Quotes from New Big East Commissioner on SJU

[TRabinowitz]

 "There is upside with the new teams and still a core group that's as good as ever. Let's not forget about Steve Lavin and St. John's. St. John's hadn't been relevant for a decade, possibly more. He got them immediately relevant. Obviously he had to recruit a brand-new group of people, and now he's going to have time to develop that program. He's going to get it done. Oliver Purnell is a terrific coach, did a great job at Clemson. He's at DePaul. DePaul would own Chicago once it gets back on its feet. The same thing with St. John's. That's huge for the Big East. The fact that the basketball schools are in big media markets in the East and other places, in the Midwest and the South, it's going to really be compelling when those teams reach their potential."

-Mike Aresco

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/qa-new-big-east-commissioner-mike-aresco

 

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 "There is upside with the new teams and still a core group that's as good as ever. Let's not forget about Steve Lavin and St. John's. St. John's hadn't been relevant for a decade, possibly more. He got them immediately relevant. Obviously he had to recruit a brand-new group of people, and now he's going to have time to develop that program. He's going to get it done. Oliver Purnell is a terrific coach, did a great job at Clemson. He's at DePaul. DePaul would own Chicago once it gets back on its feet. The same thing with St. John's. That's huge for the Big East. The fact that the basketball schools are in big media markets in the East and other places, in the Midwest and the South, it's going to really be compelling when those teams reach their potential."

-Mike Aresco

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/qa-new-big-east-commissioner-mike-aresco

 

That's all well and good but Aresco is going to succeed or fail based on the TV deal he negotiates; it is about money.