Revamped Big East

 What is very clear now is that the Big East leadership needs a radical shakeup. John Marinatto and his Providence based Mafia need to go. The Big East headquarters in Providence need to go. A total reorganization is in order after the inept Rhode Islanders once again have been caught sleeping on the job.

What is needed:
1. Bobby Knight as commissioner. He would bring the toughness that Marinatto lacks and would give the Big East a basketball-savvy commissioner to guide the re-awakened conference.
2. Move the Big East headquarters to New York City to reaffirm that it means business in the capital of America.
3. Raise the exit fee to $15 million and require 36 months exit notification so that all media contracts can be honored .
4. If the Big East does not revert to a basketball conference poach football schools like Kansas or Memphis that have stellar basketball traditions. Add Temple and Xavier as both football and basketball members if the mid-west options fall through with other possible schools like Missouri and Iowa State.
5. Under no condition should a former Big East school like Syracuse be allowed to schedule a Big East member school.
6. Protect the MSG tournament. Let the ACC play in Brooklyn at the Barclay Center and hope their fans get mugged on Flatbush Avenue.
 
 What is very clear now is that the Big East leadership needs a radical shakeup. John Marinatto and his Providence based Mafia need to go. The Big East headquarters in Providence need to go. A total reorganization is in order after the inept Rhode Islanders once again have been caught sleeping on the job.

What is needed:
1. Bobby Knight as commissioner. He would bring the toughness that Marinatto lacks and would give the Big East a basketball-savvy commissioner to guide the re-awakened conference.
2. Move the Big East headquarters to New York City to reaffirm that it means business in the capital of America.
3. Raise the exit fee to $15 million and require 36 months exit notification so that all media contracts can be honored .
4. If the Big East does not revert to a basketball conference poach football schools like Kansas or Memphis that have stellar basketball traditions. Add Temple and Xavier as both football and basketball members if the mid-west options fall through with other possible schools like Missouri and Iowa State.
5. Under no condition should a former Big East school like Syracuse be allowed to schedule a Big East member school.
6. Protect the MSG tournament. Let the ACC play in Brooklyn at the Barclay Center and hope their fans get mugged on Flatbush Avenue.
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Fantastic, and I agree with all of it.
 
 What is very clear now is that the Big East leadership needs a radical shakeup. John Marinatto and his Providence based Mafia need to go. The Big East headquarters in Providence need to go. A total reorganization is in order after the inept Rhode Islanders once again have been caught sleeping on the job.

What is needed:
1. Bobby Knight as commissioner. He would bring the toughness that Marinatto lacks and would give the Big East a basketball-savvy commissioner to guide the re-awakened conference.
2. Move the Big East headquarters to New York City to reaffirm that it means business in the capital of America.
3. Raise the exit fee to $15 million and require 36 months exit notification so that all media contracts can be honored .
4. If the Big East does not revert to a basketball conference poach football schools like Kansas or Memphis that have stellar basketball traditions. Add Temple and Xavier as both football and basketball members if the mid-west options fall through with other possible schools like Missouri and Iowa State.
5. Under no condition should a former Big East school like Syracuse be allowed to schedule a Big East member school.
6. Protect the MSG tournament. Let the ACC play in Brooklyn at the Barclay Center and hope their fans get mugged on Flatbush Avenue.
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I love it , perhaps 72 can be on staff at the BE Commissioner's Office too.
 
I hope Uconn succeeds in their quest to go to the ACC.......If you think BC has fallen onto obscure times you" ain't seen nothin yet"...........UCONN will fall into total obscurity. Basketball team that finished 9th in the big east last year, and a football team that is low mid-major at best.........bon voyage UCONN  
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Uconn brings an absolute ZERO to the ACC football table----ZERO! The ACC is looking for a weak leg that the traditional ACC members can hump for fun and win. By 2013-14 Jim Calhoun will be retired and Uconn basketball will never be the same. The ACC will ultimately have two one-time great New England basketball powers become easy match-ups for the the veteran schools. Since joining the ACC, how many Top 50 players have signed with Boston College? Miami? VaTech? When Boeheim retires Syracuse can join the basketball limbo that befell those former BE schools. Hell yeah being in the ACC helped those basketball programs!  
 
I hope Uconn succeeds in their quest to go to the ACC.......If you think BC has fallen onto obscure times you" ain't seen nothin yet"...........UCONN will fall into total obscurity. Basketball team that finished 9th in the big east last year, and a football team that is low mid-major at best.........bon voyage UCONN  
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Uconn brings an absolute ZERO to the ACC football table----ZERO! The ACC is looking for a weak leg that the traditional ACC members can hump for fun and win. By 2013-14 Jim Calhoun will be retired and Uconn basketball will never be the same. The ACC will ultimately have two one-time great New England basketball powers become easy match-ups for the the veteran schools. Since joining the ACC, how many Top 50 players have signed with Boston College? Miami? VaTech? When Boeheim retires Syracuse can join the basketball limbo that befell those former BE schools. Hell yeah being in the ACC helped those basketball programs!  
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I understand your anger, but are you actually comparing BC, Miami and VaTech's basketball pedigree prior to joining the ACC to that of Cuse and especially UCONN? How many BE titles did either of those 3 schools ever win? How many Elite 8's, F4's national championships? How many hall of fame coaches have coached there? And exactly how many top 50 players ever signed with those 3 schools BEFORE they left for the ACC? You're comparing two average former BE hoops schools (BC and UM) and one lousy one (VA Tech - who has actually done better since leaving for the ACC) to the top program in BE history for over 30 years and another program with the most BE titles and 3 NCAA titles in the past 12 years.

