The Big East should merge with 6 of the best AAC teams

[SJU1987]

Add Cincinnati , UConn , Memphis, SMU , Houston and Temple and the Big East would have a very nice conference. those schools could remain in the AAC for football and Schools like Tulsa can park their non football sports in another conference. The basketball schools would control the league. The 6 AAC teams could form a voting block in the AAC and remove the exit fees. Maybe 1 or 2 schools will leave and they can be replaced with a VCU or a Witchita state .

[butlerguy03]

Add Cincinnati , UConn , Memphis, SMU , Houston and Temple and the Big East would have a very nice conference. those schools could remain in the AAC for football and Schools like Tulsa can park their non football sports in another conference. The basketball schools would control the league. The 6 AAC teams could form a voting block in the AAC and remove the exit fees. Maybe 1 or 2 schools will leave and they can be replaced with a VCU or a Witchita state .

No.

[whiteandblue77]

Finally an expansion plan with some chops.

[muskienick]

Add Cincinnati , UConn , Memphis, SMU , Houston and Temple and the Big East would have a very nice conference. those schools could remain in the AAC for football and Schools like Tulsa can park their non football sports in another conference. The basketball schools would control the league. The 6 AAC teams could form a voting block in the AAC and remove the exit fees. Maybe 1 or 2 schools will leave and they can be replaced with a VCU or a Witchita state .

There are no redeeming factors for anybody involved with such a move.
1. The AAC "Left-Outs" would wind up with a basketball conference no better than the MAAC or Summit, i.e. much, much worse than their current league.
2. VCU and Wichita State would experience a serious downgrade from their present Conference affiliations were they to defect to the AAC.
3a. Your proposed 16-team Big East would allow for the possible re-birth of the problems created by the Old Big East that began as a Basketball-centric conference and "devolved" into a Football/Basketball hybrid that spelled its doom. Wherever there is football, it becomes "The King."
3b. The addition of 6 teams (or any addition of 2 or more) would prevent the Big East from continuing the Round-Robin Conference scheduling that we all now enjoy.

[milksteak]

[NJRedman]

[adoraz]

No chance this happens, but we do need to make some moves

[GumbyDamnit!]

Not in the least interested in that.

[Vill]

Is it April Fools Day early? You can't be serious.

[JohnW22]

I'd rather merge with the 6 best ACC schools