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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
Marshall
Cincy
Ohio
Western Kentucky
East Carolina
App State
Coastal Carolina
FAU
UCF
UAB
USM
Arkansas St
ULL
LaTech
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Vandy
Kentucky
Ole Miss
Auburn
Alabama
Arkansas
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GoldenWarrior11
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-19-2021 03:41 AM)BruceMcF Wrote: (07-18-2021 11:01 PM)pki1998 Wrote: Boston College
DePaul
Georgetown
Marquette
Notre Dame
Providence
Seton Hall
St. John’s
Villanova
Xavier ...
(07-19-2021 12:24 AM)Erictelevision Wrote: Pki: are they all Jesuit?
According to the Wikipedia machine, BC, Marquette and Xavier are. Notre Dame was founded by the Congregation of the Holy Cross, Providence College was founded by the Dominicans, Seton Hall was founded by the Diocese of Newark, St. John's by the Vincentian Fathers, and Villanova by the order of St. Augustine.
Though the google suggests that the reach of Jesuit education extends beyond institutions founded by the Jesuits ... for instance, I have seen a claim that the first curriculum of Notre Dame followed the Jesuit approach.
If you wanted to make a National Jesuit Conference, given the parameters established by this thread and historical success, it would look like this:
Boston College
Creighton
Georgetown
Gonzaga
Loyola (Chicago)
Marquette
Saint Joseph
Saint Louis
San Francisco
Xavier
AMDG.
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Erictelevision
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
Rio Grande Conference
Arizona
ASU
UNM
NM ST
UTEP
Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Houston
Baylor
Gulf Coast Conference
LSU
Tulane
LA Tech
Ole Miss
MSU
Auburn
Bama
Florida
FSU
The U
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-19-2021 12:57 PM)Erictelevision Wrote: Rio Grande Conference
Arizona
ASU
UNM
NM ST
UTEP
Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Houston
Baylor
Gulf Coast Conference
LSU
Tulane
LA Tech
Ole Miss
MSU
Auburn
Bama
Florida
FSU
The U
Need to change USF for The U. IMO, Miami is the antithesis of the Gulf Coast.
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
Northern Arizona
New Mexico
New Mexico State
UNLV
San Diego State
Nevada
Fresno State
Colorado State
Air Force
UTEP
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
Pacific
Hawaii
Washington
Washington St
Oregon
Oregon St
California
Stanford
UCLA
USC
San Diego St
West
Nevada?
UNLV?
Boise St
Utah
BYU
Arizona
Arizona St
Colorado
Colorado St?
New Mexico?
Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Kansas St
Minnesota
Iowa
Iowa St
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern
Northeast
Michigan
Michigan St
Indiana
Purdue
Notre Dame
Ohio St
Penn St
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Boston College
Southwest
Oklahoma
Oklahoma St
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Houston
Baylor
TCU
Arkansas
LSU
Southeast
Ole Miss
Mississippi St
Alabama
Auburn
South Carolina
Clemson
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Florida
Florida St
Appalachian
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Louisville
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Memphis
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
Appalachian St?
Wake Forest
Atlantic
Miami
UCF
USF
North Carolina
NC State
Duke
Virginia
Maryland
Temple
Rutgers
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
I've enjoyed reading this thread. Lots of interesting ideas. And it has highlighted the fact that no league (other than the Ivy from what I know) is comprised fully of very similar universities/athletic departments.
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-19-2021 03:35 PM)bill dazzle Wrote: I've enjoyed reading this thread. Lots of interesting ideas. And it has highlighted the fact that no league (other than the Ivy from what I know) is comprised fully of very similar universities/athletic departments.
10 team Ivy…
Dartmouth
Harvard
MIT
Brown
Yale
Cornell
Columbia
Princeton
Penn
Hopkins
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
Maryland
UVa
Virginia Tech
Carolina
Wake Forest
Duke
NC State
Clemson
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
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07-19-2021 04:12 PM |
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shizzle787
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
UConn
BC
Syracuse
Pitt
Rutgers
WVU
Penn State
Maryland
Virginia
Va Tech
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-18-2021 09:24 PM)SMUstang Wrote: (07-18-2021 08:55 PM)Big Frog II Wrote: TCU
Texas
Baylor
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Kansas State
Iowa State
Except for Arkansas replacing West Virginia, this looks like the Big 12.
I'm sure you didn't know that SMU and TCU have a rivalry dating back to 1915. A lot of meetings.
*** SMUstang ***
That's why we still play you every year.
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TripleA
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-18-2021 07:05 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote: (07-18-2021 05:17 AM)TripleA Wrote: Memphis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Alabama
Tennessee
Ole Miss
Miss State
Very similar to what I had in mind. I like the idea of contiguous states with Cincinnati [Ohio] being the northern tip of the conference:
Cincinnati
Louisville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Memphis
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Florida State
Florida
Very good football and hoops conference covering 7 states and keeping some historical and regional rivalries intact.
I'm good with yours, as well. Only difference is yours is a bit basketball centric, mine is certainly football centric.
