(04-18-2017 04:40 PM)CrazyPaco Wrote:  

(04-18-2017 01:43 PM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  

(04-18-2017 09:49 AM)TerpsNPhoenix Wrote:  

(04-18-2017 08:47 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  

(04-18-2017 08:14 AM)nzmorange Wrote:  The ACC screwed up by not adding JHU when UMD was in the conference.

ACC didn't need them. ACC was so good, it didn't need AQ...NCAA gave them it anyway with only five programs.

But...I think Johns Hopkins wants to be in the ACC more than the Big Ten. Maybe the five-year window was more for the ACC to reexamine its decision than for Hopkins to assess theirs.

This is the gist my fears. Boils down to the Big Ten needing Hopkins more than Hopkins needs the Big Ten. Hence my desire for the Big Ten to start looking NOW at possible solutions even if this "problem" never materializes.

It always seemed off to me how Hopkins mentioned not getting into the ACC when they formally announced they were joining the Big Ten. Like, why raise that at all in that particular release?

Then, always putting off the CIC...I don't get the sense Hopkins really wants to be in the Big Ten. It just tolerates it for now and wants it until it knows it could resume life as an independent or go where it really wants to go.

I think you're right about the Big Ten needing them more than the other way around, but with the ACC getting by on AQ under six teams, I wonder if the Big Ten couldn't also do that. Maryland's pretty much a lock, Hopkins the legacy program, but with OSU and Penn State good enough as well. The Big Ten isn't the ACC...it's not far behind the Patriot, either.

...that, and the CIC isn't actually meaningful for JHU. If it was, all the Ivies, and everyone else, would be trying to get in too. In fact, schools would be adding lax to get in.

#1 Johns Hopkins research dollars are about equal to #2 Michigan and #3 Wisconsin combined. The CIC probably wants to take notes.