Re: Conference Realignment: What Next?
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:00 pm
dakphonics wrote:I would argue accurately that Dayton would have provided more value and achieved more credibility since the reconstitution of the Big East than half of the teams in the conference. And that’s Dayton without a Big East label to help with recruiting and budget. Unlike DePaul, every coach that has been at Dayton since the 50s has won, and been to the NCAAs. They have mad local support, and that makes all the difference. It’s hard to set the world on fire in a mid major conference, when your program is disrupted by your coaches leaving and players getting raided in the portal. If Mark Few didn’t love fly fishing so much Gonzaga would be no different. Gonzaga wins because of consistency and stability.
That said, unless the conference needs a 12th member, and unless they were going to a 22 games schedule, I wouldn’t mess with it, because Dayton isn’t going anywhere. If there is a realistic chance FBS football breaks off from the rest of Olympic sports and allows Olympic sports to operate in separate conferences, I think there is a good chance of Syracuse getting back together with the Big East. But FBS football divorcing from Olympic sports would be very disruptive to college athletics and who knows what it would mean for the Big East. The stability of the conference wouldn’t be the same in such a scenario.
I just don't think the double round robin is all that beneficial and isn't a must keep. I think this year if BE had only 18 conference games, the league would be looking at 7 bids pretty easily.