Big East website in our control now

[billyjack]

The current website is only a temporary one until the full one goes online in the fall. The use of the National Tennis Center was pre-Ackerman. St. John's arrainged for it and it was done through the tennis coaches and AD's

Hey, if the baseball isn't in Omaha, maybe DePaul can work out a deal with the Cubs to play at Wrigley.

[Michael in Raleigh]

The current website is only a temporary one until the full one goes online in the fall. The use of the National Tennis Center was pre-Ackerman. St. John's arrainged for it and it was done through the tennis coaches and AD's

Hey, if the baseball isn't in Omaha, maybe DePaul can work out a deal with the Cubs to play at Wrigley.

Apparently the Big Ten will have its tournament in Omaha: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130604/HUSKERS/706049849

Wrigley is a good idea, but that'd be tough. I just don't know how willing MLB would be to work its schedule for the Cubs around a tournament which would be lucky to make Wrigley 20% full. Last year's Big Ten tournament in Minneapolis, for instance, drew just over 6,000 fans for all 11 games.

The key to finding the right venue is the ability to draw local support. Outside of the ACC, SEC, a few Big 12 teams, and one or two others in Texas and the west coast, college baseball struggles to draw many fans at all, let alone fans who are willing to travel.

How about Pawtucket? Doesn't the minor league team there have a big following? Could that translate to butts in the seat for a college baseball tournament?

Maybe Indianapolis could work. I found in the years I lived there that amateur sports, in general, are about as well supported in that city as any place you'll find.

[EPJr]

RE: website

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.bigeast.org/index.html

[admin]

The website has a "super scoreboard" that is pretty cool. Let's you follow the scores of every BIg East event simultaneously.

http://www.bigeast.org/scoreboard/

[OutlawWales]

Am I completely missing something, or does the website -- which appears to be in pretty good shape in most respects -- not include any actual conference standings for any of the sports that are currently in progress? Am I missing it, or is there actually no spot on the website to go to specific sports, see the standings and schedules, etc., just for that sport?

I think they've done a nice job with what's on there, and that super scoreboard is pretty cool -- but how do you have a major conference website and not actually include standings? Isn't that one of the top things people go to conference websites to find?

[JOPO]

You aren't missing it, it isn't there. Seems a lot of stuff still isn't there. Hopefully it is still a work in progress.

[Jet915]

Looks like the website got another makeover, finally has standings!

http://www.bigeast.com

[whiteandblue77]

Looks like the website got another makeover, finally has standings!

http://www.bigeast.com

A bit better, moving in the right direction at least.

[MUSeashells&Balloons]

That bio reads:

The conference will crown champions in 22 sports in 2013-14, the 35th season in its history

Officially we are not the new Big East we are the Big East.

[yorost]

That bio reads:

The conference will crown champions in 22 sports in 2013-14, the 35th season in its history

Officially we are not the new Big East we are the Big East.

The Media Guide from last month's event in New York confirmed that we took the history of the conference. It not only included the past champions/stats in all sports we sponsor, but it also included stats from sports we no longer sponsor yet the AAC does, like rowing. The only thing still up in there air, as far as I know, is football. The history section called us a new conference entity, so old conference with new structure.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big ... -guide.pdf

You can also look on the archives for individual sports on the website, it goes back many years, now.

http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-soccer/ ... chive.html