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Why not invite Gonzaga to join the Big East?

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I've been following all the conference realignment talk and came across an article that suggested Gonzaga would be interested in an invite from the Big East? Aside from the geographical distance, sounds like this would add value to the conference both men and women. They could create an east and west division for home and away play to ease the travel burden a bit and have just once a year for the other division.

What do folks think? Good or bad?
 
Alydar said:
Great program- bad idea. Better to ask the AD's of the BE why a small catholic college out west can field an outstanding team while they all don't seem to give a rat's ass.
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The men are great; the women not so much. Lots of Big East schools have very competitive men’s teams; the economics of them continuing to do so are daunting.
 
Jordy said:
The men are great; the women not so much. Lots of Big East schools have very competitive men’s teams; the economics of them continuing to do so are daunting.
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Gonzaga WBB had a very nice season last year going 23-4, winning the West Coast Conference regular season as well as the conference tournament. They lost a close game to SC 79-72 in their season opener.

The Zags were a 5 seed for the Big Dance. But Alas, they lost to Belmont, a 12 seed in the 1st round..,,.. :(
 
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Gonzaga WBB has been a solid program, Kelly Graves started it and Lisa Fortier has kept it going. They have a bit of a post season problem though. Fortier got them to the Sweet 16 in her first Tourney appearance. They've only won one game in her 4 subsequent appearances. Several of those losses have been quite lackluster.
 
Well, actual I don't really know which conference Gonzaga belongs to ....
 
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ochoopsfan said:
Wouldnt it be better to have UConn join the Pac12?
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No. A logistics nightmare for UConn. UConn teams would spend a lot of time on airplanes and in the friendly skies. The eastern most member is Colorado, plus all of the Pac12 schools have a reasonably competitive football program.
 
oldude said:
A school from Spokane, Washington in the Big East? Sure, why not…….
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hey if Dallas can be in the NFC East Indianapolis in the AFC South and Cincinnati can in the AAC. why not it's all about the money anyways
 
fan4eva said:
hey if Dallas can be in the NFC East Indianapolis in the AFC South and Cincinnati can in the AAC. why not it's all about the money anyways
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Don't think any of these teams fly commercial and their players don't go to classes...
 
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Kaizen said:
Well, actual I don't really know which conference Gonzaga belongs to ....
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As was said, the WCC. I just want to add that the WCC, in addition to having a lot of California schools is, like the current Big East, all religious schools, 7 of them Catholic. Or as the article says "private, faith based".
 
veryolddog said:
It would be easier for Notre Dame to join the Big East. They have an independent football program and then play with the Catholic schools for basketball. If we are serving up BS on this thread, then here's my shovel full.
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ND in the Big East?
That would be unprecedented!!!

Wait a minute……..never mind…….
 
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DEpup said:
I've been following all the conference realignment talk and came across an article that suggested Gonzaga would be interested in an invite from the Big East? Aside from the geographical distance, sounds like this would add value to the conference both men and women. They could create an east and west division for home and away play to ease the travel burden a bit and have just once a year for the other division.

What do folks think? Good or bad?
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Is the campus located in East Spokane?
If yes, I say pull he trigger.
 
While we are all having some fun with the idea of Gonzaga in the BE, you will recall that back in 2012 Boise State had a deal to join the OBE. When it became clear that the top football schools were pulling out of the OBE, Boise St decided to remain in the Mountain West.
 
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If you have to get on an airplane anyhow, is it so much different to fly 500 miles or 2500 miles? Need hotel rooms on the other end either way. More expensive? Yes. A little more wear and tear? Yes. But not wildly so. UCONN survived the AAC which involved a lot of travel. Having said that the Gonzaga idea is pretty dumb. Keep the east in the east and the west in the west.
 
Skeets said:
If you have to get on an airplane anyhow, is it so much different to fly 500 miles or 2500 miles? Need hotel rooms on the other end either way. More expensive? Yes. A little more wear and tear? Yes. But not wildly so. UCONN survived the AAC which involved a lot of travel. Having said that the Gonzaga idea is pretty dumb. Keep the east in the east and the west in the west.
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Many years ago, I had some customers in OR, WA & ID. If you’re flying commercial from the east coast there are no direct flights. You fly through Chicago, St Louis or some other city. When you consider both the flight time as well as the time to and from airports and waiting around at airports it’s a good 8-9 hrs, assuming no flight delays.

So that’s basically 2 full days traveling to and from the PNW, and when you get there or fly back, you’re exhausted.
 
oldude said:
Many years ago, I had some customers in OR, WA & ID. If you’re flying commercial from the east coast there are no direct flights. You fly through Chicago, St Louis or some other city. When you consider both the flight time as well as the time to and from airports and waiting around at airports it’s a good 8-9 hrs, assuming no flight delays.

So that’s basically 2 full days traveling to and from the PNW, and when you get there or fly back, you’re exhausted.
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Good observation. I don't fly very much any more, but when I did it seemed like I could never get a direct flight except to the very largest of cities. I'm sure the volleyball team flies commercial. Do the MBB and WBB teams fly commercial or charter? Not that it matters, as I said it makes more sense to keep the east in the east and the west in the west...
 
Skeets said:
If you have to get on an airplane anyhow, is it so much different to fly 500 miles or 2500 miles? Need hotel rooms on the other end either way. More expensive? Yes. A little more wear and tear? Yes. But not wildly so. UCONN survived the AAC which involved a lot of travel. Having said that the Gonzaga idea is pretty dumb. Keep the east in the east and the west
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Skeets said:
If you have to get on an airplane anyhow, is it so much different to fly 500 miles or 2500 miles? Need hotel rooms on the other end either way. More expensive? Yes. A little more wear and tear? Yes. But not wildly so. UCONN survived the AAC which involved a lot of travel. Having said that the Gonzaga idea is pretty dumb. Keep the east in the east and the west in the west.
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Just checked it.
8 hour flight.
Cray cray
 
Skeets said:
Good observation. I don't fly very much any more, but when I did it seemed like I could never get a direct flight except to the very largest of cities. I'm sure the volleyball team flies commercial. Do the MBB and WBB teams fly commercial or charter? Not that it matters, as I said it makes more sense to keep the east in the east and the west in the west...
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I only follow the UConn women close enough to know certain details about them. I KNOW they fly charter, but I'm not sure every other WBB team in the BE does. It was fun to toss around the idea of UConn joining the PAC12, but that all it was, an idea. UConn is good where they are right now. The goal is to win championships. They did it being headquartered in the AAC, they can do being headquartered in the BIG East.

This is the best team Geno has had since the Stewart era. If everyone stays healthy, and performs as expected, UConn is going to be real tough to beat. Simply make the tournament, and win those last six games.

Until UConn's football team becomes uber competitive again, forget about any potential invites to a larger more financially lucrative conference. I say take care of the tasks before us, and deal with things down the road, down the road. Lets focus on winning the championship for THIS season. # Nodaysoff
 
Stymie said:
Just checked it.
8 hour flight.
Cray cray
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And that’s if you fly charter. Everything besides BB would require a layover in Minneapolis or Seattle — even from NYC or Chicago.
 
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