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Great news about the hiring of Tom Jernstedt:

"Big East hits a home run by hiring ex-NCAA exec Tom Jernstedt as a Senior Advisor. No one better connected in college sports world."

https://twitter.com/KevinMcNamara33/status/394879198105321473


"Major announcement from the BIG EAST Conference...Former NCAA Executive Tom Jernstedt has been hired as a Senior Advisor by Val Ackerman"

https://twitter.com/ButlerSID/status/394876958497968128


ESPN Story:

"When Tom Jernstedt started at the NCAA, March wasn’t terribly mad. The NCAA tournament field was a measly 25 teams in 1972. But with Jernstedt’s help, the tourney grew to its current 68-team bracket, turning March into a basketball lover’s three-week holiday. In between, Jernstedt earned the respect and admiration of his peers, not always an easy feat for a lifer at NCAA headquarters. That’s why the Big East’s announcement that Jernstedt would join the league as a senior advisor is a big deal"

"(Jernstedt’s) stature, knowledge, relationships, professionalism and unqualified passion for the game will be of tremendous value to the Big East as we look to make our mark in our first season as a reconstituted league and build our long-term basketball and conference development plan," Ackerman said in a statement."

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/89477/jernstedt-gives-big-east-big-boost

shrewd pickup for the league.

According to the league, Jernstedt will help commissioner Val Ackerman and other league administrators with officiating, scheduling, postseason play and an entire strategic plan.

Jernstedt can help with all of those things, but more important, his presence gives the Big East instant credibility.


"but he can help the conference navigate through the landmines of what is now very much a power-broker world.

He’s both well versed in basketball and well connected. During his tenure at the NCAA, he negotiated television contracts, marketed the NCAA tourney and worked hand-in-hand with the selection committee. His opinions and thoughts are so valued that he was recently named to the inaugural College Football Playoff selection committee.

A Hall of Famer, Jernstedt spent 38 years at the NCAA headquarters before stepping down in 2010

Here's a Q&A that Jernstedt just did talking about the Big East and the future of the league.

http://msn.foxsports.com/college-basket ... ers-120213

most interesting response:
Q: Do you expect the Big East'€™s more physical style of basketball to continue, even with the new fouling rules this season?

A: Everyone is adjusting. It appears to me the adjustment to the new rules has been smoother than I anticipated. Everyone is adjusting. It'€™s going to make the game better.

To me, he's pretty much answering no without saying the word no.

The new rules deal with hand-checking & the block/charge call on secondary defenders. The traditional BE rough style of play has way more to it than just those aspects, like down low position battling, rebounding, and the classic "hard" foul- I don't expect those to go anywhere anytime soon.

TheHall wrote:The new rules deal with hand-checking & the block/charge call on secondary defenders. The traditional BE rough style of play has way more to it than just those aspects, like down low position battling, rebounding, and the classic "hard" foul- I don't expect those to go anywhere anytime soon.

But, if they've gotten more fouls with the new rules they have to be a lot more careful.... If they continue to call the hand-checking the way they have- and the block/charge- it definitely will make an impact. For one- there will be less low position battling because there's more driving to the basket.....

stever20 wrote:

TheHall wrote:The new rules deal with hand-checking & the block/charge call on secondary defenders. The traditional BE rough style of play has way more to it than just those aspects, like down low position battling, rebounding, and the classic "hard" foul- I don't expect those to go anywhere anytime soon.

But, if they've gotten more fouls with the new rules they have to be a lot more careful.... If they continue to call the hand-checking the way they have- and the block/charge- it definitely will make an impact. For one- there will be less low position battling because there's more driving to the basket.....

It's not how much it's about will it still exist. The question was will traditionally rough BE play go away because the new rules? His comments seemed to say that the play involving hand-checking and charges is & will change to reduce foul calls, but in other areas the play will remain typical BE play.