Yep, UCONN finished 9-9 in the BE last year with 5 freshman playing major minutes. And oh, yes, the won the BET and the national championship then brought in a top five 2011 recruiting class.
 
I hope Uconn succeeds in their quest to go to the ACC.......If you think BC has fallen onto obscure times you" ain't seen nothin yet"...........UCONN will fall into total obscurity. Basketball team that finished 9th in the big east last year, and a football team that is low mid-major at best.........bon voyage UCONN  
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Uconn brings an absolute ZERO to the ACC football table----ZERO! The ACC is looking for a weak leg that the traditional ACC members can hump for fun and win. By 2013-14 Jim Calhoun will be retired and Uconn basketball will never be the same. The ACC will ultimately have two one-time great New England basketball powers become easy match-ups for the the veteran schools. Since joining the ACC, how many Top 50 players have signed with Boston College? Miami? VaTech? When Boeheim retires Syracuse can join the basketball limbo that befell those former BE schools. Hell yeah being in the ACC helped those basketball programs!  
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I understand your anger, but are you actually comparing BC, Miami and VaTech's basketball pedigree prior to joining the ACC to that of Cuse and especially UCONN? How many BE titles did either of those 3 schools ever win? How many Elite 8's, F4's national championships? How many hall of fame coaches have coached there? And exactly how many top 50 players ever signed with those 3 schools BEFORE they left for the ACC? You're comparing two average former BE hoops schools (BC and UM) and one lousy one (VA Tech - who has actually done better since leaving for the ACC) to the top program in BE history for over 30 years and another program with the most BE titles and 3 NCAA titles in the past 12 years.

Yep, UCONN finished 9-9 in the BE last year with 5 freshman playing major minutes. And oh, yes, the won the BET and the national championship then brought in a top five 2011 recruiting class.
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I am angry at the arrogance and greed. I am angry that founding members that did squat to elevate Big East football think themselves better than they actually are. I am angry that short-sighted college Presidents lie to their business partners as did the Pitt provost just one week ago and then pull a Bernie Madoff on their fellow investors in the Big East. I am angry for some of my Syracuse fan friends that are disappointed in the royal bitch that now runs their university that thinks Jim Boeheim will live forever! He IS Syracuse BB as Coach K IS Duke BB! Those programs will decline rapidly once they are gone. Same holds for your Alma Mater. Coach Calhoun will be pushing 73 when AND IF they ever leave the Big East. Goodbye Uconn to perennial title contenders, goodbye the short drive to the Garden for matchups with St. John's or the Big East Tourney. Uconn sucks in football, always has, always will. They will not dominate in the ACC post JC as they did in the BE. You know it, I know it. Enjoy your memories AlexD, they are all that is left you.
 
That another domino will soon fall. WVU has applied for membership to the SEC. As you all know, you do not apply unless you know you will be accepted. Should be an announcement this week.
 
 What a positive and refreshing thread this is, this can pump everyone up......We will get thru this and grow from dealing with all the crap.
 
That another domino will soon fall. WVU has applied for membership to the SEC. As you all know, you do not apply unless you know you will be accepted. Should be an announcement this week.
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Was mentioned a few weeks ago, not sure if it was SEC or ACC but I also recall seeing SEC on Twitter today.
 
If MSG wants to allow the ACC to work it into its "rotation", then the Big East should just move its tournament to the Barclays Center. With that as a viable option, I don't see MSG jumping on the ACC bandwagon unless the ACC agreed to have the tournament there every year. 
 
If MSG wants to allow the ACC to work it into its "rotation", then the Big East should just move its tournament to the Barclays Center. With that as a viable option, I don't see MSG jumping on the ACC bandwagon unless the ACC agreed to have the tournament there every year. 
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Good point. It's either all or nothing. I don't think anyone from MSG would be on board with a once every few yrs plan.
 
Dolan will look at every avenue to enchance his rebuilt Garden, especially now if the NBA fails to commence. 
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NBA would miss this year at most. Earliest changes are 2 full seasons away. NBA has no bearing on how this transpires. This will come down to a dogfight between BE and its original schools and the ACC with the Garden in the middle.
 
Dolan will look at every avenue to enchance his rebuilt Garden, especially now if the NBA fails to commence. 
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NBA would miss this year at most. Earliest changes are 2 full seasons away. NBA has no bearing on how this transpires. This will come down to a dogfight between BE and its original schools and the ACC with the Garden in the middle.
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Yep, but I just don't see any way that the ACC agrees to move its tourney full time to the Garden. Assuming the Big East remains a viable hoops conference, I think the more likely scenario is that the ACC continues to play its tournament down south, and if they want to rotate into the New York market every now and then, they play at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, or the Prudential Center in New Jersey.
 
 There's nothing to say that West Virginia gets the SEC to 14 and then Mizzou is either the 15th or 16th school
 
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