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Message: [QUOTE="PRHusky, post: 3912170, member: 436"] The Big East needs to expand to 12 teams at the very least for a number of reasons. First and foremost, one of the largest source of revenue for a basketball centric league like the BE are NCAA Tournament units. The more teams you have in conference, the more teams you are likely to have make the Tournament and advance. Had Georgetown not won the Big East Tournament this season, the BE would’ve had only three teams make the NCAA Tournament. That would have been a disaster not only perception-wise but money-wise. By adding a 12th team, you can also go back down to 18 conference games without affecting the number of total League games. There is no need to have every team play each other twice; you just need to make sure that the right teams are playing each other twice (Villanova-UConn for example), but I don’t feel like we absolutely need to play Xavier, Butler or Depaul twice every season. This way the League reduces the chances of costing itself NCCA bids by beating itself up while at the same time increasing the chances to showcase itself against marquee teams OOC or at worst adding wins against low to mid majors. Another reason to add a 12th team is to avoid teams from having byes during conference season. As currently constructed, one team will always have a bye during the last weekend of the regular season, while a different team has a bye during the last week. That is not ideal. Adding a 12th team also means one more game during the BET. Might not seem like a lot, but that is certainly more money for the League. Who should that 12th team be? That is the difficult question. Maybe VCU? How about Wichita State? Both have been better programs over the last decade than at least half of the teams currently in the BE. [/QUOTE]

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