It would be a big loss for ESPN and a chance for Fox to finally stop bleeding cash with that awful deal they signed with the New Big East, Would really screw the teams Gonzaga leaves behind. I wonder if any of them would ever play them out of conference again?
Curious about the other two programs.
Several weeks ago on a message board I read the 3 teams that the BE were going to add were St Louis, Dayton and UMASS. I'm guessing Gonzaga decided they didn't want to be left in the WCC and went all in. That would mean one of the other teams gets shut out, probably St Louis.
It makes no sense for Gonzaga to be in the East. None at all. They’re doing fine where they are.
And why would Nova and Gtown want Gonzaga in their conference? Georgetown administrators should focus on fixing their basketball program. These athletic administrators have no idea what they’re doing most of the time. They only look at the dollar signs and don’t ever look at the big picture and what’s best for their programs in the long term, and that’s not always what they think it is.
More viewers and more money.
Pittsburgh wasn’t an original member. SU and UConn were the only non Catholic schools of the original 7 members in 1979.
More viewers??? For UMass? They can't keep a coach. They don't win. I live near Mullins. There are a ton of empty seats at every game. They add neither.
I kind of scratched my head when Frank Martin took the job there, it makes sense now.
Dasher you are my internet grandpa and it’s upsetting to see you say mean things about alma mater because an outsider fans the UMass flames on this website.
Nothing says "Big East" like Spokane, Washington.
Keep in mind, my high school baseball coach was a guy named Bill Mullins. as in Mullins the home of Umass basketball. I rooted for Umass long before you guys were born. Then they got good and the abuse I took from new Umass fans was brutal. I have never forgot it.
I’ve always liked the Big Priest.
Not as much as he likes you.
Shots fired. Shots fired.
I am just saying that if the basketball (and football) programs were even competent, people would 100000% show up for the games. People giving you chit kind of speaks to that, no?