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-19-2021 11:58 AM)Gamecock Wrote: South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Vandy
Kentucky
Ole Miss
Auburn
Alabama
Arkansas
So you booted Moo State, LSU and the 2 newcomers, huh? I can see that from your point of view.
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-19-2021 01:43 PM)C00G Wrote: Pacific
Hawaii
Washington
Washington St
Oregon
Oregon St
California
Stanford
UCLA
USC
San Diego St
West
Nevada?
UNLV?
Boise St
Utah
BYU
Arizona
Arizona St
Colorado
Colorado St?
New Mexico?
Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Kansas St
Minnesota
Iowa
Iowa St
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern
Northeast
Michigan
Michigan St
Indiana
Purdue
Notre Dame
Ohio St
Penn St
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Boston College
Southwest
Oklahoma
Oklahoma St
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Houston
Baylor
TCU
Arkansas
LSU
Southeast
Ole Miss
Mississippi St
Alabama
Auburn
South Carolina
Clemson
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Florida
Florida St
Appalachian
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Louisville
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Memphis
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
Appalachian St?
Wake Forest
Atlantic
Miami
UCF
USF
North Carolina
NC State
Duke
Virginia
Maryland
Temple
Rutgers
I like your Appalachian Conference pretty well.
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07-19-2021 08:26 PM |
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pki1998
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-19-2021 10:08 AM)schmolik Wrote: (07-19-2021 10:01 AM)pki1998 Wrote: When responding the first time I wanted to have Loyola Chicago over DePaul but went with DePaul since they are already in the Big East. If the original poster allowed more than 10 teams this would be my ideal Big East
Boston College
DePaul
Fordham (Primarily for Academics)
Georgetown
Holy Cross
Loyola Chicago
Marquette
Providence
Saint Louis
Seton Hall
St. John’s
Syracuse (Sure they’re not Catholic but who doesn’t want to see them play Georgetown and St. john’s)
Villanova
Xavier
14 team conference with 9 Eastern Teams and 5 Midwest
If you are going to go away from all Catholic and include Syracuse, how can you have a Big East without UConn?
You make a good point about why make an exception for Syracuse but not UConn. As a Xavier fan my favorite Big East line up is the current one.But that’s only becuase my Musketeers are in it. But objectively it’s obviously not the best Big East Line up.
For my money the best was the 80s Big East and honestly UConn wasn’t much of a factor until the 89-90 seasons when they became and maintained being one of the top teams in the league. If you favorite Big East was during the time that the league sponsored Football then UConn would be an obvious add. So I guess i’m saying I’m just an old crumegon.
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-19-2021 11:58 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote: (07-19-2021 03:41 AM)BruceMcF Wrote: (07-18-2021 11:01 PM)pki1998 Wrote: Boston College
DePaul
Georgetown
Marquette
Notre Dame
Providence
Seton Hall
St. John’s
Villanova
Xavier ...
(07-19-2021 12:24 AM)Erictelevision Wrote: Pki: are they all Jesuit?
According to the Wikipedia machine, BC, Marquette and Xavier are. Notre Dame was founded by the Congregation of the Holy Cross, Providence College was founded by the Dominicans, Seton Hall was founded by the Diocese of Newark, St. John's by the Vincentian Fathers, and Villanova by the order of St. Augustine.
Though the google suggests that the reach of Jesuit education extends beyond institutions founded by the Jesuits ... for instance, I have seen a claim that the first curriculum of Notre Dame followed the Jesuit approach.
If you wanted to make a National Jesuit Conference, given the parameters established by this thread and historical success, it would look like this:
Boston College
Creighton
Georgetown
Gonzaga
Loyola (Chicago)
Marquette
Saint Joseph
Saint Louis
San Francisco
Xavier
AMDG.
I hate the geography but this would be a fun league. Could argue the very old success of a Holy Cross or Seattle would be enough to push one of those above Saint Louis
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-18-2021 10:07 PM)Erictelevision Wrote: Great Plains Conference
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Northwestern
Iowa
ISU
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
K-ST
Would be a lot of fun, but Northwestern probably doesn't belong in that conference. It's an amazing school, beautiful campus, and solid athletic program (depending on the sport) but an elite private school like them sticks out like a sore thumb. Not sure who you'd replace them with since schools like IU/Purdue and Oklahoma/Okie State would push the number past ten and would be awkward without their in-state rival.
Anyway here's another one for everyone: The Confusion Conference!
Miami (Ohio)
Da U (Florida)
Washington (Seattle)
WashU (St. Louis)
Cornell (New York)
Cornell (Iowa)
Jacksonville (Florida)
Jacksonville State (Alabama)
Columbia (New York)
Columbia (Missouri)
If you wanna go with even more than add the four Loyolas (Chicago, Maryland, New Orleans, Marymount).
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
(07-17-2021 05:57 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote: UTEP
New Mexico
Colorado St
Wyoming
Arizona
Arizona St
Utah
BYU
Eight is enough. WAC circa 1968.
Awesome tight geography and it actually happened!
But….it’s 10 schools so throw in Air Force and San Diego St too
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RE: Make your own conference only 10 teams.
Houston
SMU
OU
Nebraska
LSU
Arkansas
UCF
Memphis
Cincinnati
Louisville
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