Big East Meetings

[DumpsterFireA10]

LOL you might be surprised.

Go to one of the campuses of a major sports team. Heck take Louisville it has surrounded its campus with multi million dollar facilities for all of its not revs. While touring the new recruits around it can say that it has all these things and mention several other top 25 rated programs. This shows campus commitment to sports. Its also fun to add to the recruit speech that as a result of all of this success the 40 million dollar sports medicine facility is possible, plus all the other potentially shared work out facilities trainers and etc.

No while they might not take the basketball recruit into the state of the art multi million dollar natatorium, or introduce him to the men's tennis coach. They will escort the recruit past the facilities, mention the over all success of the program, and then tell him that all of these resources are available to the athletic program. Its big time vs. Little time if you want big recruits you need to show big time glitter and gold.

SLU is one of the worst example of mishandling non-revs (well, the whole athletic department for that matter). National power in soccer, only to let coaches go. One of the best baseball facilities in the United States is a mile away, and they may get one game in Busch Stadium. Women's basketball has been a revolving door of coaches. Even the mishandling of the Willie Reed incident goes to the perception that the athletic department has its head firmly tucked somewhere a head shouldn't be tucked.4

Just one more reason that Saint Louis is where they are now.

Luckily, I think Creighton is the exact opposite right now. The whole athletic department has had great success the last few years. Basketball w/attendance, NCAAs and an All-American. Womens basketball has made the last two NCAAs and beat Syracuse in the first round this year. Women's volleyball has made the last two NCAAs and won a game both times. Men's soccer has made the last two College Cups. Men's baseball has made the last two NCAAs and won a few games (although a fringe bubble team this year, probably not make it). All these teams play in state of the art facilities and a practice facility will be done in 2014. It's a credit to the AD and President and a little luck that the Big East was looking for a member when we are hitting our stride.

As for worrying about the Big East, if we hear nothing after these meetings that end tomorrow, I'd start to be a little worried that they were dragging their feet.

Yeah, Creighton has their athletic department humming recently.

[BillEsq]

lol dump way to be nancy negative... slu is fine... and they have a nice on campus baseball facility and the only stadiums i know whitin a mile are hstowe state and slus new track stadium. so i honestly dont know what your talking about.
back to the BE creighton does have a solid non rev slate and excellant facilities

[yorost]

http://www.providencejournal.com/sports ... -ahead.ece

The men’s basketball coaches met with NCAA basketball chief Dan Gavitt to discuss scheduling and the importance of retaining a strong collective RPI to get as many teams as possible in the NCAA Tournament. The league will sponsor an 18-game, round-robin schedule and Fox is said to excited about a potential Tip-Off day/night where all 10 schools would play.

Nice to see Gavitt is there, commissioner to be or not, andhat'll be an exciting day of 5 games to open the conference season on, I guess, FS1.

They're optimistic they're not falling behind, and from the Katz piece admin posted in another article and Jersey Guy I think they already chose commissioner. They don't act like no/limited staff is killing the conference, so I don't see why we should all worry.

[Dew]

http://www.providencejournal.com/sports/college/content/20130521-college-hoops-journal-big-east-moving-ahead.ece

The men’s basketball coaches met with NCAA basketball chief Dan Gavitt to discuss scheduling and the importance of retaining a strong collective RPI to get as many teams as possible in the NCAA Tournament. The league will sponsor an 18-game, round-robin schedule and Fox is said to excited about a potential Tip-Off day/night where all 10 schools would play.

Nice to see Gavitt is there, commissioner to be or not, andhat'll be an exciting day of 5 games to open the conference season on, I guess, FS1.

They're optimistic they're not falling behind, and from the Katz piece admin posted in another article and Jersey Guy I think they already chose commissioner. They don't act like no/limited staff is killing the conference, so I don't see why we should all worry.

Stoked to hear all of this. What a great league and season this will be.

[yorost]

http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=6901

The Big East meetings in West Palm Beach came to a conclusion on Wednesday with no official announcements, but do not be shocked if the American Athletic Conference offices suffers a hit, with Senior Associate Commissioners Joe D’Antonio (compliance and governance) and Paul Brazeau (basketball operations) regarded as prime targets to get offers. Also included in that mix could be associate commissioner John Paquette, who has run the men’s basketball tournament for several years.

Another name that has come up as a possible commissioner candidate has been Metro Athletic Association Commissioner Rich Ensor.

A decision on a commissioner is expected in the next week. Whomever is chosen to run the Big East should work hard on making next spring’s men’s basketball tournament at New York’s Madison Square Garden a financial success–meaning sell out crowds.

Here’s why. Although the Big East is committed to the Garden for the next 12 years, the Garden has an attendance clause which allows it to break the deal. If that happens, the Atlantic Coast Conference, looking for some northern exposure could sweep in for a year. NO ACC consecutive multi-year commitment to MSG is expected, but as a pop-in every few years is a different matter.

Unless the Big East can guarantee the consecutive string of sellouts the Garden has had for the last several years (tickets are sold in blocks, not on an individual basis), there is wiggle room for Garden officials to allow the ACC to make a quick visit.

[shupirate98]

All 10 teams playing an Opening Day on Fox was my idea. I even dreamed up what the 5 matchups should be. I want a consultant's fee.

[Omaha1]

Big decisions facing Big East:

Still, the administrators left Florida with some unanswered questions, the biggest being whom the presidents will hire as commissioner. Former Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe has served as a consultant for the league since its formation but is not considered a candidate.

Rasmussen said there were indications that a commissioner will be announced soon. “Who it is,” he said, “we just don't know.”

Many other unanswered questions pertain to the men's basketball tournament, which will be held March 12-15 at New York's Madison Square Garden. One pressing concern is setting ticket prices for the event to keep it popular and profitable.

The old Big East sold only all-session tickets to its tournament. Last season, the price for an all-session ticket was $440.

“And that didn't matter if you sat in the front row,” Rasmussen said, “or the top row.”

The administrators discussed possibly adopting a staggered pricing for tickets based on seat location. They talked about bringing in an outside ticketing operation to evaluate prices based on the 10 institutions involved.

“We certainly don't want to have to come back in a year and say we should have priced things differently,” Rasmussen said. “It's a real priority that in the first few years that our tournament has a great energy and support of the fans. We are sensitive to prices, and we're looking at options.”

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130523/B ... w-big-east

[Barley]

I hope they sell per game tickets and do whatever they can to make it affordable for average fans to see the tournament.