Big East could vote to dissolve

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #780 on: February 28, 2013, 08:06:17 PM »
Notre Dame apparently may join the new Catholic 7 plus Butler and Xavier next year just for 1 year before they join the ACC.

Please lets not bend over and accommodate them for a year.  They want in?  Come here for good.  Otherwise go pound sand.

ND too often in drivers seat! Agree with above post.

“@ChiTribHamilton: Options #NotreDame considering, Mike Brey confirms: Stay with leftover schools, pay to bolt to ACC, play one year with Catholic 7.”

I have a hunch they may try to join ACC early.  And if so I don't see why Louisville wouldn't do the same since they are in the same boat.



When is Maryland out?  Lville coming early messes up football or something I read?
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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #781 on: February 28, 2013, 09:53:27 PM »
RT @SIPeteThamel: Expect Memphis as the frontrunner location for the conference tournament of the Artist Formerly Known as the Big East.


Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #782 on: February 28, 2013, 09:55:19 PM »
Eye on College BBall @EyeOnCBB
Parrish writing on the loser today, again: UConn cbsprt.co/WuTw8e Huskies face challenge to be premier going forward

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21787663/its-been-a-rough-nine-months-for-uconn

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #783 on: February 28, 2013, 10:23:45 PM »
can't wait for Gus Johnson to call our games on Fox!

Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #784 on: February 28, 2013, 10:28:17 PM »
Notre Dame apparently may join the new Catholic 7 plus Butler and Xavier next year just for 1 year before they join the ACC.

Please lets not bend over and accommodate them for a year.  They want in?  Come here for good.  Otherwise go pound sand.

ND too often in drivers seat! Agree with above post.

“@ChiTribHamilton: Options #NotreDame considering, Mike Brey confirms: Stay with leftover schools, pay to bolt to ACC, play one year with Catholic 7.”

I have a hunch they may try to join ACC early.  And if so I don't see why Louisville wouldn't do the same since they are in the same boat.



When is Maryland out?  Lville coming early messes up football or something I read?

2014.  Be interesting.

Lots to hash out with the new league.

Keep the same bylaws like no intra-conference transfers, no non-qualifiers etc.

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #785 on: February 28, 2013, 10:32:03 PM »
Very curious where League office is and what they pay Commish
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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #786 on: February 28, 2013, 11:25:53 PM »
Michelle Yum

Fixed that name for you.  ;D

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #787 on: March 01, 2013, 12:04:37 PM »
Not sure if this was already posted. Post says that they will add Butler, Xavier and Creighton for next year. I think ESPN said it was only Butler an Xavier. I would rather start at 10 rather than 9.




http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/college/basketball/catholic_big_east_IgiXNYFgm84P9AiafuJtrO


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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #788 on: March 01, 2013, 02:26:10 PM »
Anyone still want st. Marys?

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #789 on: March 01, 2013, 05:33:19 PM »
Cincy and UConn enjoy Memphis!

“@SIPeteThamel: Expect Memphis as the frontrunner location for the conference tournament of the Artist Formerly Known as the Big East.”

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #790 on: March 01, 2013, 09:36:48 PM »
Apparently ND is thinking things over:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9003784/notre-dame-athletic-director-jack-swarbrick-open-joining-catholic-7-league-one-season


Notre Dame's athletic department sits in a more challenging position Friday than it did Thursday. As athletic director Jack Swarbrick sees it, things probably will not be getting easier any time soon.

As the Big East's departing Catholic schools begin to break off with the intent of starting their own league next season, the Fighting Irish are left wondering which conference their non-football sports will be playing in this fall. “
If the Catholic 7 is leaving and forming its own conference for next year, they could certainly call us to want to explore our options. And if they were interested in accommodating us, it would certainly be a viable option. We have a lot of respect for those schools and know them well.

-- Notre Dame AD Jack Swabrick
Another year in the existing Big East, which they announced in September that they would be leaving for the ACC? An early summer exit to the ACC, meaning negotiating a buyout similar to other schools that have forged early exits?

What about spending one season with the Catholic 7 -- DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Villanova and expected additions Butler and Xavier -- in the "new" Big East this fall? Swarbrick is open to the idea.

"If the Catholic 7 is leaving and forming its own conference for next year, they could certainly call us to want to explore our options," Swarbrick said Friday. "And if they were interested in accommodating us, it would certainly be a viable option. We have a lot of respect for those schools and know them well."

In early February, Notre Dame seemingly had made the decision that it would stay in the Big East for the 2013-14 academic year, with men's basketball coach Mike Brey saying as much on a teleconference. But the early departure of the Catholic 7 has shifted everything into uncertainty once more.

Fall sports are seemingly most affected by the state of limbo. Notre Dame's volleyball, soccer and cross country teams all released last season's schedules by May or June, though the process began much sooner than that.

"For some of the fall sports, there may be some impact on the preconference scheduling, so if you scheduled in anticipation of the Big East being as it currently is, you wouldn't have scheduled any of the Catholic 7, right? They're going to be conference opponents," Swarbrick said. "Now, if they're in their own conference, maybe you'd like to have them as a preseason or preconference season opponent. You've got to try to figure out how to do that. So you just deal with it.

"It's not perfect, and that's why it's really not productive, as I told our people, to sort of engage in any of this hypothetically. Just wait. Got to sit by, wait and see what happens."

The Big East did not take a formal vote on the departure of the seven Catholic schools during a meeting Friday in Atlanta, but negotiations are ongoing about the exit, fees, the name and the tournament site, according to one of the athletic directors in the meeting who preferred to remain anonymous.

