It's officially official ... C7 is outta here.

[OrangeXtreme]

Brett McMurphy‏@McMurphyESPN
Big East 7 Catholic basketball schools officially announce they’re leaving Big East

Brett McMurphy‏@McMurphyESPN
Big East statement on hoops schools leaving: “We have variety of options & are looking forward w/great partnership, collegiality & optimism”

https://twitter.com/McMurphyESPN

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...eave-big-east-pursue-new-basketball-framework

 

[cto]

Big East statement: http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/240210/Statement-From-Commissioner-Mike-Aresco.aspx

 

[cto]

Statement from the C7 http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...eave-big-east-pursue-new-basketball-framework

 

[OrangeXtreme]

So, MSG breaks the contract with the "Big East" in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

 

[NKR1978]

I hope Swofford is on the phone with MSG right now.

 

[kingottoiii]

Wow this will be a mess. The Big East is already saying that they cannot leave until after the 2014-15 season. Which means that the C7 are stuck in the BE BBall conference the next two years. Also is there an out for the C7 financially? Or do they have to pay exit fees to leave? If they have to pay then UConn, USF, Cincy, and Temple could be splitting $150M. It will be interesting to see what Boise, SD St, and Navy do next. There isn't really a reason for any of those three to go. That IMO is a good thing for the Big East as they can just go get 2 more schools and have a 10 team all sports conference.

SMU, Houston, Tulane, Memphis, UConn, Cincy, Temple, ECU, USF, UCF

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Big East spokesperson John Paquette told ESPN.com the seven schools will leave on June 30, 2015, per conference bylaws.

The Big East bylaws require departing members give the conference 27 months' notice, but league has negotiated early departures with several schools over the past year. Big East rules do allow schools to leave as a group without being obligated to pay exit fees.

 

[LennX6]

Wow this will be a mess. The Big East is already saying that they cannot leave until after the 2014-15 season. Which means that the C7 are stuck in the BE BBall conference the next two years. Also is there an out for the C7 financially? Or do they have to pay exit fees to leave? If they have to pay then UConn, USF, Cincy, and Temple could be splitting $150M. It will be interesting to see what Boise, SD St, and Navy do next. There isn't really a reason for any of those three to go. That IMO is a good thing for the Big East as they can just go get 2 more schools and have a 10 team all sports conference.

SMU, Houston, Tulane, Memphis, UConn, Cincy, Temple, ECU, USF, UCF

Amazing how Rutgers got to slip the turd to UConn before the door got slammed in UConns face.

 

[Chris02M]

i think boise and sd state will stay with other group. now they could offer them all sports invites and just set up 2 actual divisions a full western and eastern

 

[LennX6]

. It will be interesting to see what Boise, SD St, and Navy do next. There isn't really a reason for any of those three to go. That IMO is a good thing for the Big East as they can just go get 2 more schools and have a 10 team all sports conference.

SMU, Houston, Tulane, Memphis, UConn, Cincy, Temple, ECU, USF, UCF

This looks like the AHL of college basketball. New Brunswick, Michigan,Texas and Br Columbia in the same league.

 

[armory]

Good for them, they put up with too much.

 

[reedny]

Big East spokesperson John Paquette told ESPN.com the seven schools will leave on June 30, 2015, per conference bylaws.

The Big East bylaws require departing members give the conference 27 months' notice, but league has negotiated early departures with several schools over the past year. Big East rules do allow schools to leave as a group without being obligated to pay exit fees.

I wonder if 2 is a group?

 

[midloviking]

Amazing how Rutgers got to slip the turd to UConn before the door got slammed in UConns face.

I read that sentence clearly but my mind translated, "Rutgers is a slippery turd."