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TCU to join Big East for all sports
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The big east will now have......17 teams in conference for basketball!! this is just another step toward the superconferences taking over and mid-majors going bye bye. Can u say division 2 is in alot of mid-majors futures? -
Well, there is always the possibility of a DI split, whereby there is a I-AA or "colelge" division. In essence it is still a sort of DII, but, technically DI with a significant level of visibility.Originally posted by peterwade75 View PostComment
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I think it's actually just a step towards the Big East pushing out the basketball only schools.Comment
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Really? I can't quite believe they'd do that, since basketball is a big moneymaker for them. I think they just want a bigger piece of the BCS football pie.Originally posted by thefish7 View PostComment
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Most of the money makers are the football schools. If they can get NDU and another football program (ucf?) Getting rid of the likes of depaul marquette and providence wont hurt overall revenues much but well increase the takes of individual schools.Originally posted by Da Coach View PostComment
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This is a win-win for TCU and the BE. The Big East is far well-known as a basketball conference than a football conference overall, but having TCU can maybe raise the profile in that regard. They certainly can't lean on Notre Dame for that.
It's kinda like South Florida. They are not in the BE for their powerhouse basketball program...
Having said that, I still have a feeling that the sports media down there (and maybe people who live down there can help me out here) will still focus on the Big 12.Comment
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When do we join for all sports? I'm ready to get a piece of the big pie.Onward and Upward!
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It's not quite that simple...and it's not that the league will kick people out the way they did Temple football.Originally posted by Da Coach View Post
A couple examples:
Every year, Syracuse is taking $2.5 million less home each year than they did before the Big East went to 16 teams. They might easily go elsewhere, leaving a potential spot for a basketball only member.
Seton Hall is already at odds with league membership because their annual budget is at about 15% less than what the league recommends as a minimum. So there has been some speculation they will go to the A10 once they feel they are no longer able to compete and pay its bills.Comment
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There is so much TV and NCAA basketball money flowing into the Big East now, that I don't see any of it's current members leaving voluntarily.
DePaul is the best example- they should never have joined in the first place, but they are making way too much money to drop out.Comment
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That's exactly the reason the "big" programs will work to make it tough for those teams to stay in the conference. That extra money depaul is making is money some other program should be getting.Originally posted by Da Coach View PostComment
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People here probably won't like to see it/hear it, but if there is one fringe Big East member that gets to stay in for basketball-only, it will be DePaul.
For two principle reasons: 1) Chicago and 2) They would not pose any direct competition for markets with any of its remaining members.Comment
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Huge blow to the MWC.Comment
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Maybe they will have to rename the conference for all the true easterners out there....
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I want to be in the Big East. Everyone else is!Onward and Upward!
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