"NEW YORK-The Big East tournament loves New York. It will be back next season, with a smaller group of old and new members.
And according to sources, it very well could be in New York City permanently as the site of the new conference offices.
After a minor turf war involving Providence in the North and Washington D.C. in the South, New York City was the midway compromise. Perhaps very close to the Fox television headquarters–which will be the new Big East’s new television big daddy, starting next season.
And you thought it was going to be all about just games during Big East tournament week. Not in New York, with almost everyone here, not where conversations lead to rumors.
According to sources familiar with the discussions being held, the new Big East basketball league is also speeding up the process of hiring a commissioner, giving the search process to a group led by former Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebee
Don’t be stunned if the next commissioner has either New York and/or television ties. A name that might find its way to the search committee was Major League baseball Executive VP Tim Brosnan. Brosnan played a key role in baseball’s lucrative television deal with Fox and could be regarded as the man to guide the new Big East through the early stages of its relationship with the new Fox Sports Cable outlet.
The next bit of business will be to expand from the 7 Catholic Big East schools forming the core group of the new league, with Butler and Xavier regarded as locks to join in 2013. The 10 team still looks like Creighton, although Dayton is getting some support.
The overall plan will be to eventually expand to 12 teams. Dayton would be in that mix, but so would Saint Louis and Georgetown is making a strong push for Richmond."
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