Letsgonova wrote:In the old BE, I believe it was 50% to the team who earned the share and 50% to the league. Not sure if that carried forward to this iteration.
DePaul just STEALING money. JLP should be sending Jay Wright a Christmas card, at least.
DePaul has been stealing money since 2005.
Not only have they never won a game in the tournament while in the Big East, they have never made the tournament in the Big East. The worst part of it all is that the school and administration are as happy as kids on Christmas morning. They feel like they have an amazing athletic program, with high-character student-athletes and coaches, and are not defined by men's basketball. They feel like they are "close" to being a contender in the Big East, which is ironic since when DL was hired it was directly said that DePaul was not "rebuilding". At least their Twitter page made infamous headlines weeks ago for using the skyline of New York City as its background; that at least made news.
If DePaul was not located in Chicago, they would not be in the Big East. They have provided the conference nothing since joining, and the steadfast defiance in defending bad decision after bad decision is a shame. For years, it was said the reason DePaul was at the bottom of the Big East was because of Allstate Arena (even though they became a national power playing in Rosemont). Well, they now have a sparkling new arena (that they couldn't get crowds to), and they still aren't recruiting very well. I wonder what the next excuse will be.