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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 21647, member: 289"] Here are the football and basketball records of the ten schools listed above in the five years prior to the 1979-80 school year: Boston College football: 8-3-0, 7-4-0, 8-3-0, 6-5-0, 0-11-0 Total: 29-26-0 basketball: 21-9, 9-17, 8-18, 15-11, 21-9 Total: 74-64 Syracuse football: 2-9-0, 6-5-0, 3-8-0, 6-5-0, 3-8-0 Total: 20-35-0 basketball: 23-9, 20-9, 26-4, 22-6, 26-4 Total: 117-32 Army football: 3-8-0, 2-9-0, 5-6-0, 7-4-0, 4-6-1 Total: 21-33-1 basketball: 3-22, 11-14, 20-8, 19-9, 14-11 Total: 67-64 Navy football: 4-7-0, 7-4-0, 4-7-0, 5-6-0, 9-3-0 Total: 29-27-0 basketball: 12-12, 10-14, 13-11, 14-11, 13-12 Total: 62-60 Rutgers football: 7-3-1, 9-2-0, 11-0-0, 8-3-0, 9-3-0 44-11-1 basketball: 22-7, 31-2, 18-10, 24-7, 22-9 Total: 117-35 Temple football: 8-2-0, 6-5-0, 4-6-0, 5-5-1, 7-3-1 Total: 30-21-2 basketball: 7-19, 9-18, 17-11, 24-5, 25-4 Total: 82-57 Penn State football: 10-2-0, 9-3-0, 7-5-0, 11-1-0, 11-1-0 Total: 48-12-0 basketball: 11-12, 10-15, 11-15, 8-19, 12-18 Total: 52-79 Pittsburgh football: 7-4-0, 8-4-0, 12-0-0, 9-2-1, 8-4-0 Total: 44-14-1 basketball: 18-11, 12-15, 6-21, 16-11, 18-11 Total: 70-69 West Virginia football: 4-7-0, 9-3-0, 5-6-0, 5-6-0, 2-9-0 Total: 25-31-0 basketball: 14-13, 15-13, 18-11, 12-16, 16-12 Total: 75-65 Virginia Tech football: 4-7-0, 8-3-0, 6-5-0, 3-7-1, 4-7-0 Total: 25-29-1 basketball: 16-10, 21-7, 19-10, 19-8, 22-9 Total: 97-44 Grand totals: football : 315-239- 6 (.569) basketball : 813-569 (.588) Here are the same stats for the seven original Big East teams in basketball. I'll throw in Villanova, who joined the conference in 1980 and Pittsburgh, who joined in 1982. I'll use their stats for the five years before they joined. Boston College 21-9, 9-17, 8-18, 15-11, 21-9 Total: 74-64 Providence 20-11, 21-11, 24-5, 24-8, 10-16 Total: 99-51 Connecticut 18-10, 19-10, 17-10, 11-15, 21-8 Total: 86-53 St. John's 21-10, 23-8, 22-9, 21-7, 21-11 Total: 108-45 Seton Hall 16-11, 18-9, 18-11, 16-11, 16-11 Total: 84-53 Syracuse 23-9, 20-9, 26-4, 22-6, 26-4 Total: 117-32 Georgetown 18-10, 21-7, 19-9, 23-8, 24-5 Total: 105-39 Villanova 16-11, 23-10, 23-9, 13-13, 23-8 Total: 98-51 Pittsburgh 16-11, 18-11, 17-12, 19-12, 20-10 Total: 90-56 Grand Total: 861-444 (.660) Conclusion: The FB/BB conference would not have been as good a basketball conference, (at least at that point) and the BB only conference but it would have been a solid conference in both sports. And I think it would still be that today and we'd be in it and not looking to go anywhere else. [/QUOTE]

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