(05-12-2017 11:05 AM)goofus Wrote:  

(05-12-2017 10:16 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  Which conference values Kansas most? The Big East.

Kansas hoops coach said Big East was set to invite four Big XII teams had Texas opted out

This would have unquestionably saved the Big East.

Sort of. What probably would have happened officially is the leftover schools in the Big12 would have officially invited all 8 of the Big East football schools to the Big12. In the end, the Big East football conference still goes away and the Big East still turns into a non-football conference.

I don't know. The C7 would have stayed with that configuration. The C7 weren't thrilled with the quality of basketball coming in from C-USA.

I think the real sticking point would have been if that configuration could have received a contract bowl once the BCS went away. The Big East was still an at-large AQ for football without a permanent destination. While the football would still be stronger with Missouri and K-State, I don't know if it would have been strong enough to take the Big 12's Fiesta bowl contract slot.

I don't know if the deal with those 4 would have fallen apart, but I think the basketball strength brought in with Kansas and Iowa State would have kept the C7 (and probably Notre Dame) in the conference.

The knock on the Big East was that if you didn't get West Virginia you didn't get a good traveling team. Coupled with the tendency to send a non-BCS worthy team every 5 to 6 years, it wouldn't have looked good. But if Notre Dame negotiated with this group (Pitt-Syracuse-WVU-Louisville-K State and Mizzou) for bowls, maybe that would have made a difference.