Big East Name May Hold Us Back

[newsman13]

In this age of the dumbing down of America, like it or not, you are right. I always look at the percentage of teams from the top conferences making the dance as a benchmark but I know I, and others who do the same, are in the vast minority. This is rarely alluded to in the media either.

Which is why I now endorse Newsie's 48 team mega conference idea. That conference could get a record 10 teams into the dance.

I don't know about 48 teams, but a mega conference made up of big city teams would create more of a buzz than a mediocre Big East. If the conference stays as is, the top ballers will continue to choose the top major conferences over the mid majors. The BE is mid major. Some Big East schools have recruited well. That's mostly because the perception of the conference hasn't changed much. Three or fewer bids over the next couple of years will change that.

That will make it harder for us to recruit as well.

Why would any team in the BE now want to split the tv money with 47 other teams? In what bizzarro world would that make sense?
the BE will expand if it makes financial sense. The added revenue you would get from televising all these mediocre teams would never come close to offsetting having to split the pot with so many other teams. SJU would end up with 500k a year instead of $5mil.

Not to mention as weak as the BE might be, you just water down the brand more by adding all these lesser known teams.
How many teams would actually add value to the BE, maybe 10? And I think that's pushing it. But to add them you would also end up adding the Qunnipiac's and Wyomings.

The 48 team league is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. At that point why are you even in Div 1 NCAA? Make your own division and play for the 1AA trophy like football schools do. Stupid

You're young. You'll have plenty of time to enjoy the second rate basketball we're getting right now.

You did ask a valid question. Why are we even in Div 1 NCAA when we'll have no shot at making a final four...ever?

 

[austour]

Fox TV money. There are 300 programs who don't have anywhere near as good a reason.

 

[salty dog]

In this age of the dumbing down of America, like it or not, you are right. I always look at the percentage of teams from the top conferences making the dance as a benchmark but I know I, and others who do the same, are in the vast minority. This is rarely alluded to in the media either.

Which is why I now endorse Newsie's 48 team mega conference idea. That conference could get a record 10 teams into the dance.

I don't know about 48 teams, but a mega conference made up of big city teams would create more of a buzz than a mediocre Big East. If the conference stays as is, the top ballers will continue to choose the top major conferences over the mid majors. The BE is mid major. Some Big East schools have recruited well. That's mostly because the perception of the conference hasn't changed much. Three or fewer bids over the next couple of years will change that.

That will make it harder for us to recruit as well.

Why would any team in the BE now want to split the tv money with 47 other teams? In what bizzarro world would that make sense?
the BE will expand if it makes financial sense. The added revenue you would get from televising all these mediocre teams would never come close to offsetting having to split the pot with so many other teams. SJU would end up with 500k a year instead of $5mil.

Not to mention as weak as the BE might be, you just water down the brand more by adding all these lesser known teams.
How many teams would actually add value to the BE, maybe 10? And I think that's pushing it. But to add them you would also end up adding the Qunnipiac's and Wyomings.

The 48 team league is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. At that point why are you even in Div 1 NCAA? Make your own division and play for the 1AA trophy like football schools do. Stupid

You're young. You'll have plenty of time to enjoy the second rate basketball we're getting right now.

You did ask a valid question. Why are we even in Div 1 NCAA when we'll have no shot at making a final four...ever?

If Butler with 4,000 students could make 2 Final Fours. I think St,.John's could certainly make one.

 

[DaTiger]

I agree with Cappy105. The current Big East configuration is OK. The teams seem reasonably competitive, the school sizes are roughly similar and there the schools are with in a reasonable distance from one another. With time rivalries will develop.

If I were the League commissioner, I would look to expand the emphasized sports from one (basketball) to at least two (basketball and maybe lacrosse or soccer).

Keeping the "Big East" name on the public's mind for more than three months every year will enhance the image of the League and the member schools.

I am not opposed to adding private schools like Richmond and St Louis, but the mega conference idea needs refinement. I am not in favor of adding any state schools or football schools. So 'no thanks' to Uconn or Umass. That didn't work with...let's see Uconn, Rutgers, West Virginia or Pittsburgh to mention a few.