(03-11-2022 12:56 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  

(03-11-2022 12:26 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(03-10-2022 05:53 PM)Milwaukee Wrote:  

(03-10-2022 05:14 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Iona's "arena" seats about 2,600. That truly is perfect for the Big East (sarcasm intended).

TroyTBoy is here to amuse, baffle, troll and irk us. It would be beautiful if we somehow learned he is a famous (and cheesy) bro country musician — or a male exotic dancer.

Glad to have him around. He has been a breath of fresh air.

That’s funny because sometimes I think he is you and a handful of other P6 fans!

I don't find the "P6" offensive.

When you're winning NY6s, making CFPs and Final Fours I don't think its bad to tout you're a top 6 league.

The Old Big East (the lineal AAC) was part of the "Big 6" and there is value in establishing that the order hasn't changed.

The P6 is of course, only relevant in basketball. There is no P6 in football.

(03-10-2022 05:14 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Iona's "arena" seats about 2,600. That truly is perfect for the Big East (sarcasm intended).

TroyTBoy is here to amuse, baffle, troll and irk us. It would be beautiful if we somehow learned he is a famous (and cheesy) bro country musician — or a male exotic dancer.

He’s an exotic dancer lol

(03-11-2022 08:31 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(03-11-2022 12:56 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  

(03-11-2022 12:26 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(03-10-2022 05:53 PM)Milwaukee Wrote:  

(03-10-2022 05:14 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Iona's "arena" seats about 2,600. That truly is perfect for the Big East (sarcasm intended).

TroyTBoy is here to amuse, baffle, troll and irk us. It would be beautiful if we somehow learned he is a famous (and cheesy) bro country musician — or a male exotic dancer.

Glad to have him around. He has been a breath of fresh air.

That’s funny because sometimes I think he is you and a handful of other P6 fans!

I don't find the "P6" offensive.

When you're winning NY6s, making CFPs and Final Fours I don't think its bad to tout you're a top 6 league.

The Old Big East (the lineal AAC) was part of the "Big 6" and there is value in establishing that the order hasn't changed.

The P6 is of course, only relevant in basketball. There is no P6 in football.

And the P6 in basketball doesn't include the AAC

If the term slut can be applied to a man, then it could be applied to Ricky Pitino. No sympathy here. Have fun in the NIT.

Now that Siena has also been locked out of the NCAAs, y'all got any more of them New Big East invites?

(03-10-2022 09:22 PM)VCE Wrote:  Outside SJU, every BE school is either top 150 in USNWR national rankings or top 5 in the regional rankings. Iona is 55th in the north regional rankings.

SJU is #172 in National Universities.

hey, different mission than GU.

(03-10-2022 03:51 PM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  When the NBE brokered their 12-year deal with FS1, the NBE Charter Members (Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St Johns, Villanova, Xavier) had it written into their deal that they could add 2 NBE Expansion Members (Connecticut & ????) at an equal revenue share (roughly 4 million per yr) to the Charter Members.

there is no proof that the Fox would increase payout for 2 additional schools. it's been nothing more than a rumor.

Quote:That's about the size of St Johns, Georgetowns, etc, when they don't rent out the cities NBA joint

Carnesecca Arena is like double that size. iona's size is like fellow MAAC areans like Draddy at Manhattan

Quote: (which doesn't really count for a home arena).

not to be combative but why not? cause you said so?

The Big East would be better off adding Davidson than in adding any MAAC or NEC schools.

Dayton and St Louis are probably best positioned to become Big East schools.

(03-11-2022 12:56 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  

(03-11-2022 12:26 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(03-10-2022 05:53 PM)Milwaukee Wrote:  

(03-10-2022 05:14 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Iona's "arena" seats about 2,600. That truly is perfect for the Big East (sarcasm intended).

TroyTBoy is here to amuse, baffle, troll and irk us. It would be beautiful if we somehow learned he is a famous (and cheesy) bro country musician — or a male exotic dancer.

Glad to have him around. He has been a breath of fresh air.

That’s funny because sometimes I think he is you and a handful of other P6 fans!

I don't find the "P6" offensive.

When you're winning NY6s, making CFPs and Final Fours I don't think its bad to tout you're a top 6 league.

The Old Big East (the lineal AAC) was part of the "Big 6" and there is value in establishing that the order hasn't changed.

It's one thing to tout your football as "typically a top six league." I'm fine with that.

But it is quite another to refer to AAC football as a "power football conference." No consistent, knowledgeable and unbiased follower of college sports views AAC football or basketball as "power" (though the league clearly offers individual football and hoops programs that are high-major and worthy of power league inclusion). When you (and some others on this board) use that term to describe AAC football and/or hoops, you invite ridicule. And in doing so, you indirectly might make the already difficult task of AAC programs earning respect even more challenging. And this Memphis and Cincinnati fan takes note.

