BIG EAST & Catholic Schools Officially Announce Separation

[yorost]

http://www.whas11.com/news/local/BIG-EA ... 32551.html

Big East Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco today announced that after several weeks of cordial and professional discussions, a definitive agreement has been reached that will enable a mutually-beneficial separation of some of the league’s current members and allow an orderly formation of a new conference by the seven basketball schools. The separation will become effective on July 1, 2013.
The agreement, which remains subject to formal Board approval, contemplates continued cooperation and playing opportunities between the conferences.
“I am pleased that this agreement has been reached,” said Aresco. “With the long-term well-being of our outstanding institutions and their student-athletes of paramount importance, each group worked through a number of complex issues in an orderly, comprehensive and amicable manner marked by mutual respect. We part ways as friends and colleagues and look forward to the success of both conferences.”
The Presidents of the seven basketball universities released the following statement regarding their formal separation: “We are grateful to Commissioner Michael Aresco for spearheading an agreement that truly represents the best path forward for each of our great institutions and the thousands of student-athletes who compete for our schools annually. It is a great credit to Mike, our colleagues, and all involved that we were able to work through a host of highly complex and time-sensitive issues in such a short period of time. We are pleased that we reached this amicable and mutually-beneficial separation by approaching each issue with a spirit of cooperation and shared respect.”

[xu95]

Now we can solely focus on who is getting invited. This is fun.

[Ride Captain]

Yay!!

[BillEsq]

Now we can solely focus on who is getting invited. This is fun.

For what its worth the Fox Midwest pundits are currently toying with SLU fans on twitter... if nothing else they are getting a huge surge of twitter followers out of this. Crap... another week and i'll have to figure out twitter.

[BostonFriar11]

It's not worth it Bill. Twitter can only bring evil into your heart. That's where the Beiber fans are...

[dmac80]

Very exciting and great timing where the whole country is focused on college hoops right now. Now PC and all the teams need to win and get as many into the NCAAs next year as possible. I wonder when additional members will be announced, I imagine after conf tourneys but before the first round of 64...

[podcast411]

Very exciting and great timing where the whole country is focused on college hoops right now. Now PC and all the teams need to win and get as many into the NCAAs next year as possible. I wonder when additional members will be announced, I imagine after conf tourneys but before the first round of 64...

It would be great if they announced before the NCAA tourn starts - as the first four and 2nd and 3rd round games are in Dayton. Would give the announcers a chance each game to mention the BE coming to Dayton in 2014/15.

[BillEsq]

It's not worth it Bill. Twitter can only bring evil into your heart. That's where the Beiber fans are...

Yes Padre... I will resist the evil Beiber temptation thank you for your wise consultation.

[Barley]

Notre Dame to ACC officially next basketball season now too.

[SixTwentySix]

Didn't want to start a new thread for this small bit of news, but the new Big East may be after Johns Hopkins as an associate member for their 6th lacrosse team, in order to retain their auto-bid.

http://touch.baltimoresun.com/#section/ ... -74783183/

The biggest part of this news, is that if this is the case... Looks like Richmond is a no.