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New Big East officially adds Creighton, Xavier, Butler

sabach said:
Where is Lousiville playing next year for basketball?
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Louisville is still in the "Old Big East", or the "America12" or "The Conference Formerly Known as the BE"
 
OrangeXtreme said:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...ly-adds-creighton-xavier-butler-to-new-league

The biggest news outside of the official additions is that the Big East has its contract with Madison Square Garden locked in for the league tournament through 2026. A boon for the membership, no doubt. The league also signed a 12-year deal with Fox Sports, it announced.
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I'll give the BE credit--pulling in those type of schools with catholic affiliations makes sense, and I think it will make a very solid hoops only conference.

There's still some geographic goofiness [Marquette in Milwaukee, Creighton in Nebraska, Xavier in Cincinnatti, DePaul in Chicago], but on pure name value alone, these additions add to a strong basketball core. And the conference is now perfectly sized for a double round robin regular season.
 
OrangeXtreme said:
Louisville is still in the "Old Big East", or the "America12" or "The Conference Formerly Known as the BE"
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Duh - with all the changes that simply slipped my mind. Thanks.
 
OrangeXtreme said:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...ly-adds-creighton-xavier-butler-to-new-league

The biggest news outside of the official additions is that the Big East has its contract with Madison Square Garden locked in for the league tournament through 2026. A boon for the membership, no doubt. The league also signed a 12-year deal with Fox Sports, it announced.
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Good maybe a team like Providence since 1997, Marquette one time 2008, DePaul never, Seton Hall since 2001, St. John's since 2000 can actually experience a Friday night at the Big East tournament.
 
The other school for which there is absolute silence about leaving early is Rutgers. B10 probably does not want them anymore.
 
They need to setup a yearly tourney against the West Coast Conference like ACC vs B10. That will bring in more money to the conferences and give them schools that are also catholic based.
 
I've decided to adopt Providence as my second favorite team so I can continue going to the Big East tourney every year.


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OrangeXtreme said:
Louisville is still in the "Old Big East", or the "America12" or "The Conference Formerly Known as the BE"
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OrangeXtreme said:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...ly-adds-creighton-xavier-butler-to-new-league

The biggest news outside of the official additions is that the Big East has its contract with Madison Square Garden locked in for the league tournament through 2026. A boon for the membership, no doubt. The league also signed a 12-year deal with Fox Sports, it announced.
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You know what? I like their league. I think they put together a pretty good group, given that they wanted hoops-onlies (which left out Temple, Cinci, etc.). I think the remaining teams all pretty much have a shot at being competitive (well, except DePaul - What?), which would have been tough for them in the old Big East because it was so deep with quality teams.
 
cuseguy said:
I've decided to adopt Providence as my second favorite team so I can continue going to the Big East tourney every year.


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Hilarious. About two posts before reading this, I thought: "This is too good a league for me not to have a rooting interest - who looks good? Providence is the least offensive."

Ed Cooler and the Friars, you've got some new fans on the bandwagon.
 
IthacaMatt said:
You know what? I like their league. I think they put together a pretty good group, given that they wanted hoops-onlies (which left out Temple, Cinci, etc.). I think the remaining teams all pretty much have a shot at being competitive (well, except DePaul - What?), which would have been tough for them in the old Big East because it was so deep with quality teams.
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I agree. When I look at those ten, only Depaul / Seton Hall are bottom feeders. Even Providence / St. John's are trending toward being competitive, and have solid core nuclei. The other 6 are all quality programs--Georgetown, Nova, Marquette, Xavier, Creighton, Butler--who have all been very good in recent years.

Solid conference.
 
Do the C7 know that Butler is not a Catholic school? I get it that Butler is viewed as hot these days for hoops (at least until their coach bolts) but why not Dayton? Closer, nice hoop tradition, good building and Catholic? Note this will be Butler's third conference in three years. Does John Thompson know they've been whoring around looking for leagues?
 
cuseguy said:
I've decided to adopt Providence as my second favorite team so I can continue going to the Big East tourney every year.


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One advantage will be that seats should be readily available at a reasonable price without SU there.
 
OrangeXtreme said:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...ly-adds-creighton-xavier-butler-to-new-league

The biggest news outside of the official additions is that the Big East has its contract with Madison Square Garden locked in for the league tournament through 2026. A boon for the membership, no doubt. The league also signed a 12-year deal with Fox Sports, it announced.
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So, next season, the "Big East" will have 5 eastern schools and 5 midwestern schools. The following year, they add 2 more from the midwest. Well, whoever said that league names have to make sense?
 
Alsacs said:
Good maybe a team like Providence since 1997, Marquette one time 2008, DePaul never, Seton Hall since 2001, St. John's since 2000 can actually experience a Friday night at the Big East tournament.
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I'm sure there will be plenty of seats available no matter who is playing, so everyone can experience it if they want...

Gonna be like liberty games...
 
Except it is NOT a northeast conference with 5 of the 10 teams located in the midwest. The other rumored expansion targets, St. Louis and Dayton are midwest also. It's a solid league, like a better version of the A-10. But it is NO WAY near the old Big East. And good luck to MSG when they experience having 1/3 of the seats empty for the new BET. Gtown, Nova, Butler, Marquette may be good programs but the fan bases are small, don't travel, and will send few fans to MSG. After a couple of tourneys the MSG brass will have buyer's remorse.
 
Madbiker said:
After a couple of tourneys the MSG brass will have buyer's remorse.
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I'd love to see the ACC take the C7BE on head-to-head by hosting their tournament in Brooklyn for a couple of years.
 
[quote="After a couple of tourneys the MSG brass will have buyer's remorse.[/quote]
I hope we don't have buyers remorse after being in a southern conference and playing our tournament in North Carolina every year!
 
im4cuse said:
Do the C7 know that Butler is not a Catholic school? I get it that Butler is viewed as hot these days for hoops (at least until their coach bolts) but why not Dayton? Closer, nice hoop tradition, good building and Catholic? Note this will be Butler's third conference in three years. Does John Thompson know they've been whoring around looking for leagues?
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Of course he does, it takes one to know one.
 
im4cuse said:
Do the C7 know that Butler is not a Catholic school? I get it that Butler is viewed as hot these days for hoops (at least until their coach bolts) but why not Dayton? Closer, nice hoop tradition, good building and Catholic? Note this will be Butler's third conference in three years. Does John Thompson know they've been whoring around looking for leagues?
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Butler fills the gap between Ohio and Illinois. They've also been pretty solid since the mid-90's. Since '96 Butler has won less than 20 games only twice. They've been to the NCAA Tournament 11 times since '96. Under Brad Stevens (Six seasons) they've gone to two National Championship games, and have only missed the tournament once. Their arena holds 10k, has a lot of history, and is a difficult place to play.

From rumors it seems that St. Louis will be added in 2014. Along with one of Dayton, Richmond, and VCU in 2014.
 
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