I give you credit, T-Boy, for knowing your stuff related to college sports. And you also are clearly sharp, as your strong wordsmithing skills prove.

But all your "power" talk related to the AAC is absurd. You are either trolling or clueless. Or both.

Marist might be the better add. Although they are no longer Catholic they are further north in Poughkeepsie and thus closer to Albany. Win-win

(03-12-2022 09:10 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  Marist might be the better add. Although they are no longer Catholic they are further north in Poughkeepsie and thus closer to Albany. Win-win

Please. Pigs will fly before Marist or Iona are considered for Big East Membership.

(03-12-2022 09:44 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(03-12-2022 09:10 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  Marist might be the better add. Although they are no longer Catholic they are further north in Poughkeepsie and thus closer to Albany. Win-win

Please. Pigs will fly before Marist or Iona are considered for Big East Membership.

If pigs flew you wouldn't want to have a red car.

(03-10-2022 03:51 PM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  Rick Pitino was a major figure in the OBE. Could Pitino get his Gaels into the NBE?

Iona has a perfect geographical fit to send fans to the NBE tournament; and they are a perfect institutional fit for the schools that make up that conference.

When the NBE brokered their 12-year deal with FS1, the NBE Charter Members (Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St Johns, Villanova, Xavier) had it written into their deal that they could add 2 NBE Expansion Members (Connecticut & ????) at an equal revenue share (roughly 4 million per yr) to the Charter Members.

With the 12-year NBE Contract coming up in a few years, Val Ackerman made it known that they would look at expansion (which is smart to maximize the league's founding contract document).

Iona's name wasn't mentioned as prominently as Dayton, VCU, St Louis, which is surprising given their proximity and institutional similarity (among other things). It seems like a win-win for both sides with FS1 picking up the cheque.

I have to think Rick Pitino is using his connections to explore it, at least.

It looks like Pitino is already trying to position Iona for another step up in conference realignment.

Pitino is no stranger to publicly campaigning for conference realignment

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket...emple-owls

(04-20-2022 06:04 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  

(03-10-2022 03:51 PM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  Rick Pitino was a major figure in the OBE. Could Pitino get his Gaels into the NBE?

Iona has a perfect geographical fit to send fans to the NBE tournament; and they are a perfect institutional fit for the schools that make up that conference.

When the NBE brokered their 12-year deal with FS1, the NBE Charter Members (Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St Johns, Villanova, Xavier) had it written into their deal that they could add 2 NBE Expansion Members (Connecticut & ????) at an equal revenue share (roughly 4 million per yr) to the Charter Members.

With the 12-year NBE Contract coming up in a few years, Val Ackerman made it known that they would look at expansion (which is smart to maximize the league's founding contract document).

Iona's name wasn't mentioned as prominently as Dayton, VCU, St Louis, which is surprising given their proximity and institutional similarity (among other things). It seems like a win-win for both sides with FS1 picking up the cheque.

I have to think Rick Pitino is using his connections to explore it, at least.

It looks like Pitino is already trying to position Iona for another step up in conference realignment.

I’m honored Ricky P reads my work.

That said, Iona is right where they belong.

(03-10-2022 03:51 PM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  Rick Pitino was a major figure in the OBE. Could Pitino get his Gaels into the NBE?

Iona has a perfect geographical fit to send fans to the NBE tournament; and they are a perfect institutional fit for the schools that make up that conference.

When the NBE brokered their 12-year deal with FS1, the NBE Charter Members (Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St Johns, Villanova, Xavier) had it written into their deal that they could add 2 NBE Expansion Members (Connecticut & ????) at an equal revenue share (roughly 4 million per yr) to the Charter Members.

With the 12-year NBE Contract coming up in a few years, Val Ackerman made it known that they would look at expansion (which is smart to maximize the league's founding contract document).

Iona's name wasn't mentioned as prominently as Dayton, VCU, St Louis, which is surprising given their proximity and institutional similarity (among other things). It seems like a win-win for both sides with FS1 picking up the cheque.

I have to think Rick Pitino is using his connections to explore it, at least.

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(03-12-2022 09:44 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(03-12-2022 09:10 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  Marist might be the better add. Although they are no longer Catholic they are further north in Poughkeepsie and thus closer to Albany. Win-win

Please. Pigs will fly before Marist or Iona are considered for Big East Membership.

i was being sarcastic or at least trying to be

Of course he wants into a better league.

The problem is that the MAAC schools are small, similar basketball programs who have periods of success based on their coach, and once that coach moves on...

La Salle won the MAAC 4 of 5 years and then got invited to join a better league. And A-10 fans have been talking about ditching La Salle for decades now.