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Great deal to see the Big East continue to be a top basketball league.

(02-28-2013 06:52 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Great deal to see the Big East continue to be a top basketball league.

Think they all would have been better off if they separated in 2005.

8 years has damaged the brand and the schools' basketball reputation.

Guess Rutgers and Louisville will be playing Basketball in the B1G,and ACC for 2013. Awesome!

(02-28-2013 06:58 PM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Guess Rutgers and Louisville will be playing Basketball in the B1G,and ACC for 2013. Awesome!

No, you're stuck. ACC isn't going to do 15 in fb.

Why not at the same time?

Basketball along with Notre Dame in ACC for 2013. Not Football.

JOHN SWOFFORD YOU GET US THE F OUT OF THIS CONFERENCE

(02-28-2013 06:56 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(02-28-2013 06:52 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Great deal to see the Big East continue to be a top basketball league.

Think they all would have been better off if they separated in 2005.

8 years has damaged the brand and the schools' basketball reputation.

(02-28-2013 07:16 PM)gocards#1 Wrote:  JOHN SWOFFORD YOU GET US THE F OUT OF THIS CONFERENCE

Shut up and deal with it .... you're in the Big East until July 1, 2014.

Louisville athletics will survive the "injustice" of a few conference games with Memphis, UCF, and SMU. Geez.

Quote:Joining the Catholic 7 schools -- DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Villanova -- in the new "Big East" this fall will be Xavier and Butler, sources said.

Creighton has emerged as the favorite to become the 10th team, and would also join next season, according to sources.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...ng-sources

Creighton is joining in 2013, per an update of the ESPN article.

Thank god someone got to BE Homer in time.

(02-28-2013 07:16 PM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Basketball along with Notre Dame in ACC for 2013. Not Football.

Hearing Notre Dame with Butler and Xavier for next year and then the three for 12 in FY-14

(02-28-2013 07:16 PM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Basketball along with Notre Dame in ACC for 2013. Not Football.

Don't worry about him. He's a UK fan. Reading isn't their strong point.

(02-28-2013 07:38 PM)NJRedMan Wrote:  Thank god someone got to BE Homer in time.

(02-28-2013 07:36 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

Quote:Joining the Catholic 7 schools -- DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Villanova -- in the new "Big East" this fall will be Xavier and Butler, sources said.

Creighton has emerged as the favorite to become the 10th team, and would also join next season, according to sources.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...ng-sources

Creighton is joining in 2013, per an update of the ESPN article.

Guess that means St Louis is out? That would be sad.

(02-28-2013 11:11 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(02-28-2013 07:36 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

Quote:Joining the Catholic 7 schools -- DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Villanova -- in the new "Big East" this fall will be Xavier and Butler, sources said.

Creighton has emerged as the favorite to become the 10th team, and would also join next season, according to sources.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...ng-sources

Creighton is joining in 2013, per an update of the ESPN article.

Guess that means St Louis is out? That would be sad.

St. Louis is in for 2014. Good for them actually so they don't have to pay the 2 million dollar early exit fee penalty.

Why do they want the Big East name when the Catholic 12 Conference would better describe them?

(02-28-2013 11:40 PM)RUfan03 Wrote:  Why do they want the Big East name when the Catholic 12 Conference would better describe them?

Butler and Dayton aren't catholic, plus its bad for business, why pigeon hole yourself when the BE is what they've always been and people know what that is.

(02-28-2013 11:46 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(02-28-2013 11:40 PM)RUfan03 Wrote:  Why do they want the Big East name when the Catholic 12 Conference would better describe them?

Butler and Dayton aren't catholic, plus its bad for business, why pigeon hole yourself when the BE is what they've always been and people know what that is.

UD is Catholic.