Memphis and Cincy to Big 12?

[Barley]

Give me Gonzaga and make this an 11 team league. Keep the round robin schedule. Done.

[RxJay]

+1

[NJRedman]

Give me Gonzaga and make this an 11 team league. Keep the round robin schedule. Done.

If Gonzaga was in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston or Baltimore i'd agree. But they are in Spokane, so they will never come to the BEast.

[Bill Marsh]

Give me Gonzaga and make this an 11 team league. Keep the round robin schedule. Done.

If Gonzaga was in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston or Baltimore i'd agree. But they are in Spokane, so they will never come to the BEast.

They're willing to come to the Big East. What's the hold up?

[R Jay]

Geography? No fertile recruiting grounds? An unsubstantial market?
If the presidents thought that there was a benefit in adding them (and/or one of: SLU, Dayton, VCU, etc.) they'd already be in.

[gosports1]

Also, I never want UC (Cincy) to be invited to join the Big 12. Let them tender invitations to BYU and Memphis, but keep Cincy out of the talks. As an XU fan, it's been he|| for all but the last two years being dubbed the Bearcats' red-headed step-brother. They maintained this stance even during the last decades during which time the Muskies have dominated them on the court. Now WE are in the dominant Conference and I want it to remain that way. It's easier to do so as long as UC is mired in the AAAAAAAAAAC.

I actually hope UC gets invited to the big 12. It's good for the city and UC fans aren't dedicated enough to go to their games if they are in the AAC, it's almost depressing how fleeting their fan base is.

The AAC schedule is hurting UConn attendance here in CT as well. And this is a basketball crazy state.

What really is going on at UConn? i know publicly they have to grin and say all is well, but id imagine most cant be too happy with how realignment hasw taken shape so far. what does the administration think? how about the fans?

[gosports1]

Has there been any more chatter similar to this article? These statements seem very strong about 20 months ago.

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2013/ ... -get-paid/

I'd say WF would be tops on the list if it were to ever happen. Anyway, just wondering if there was a more recent article about these statement the President of Wake Forest made in 2013.

so if they drop FB do we hang out the "WELCOME TO THE Big East " signs?

[Bill Marsh]

Geography? No fertile recruiting grounds? An unsubstantial market?
If the presidents thought that there was a benefit in adding them (and/or one of: SLU, Dayton, VCU, etc.) they'd already be in.

The geography problem is exaggerated. They're 2 hours in the air past Creighton.

Speaking of Creighton, they don't have a big market either. What they have in common with Gonzaga is the fact that they have a rabid fan base and sell out every game. What Gonzaga has that Creighton doesn't have is that Gonzaga is a household name brand.

Not a recruiting ground. Okay, I'll give you that. But I think that the Vig ?East has plenty of those with teams that don't have the positives that Gonzaga does.

So, the presidents haven't chosen to act in them? It's a well guarded secret that a college presidents have been known to be wrong at times. A partner to bring in with them would be make the scheduling a little easier, but it's not essential. Bring them in by themselves and.et the rest sort itself out. It's doable.

[Bill Marsh]

I actually hope UC gets invited to the big 12. It's good for the city and UC fans aren't dedicated enough to go to their games if they are in the AAC, it's almost depressing how fleeting their fan base is.

The AAC schedule is hurting UConn attendance here in CT as well. And this is a basketball crazy state.

What really is going on at UConn? i know publicly they have to grin and say all is well, but id imagine most cant be too happy with how realignment hasw taken shape so far. what does the administration think? how about the fans?

What's going on at UConn is that the president is on a mission to make them a top 20 public national research university. Part of her formula is to have. Major sports program in a major conference. For better or for worse, UConn is not dropping football any time soon, so a move for the to the Big East is a non-starter.

[Bluejay]

Geography? No fertile recruiting grounds? An unsubstantial market?
If the presidents thought that there was a benefit in adding them (and/or one of: SLU, Dayton, VCU, etc.) they'd already be in.

The geography problem is exaggerated. They're 2 hours in the air past Creighton.

Uh, sorry but you are just making things up again.