"We had some good discussions on a variety of topics," commissioner Mike Arseco said in a statement. "We did not come to any conclusions regarding our negotiations with the other group."

Swarbrick said he was not sure if there was a hard deadline for joining the ACC for the 2013-14 academic year.

"While schedules may be released in July, the reality is they're developed over an extended period of time relating to venue availability, the academic challenges of the schools and a whole bunch of things," he said. "So the point is I have no idea whether there's a specific hard deadline, but it's more challenging today than it was yesterday, and it'll be more challenging tomorrow than it is today."

With much of the Notre Dame athletic department waiting for the other shoe to drop, Swarbrick's message to his coaching staffs has been simple.

"Stay tuned," he said. "Not much else to tell them, because this is clearly a situation that an event of great significance will either happen or won't happen. In terms of this separation, two halves of the Big East, it certainly feels like it's going to happen, but I've just told them all to sit by and wait until we know whether it does."

ESPN.com senior reporter Andy Katz contributed to this report.

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #791 on: March 01, 2013, 09:47:24 PM »
Cincy and UConn enjoy Memphis!

“@SIPeteThamel: Expect Memphis as the frontrunner location for the conference tournament of the Artist Formerly Known as the Big East.”

I wonder if all the newcomers like Memphis, Tulane, Temple insisted on this venue - because they know that UCONN and Cinci have one foot out the back-door in case the ACC ever comes beckoning.  Of course, where else could they schedule it?   New Orleans - that would be solid.     I really hope this whole mess impacts UCONN and CINCI recruiting.

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #792 on: March 01, 2013, 09:57:15 PM »
Anyone still want st. Marys?

If that's what it takes to get Gonzaga I'm a million percent behind inviting them. Plus I'd be able to see us play every other year up in Moraga.

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #793 on: March 01, 2013, 10:43:01 PM »
Anyone still want st. Marys?

If that's what it takes to get Gonzaga I'm a million percent behind inviting them. Plus I'd be able to see us play every other year up in Moraga.

You saw the news on them today?
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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #794 on: March 01, 2013, 10:46:57 PM »
Cincy and UConn enjoy Memphis!

“@SIPeteThamel: Expect Memphis as the frontrunner location for the conference tournament of the Artist Formerly Known as the Big East.”

I wonder if all the newcomers like Memphis, Tulane, Temple insisted on this venue - because they know that UCONN and Cinci have one foot out the back-door in case the ACC ever comes beckoning.  Of course, where else could they schedule it?   New Orleans - that would be solid.     I really hope this whole mess impacts UCONN and CINCI recruiting.

I imagine the Dome is very expensive to get.  With the poor quality product can they fill it enough to make it financially viable? 

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #795 on: March 01, 2013, 11:07:27 PM »
Anyone still want st. Marys?

If that's what it takes to get Gonzaga I'm a million percent behind inviting them. Plus I'd be able to see us play every other year up in Moraga.

You saw the news on them today?

I knew they were expecting punishment, but I actually didn't see that they were hit that hard. But I still take them if it means Gonzaga.

Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #796 on: March 02, 2013, 12:08:22 PM »
Anyone still want st. Marys?

If that's what it takes to get Gonzaga I'm a million percent behind inviting them. Plus I'd be able to see us play every other year up in Moraga.

You saw the news on them today?

What happened?
*wipes ketchup from his eyes* - I guess Heinz sight isn’t 20/20.

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #797 on: March 02, 2013, 12:18:03 PM »
Anyone still want st. Marys?

If that's what it takes to get Gonzaga I'm a million percent behind inviting them. Plus I'd be able to see us play every other year up in Moraga.

You saw the news on them today?

What happened?

Cheating.

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/march/saint+marys+california+failed+to+monitor+its+mens+basketball+program

Saint Mary’s (California) failed to monitor its men’s basketball program when it failed to conduct an adequate investigation of information provided by the state high school athletics governing body as it related to the recruitment of an international prospect. Additionally, the college failed to monitor the conditioning and practice sessions with outside basketball trainers and conditioning coaches.

Penalties in this case include:

Public reprimand and censure.
Four years probation from March 1, 2013 through February 28, 2017.
The head coach must serve a five-game suspension during the 2013-14 season.
The head coach may not recruit off-campus during the 2013-14 academic year.
A two-year show-cause order for the former assistant coach. The public report contains further details.
Reduction of men’s basketball scholarships from 13 to 11 for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
Elimination of foreign tours by the men’s basketball team until the start of the 2017-18 season.
The men’s basketball team may not participate in a multiple-team event until the 2015-16 season.
The men’s basketball team may not receive skill instruction during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.

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Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #798 on: March 05, 2013, 05:30:50 PM »
I was just thinking how badly Uconn screwed up their men's basketball program with this new football conference and then this came to me....If they screwed up their men's basketball program, how did they do with their woman's basketball program?  The woman's team used to have quality games against SJU, Providence, Rutgers and ND.  Replace those teams with Memphis College of Cosmology , Eastern Oklahoma A&M and whoever else they have in that ridiculous conference.  Geno A. has got to be pissed.  After all he has done for that school and woman's sports in general.  Any Openings?   

Re: Big East could vote to dissolve
« Reply #799 on: March 12, 2013, 09:08:44 AM »
I said earlier that if ND left early for the ACC then I would expect Louisville to do the same.  It appears ND is headed a year early.

I forgot one big issue though.  The ACC has already announced their football schedule for next season.  And since ND is not a playing member of the ACC for football their late entry for next season has no impact. 

Whereas Louisville would have an impact as they are coming for all sports including football.  In other words the ACC would have to scrap the current schedule and redraw it if Louisville was allowed to enter a year early.

So I don't see it happening.