
Why Isn't NYU a Sports Power? - WSJ
 
1960 NCAA Tournament
NYU 78, Connecticut 59. Learn something new every day.

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Drew said:
It's 2700 miles from Storrs to Gonzaga's campus in Spokane. Using the travel math site to calculate flight times its a hair under 5 hours each way from BDL-GEG. I agree travel has become easier and conferences a more national but this would just be insane.
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UCTitleTown said:
Travel cost reduction was a big factor in return to the BE. The AAC travel expenses were insane.
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ucp990411 said:
Distance not an issue? You think Dan Hurley was good with traveling to Houston, Dallas, Wichita, Tulsa plus two trips to Florida? I have news for you, traveling that much sucks.
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Gonzaga checks every box. You welcome them with open arms.

The travel concerns would really apply only to Gonzaga as they would be the one traveling East against every conference opponent. A once a year trip to play them is no big deal travel wise.

This is the only non P5 team I would want to see added.

#GonzagaToBigEast
#ReturnOfPolley
 
Huskymagic said:
Gonzaga checks every box. You welcome them with open arms.

The travel concerns would really apply only to Gonzaga as they would be the one traveling East against every conference opponent. A once a year trip to play them is no big deal travel wise.

This is the only non P5 team I would want to see added.

#GonzagaToBigEast
#ReturnOfPolley
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Could they add Gonzaga as a basketball only member and let Gonzaga keep any other sports in the WCC/whoever will take them? It's a little crazy but it would certainly be a huge move.
 
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