(03-16-2013 01:13 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(03-16-2013 11:49 AM)NJRedMan Wrote:  

(03-16-2013 10:43 AM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(03-16-2013 10:34 AM)NJRedMan Wrote:  

(03-16-2013 10:23 AM)72Tiger Wrote:  So, the West 'division' is

Butler
Depaul
Marquette
Xavier
Chreighton
Saint Louis or Dayton??

East is

St Johns
Villanova
Georgetown
Seton Hall
Providence
???

Pretty solid.

No divisions, this isn't FB.

Whether it's football or not, I would hope there would be divisions. With 12 teams, there won't be a double round robin format; they're not going to play a 22 game schedule. So, the most sensible way to divide up the games is by using divisions.

Or they could do the most sensible thing of all and simply stay at 10. I know . . . Fox will have a say in that, so it will be 12. I have to think that if Fox is the driving force to get to 12, VCU will get a lot of consideration.

We didn't do divisions when we had 8, 12, 14 or 16. We're not going to do divisions now. Word is the presidents are very much AGAINST them.

Oh and we are going to 12, it's just a matter of time. VCU is not getting much consideration by most reports. They don't fit institutionally.

I've read the same stuff that you've read, but I've never seen a president interviewed or go on record as being opposed to divisions. Until the final decision is made, I'll wait and see.

The situation in the old Big East was completely different. The old Big East did do divisions in the 1990's, so they're definitely willing to consider it. When the numbers got so big and unwieldy in the expanded Big East, the only way to do divisions was to not play some teams in a given year. That was the problem. They didn't want to leave anyone off their schedule.'

Divisions are very important for cost efficiency. Travel is much more expensive when you're making extra trips to locations 2 or 3 times as distant or more as the ones closer by. Money talks and that will force them to consider divisions.

I expect that they will go to 12 because that's what Fox wants. But the early reports about the split had the C7 as being happy with a 10 team league. So, if this league is partially being designed to keep Fox happy and they are happy with the institutional fit of 11 members, I don't think it will be a tough sell to add VCU. Not saying they will, but VCU is just too strong a program at this point in a good market with good travel benefits for the East Coast members for them not to be considered before the final decisions are made.

Thats not true. Pete Thamel on Dec 21st said "The most pressing question in the future of the Catholic 7 is how the league will shape up. Initially there was a debate about whether the league would go to 10 or 12 schools.
As of now, the answer is 12."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college...-7-future/

And this was the first theory on what teams were in the mix.

"The teams that will definitely be added to the mix are Xavier and Butler. Creighton and Dayton are the next two on the list, and should be considered near definite. (Dayton's biggest issue would be opposition from Xavier.)
That makes 11. From there, Saint Louis is a favorite for spot No. 12."