(09-22-2022 11:24 AM)djsuperfly Wrote:  

(09-22-2022 10:26 AM)Poster Wrote:  

(09-21-2022 07:26 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-21-2022 06:16 AM)Skyhawk Wrote:  If NC joined the SEC, would the B10 still want to invite Duke without them?

In nearly every scenario where Duke joins the B10, they're paired with NC.

It's starting to sound like NC and NC State might potentially be paired to the SEC instead.

In that case, would the B10 still be interested in Duke?

About the bolded, I am not sure why the SEC would want NC and NC State rather than NC and Duke. The latter is IMO much more appealing.

I do confess though that I have always been skeptical about NC State - to - the - SEC talk. I have never seen any value to the SEC in NC State, just as I have never seen any value in Kansas either.

Just MO.

Yeah, I've never understood why people act like NCSU is a more valuable property than Duke. Conferences would actually prefer having Duke going 1-8 in football conference play every year and going to Final Fours over having NCSU go 3-6 in football conference play every year and having a basketball team that usually goes about 6-12 in conference play every year. Duke is a much better academic school than NCSU, to boot.

And if Rutgers sports can seriously generate NYC cable fees for the Big Ten, I see no reason why Duke basketball can't generate NYC cable fees for the SEC. Duke basketball would also solidify the Big Ten's claim to the entire NYC market for in case the cable providers are tempted to only give Rutgers credit for NJ as is frequently rumored.

Ummm, because that's not how it works.

Network cable fees usually are based on local markets, but Notre Dame football and Duke basketball are probably the only two college sports teams with a national following. A conference that invites Duke actually would have a very good case to claim the NYC market.