(07-21-2021 09:18 AM)schmolik Wrote:  This was my personal opinions of the Big East and ACC back before it happened (Sept. 10, 2011):

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/8440...-and-uconn

Interesting read. You focused a lot on the B1G back then, but did mention the ACC possibilities as well.

What I would take issue with, now and then, is the notion that the Big East was a 'mess'. Yes, it was a frankenstein cobble of basketball and football, but it was a cobble that worked. Big East hoops was the best in the land at the time, and for all the criticism it received, the Big East performed like an AQ on the football field.

And, the Big East also had great culture. It was just two separate cultures. The 8-team football league, despite all odds and oddities, had developed a tight-knit focus, and the Big East hoops conference had as well, again despite its sprawling nature.

What it boiled down to, IMO, was money. And the ACC could offer more money.