(05-04-2018 08:53 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(05-04-2018 07:43 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  What if the Big East Football/Basketball split occurred in 2005 (not 2013)?

Notre Dame, Villanova, Georgetown, St. Johns, Providence and Seton Hall leave the Big East and form a new non-football conference with Creighton, Dayton, DePaul, Marquette, Saint Louis and Xavier to form a Catholic Conference. In the separation, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Rutgers and UConn retain the Big East name/configuration and invite Louisville, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Memphis, Navy (football-only) and Army (football-only) to get to eleven total teams. For the twelfth, Temple is put on conditional membership (pending spending and facilities upgrades), after being kicked out, in order for the conference to have a conference championship game located at Giants Stadium (or Lincoln Financial Field).

Catholic Conference
Creighton
Dayton
DePaul
Georgetown
Marquette
Notre Dame
Providence
Saint Louis
Seton Hall
St. Johns
Villanova
Xavier

Big East
Army (Football-only)
Cincinnati
Connecticut
East Carolina
Louisville
Memphis
Navy (Football-only)
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Temple
West Virginia

I like this idea. I'd think USF would get the call ahead of all but Cincy and Louisville though. That means Temple can indeed get the boot. Also, you're missing BC, so nuts to ECU too.

Maybe an ACC-style zipper alignment for football?

Big: Army*, Boston College, Cincinnati, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
East: Navy*, Connecticut, Louisville, South Florida, West Virginia, Rutgers

Schools are listed in order of protected crossover pairs.

Upon second thought, Navy would not have had interest in joining. They would have desired a conference membership with exposure in Texas for recruiting purposes. That would mean Army would be out too. Thus, Army/Navy would be out, leaving Temple/ECU back in.

North
Boston College
Connecticut
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
West Virginia

South
Cincinnati
East Carolina
Louisville
Memphis
Temple
USF