All of you advocating for trying to get into the BEast for basketball must have short memories. They somewhat begrudgingly took us the last time, then bailed on us when they gave up football. What makes you think they would welcome us now?

(05-10-2023 04:59 PM)former guest Wrote:  All of you advocating for trying to get into the BEast for basketball must have short memories. They somewhat begrudgingly took us the last time, then bailed on us when they gave up football. What makes you think they would welcome us now?

I can't even believe that this would be a consideration. You'd give up a chance to win the conference and play in the 12-team playoffs paying millions of $$?

Some folks are smoking the drapes again.

(05-09-2023 06:18 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  I think all of us know that the new AAC is doomed to fail. So what do you guys think about joining the SBC? The league is on the rise and plus it would make sense geographically too. Only issue is that the basketball in the league is quite weak. Otherwise both football and baseball are pretty good. Maybe Memphis, ECU, and Tulane as a trio in the near future?

What an utterly brilliant post! We are much better off without making the money we do in the AAC since you predict its imminent demise.

(05-10-2023 05:33 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(05-09-2023 06:18 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  I think all of us know that the new AAC is doomed to fail. So what do you guys think about joining the SBC? The league is on the rise and plus it would make sense geographically too. Only issue is that the basketball in the league is quite weak. Otherwise both football and baseball are pretty good. Maybe Memphis, ECU, and Tulane as a trio in the near future?

What an utterly brilliant post! We are much better off without making the money we do in the AAC since you predict its imminent demise.

Viewership will go down. No one is gonna give a damn about UTSA VS Charlotte

(05-10-2023 05:43 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 05:33 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(05-09-2023 06:18 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  I think all of us know that the new AAC is doomed to fail. So what do you guys think about joining the SBC? The league is on the rise and plus it would make sense geographically too. Only issue is that the basketball in the league is quite weak. Otherwise both football and baseball are pretty good. Maybe Memphis, ECU, and Tulane as a trio in the near future?

What an utterly brilliant post! We are much better off without making the money we do in the AAC since you predict its imminent demise.

Viewership will go down. No one is gonna give a damn about UTSA VS Charlotte

I betcha it’s going to be cloudy and rainy tomorrow.

(05-10-2023 05:43 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 05:33 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(05-09-2023 06:18 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  I think all of us know that the new AAC is doomed to fail. So what do you guys think about joining the SBC? The league is on the rise and plus it would make sense geographically too. Only issue is that the basketball in the league is quite weak. Otherwise both football and baseball are pretty good. Maybe Memphis, ECU, and Tulane as a trio in the near future?

What an utterly brilliant post! We are much better off without making the money we do in the AAC since you predict its imminent demise.

Viewership will go down. No one is gonna give a damn about UTSA VS Charlotte

Well UTSA and Charlotte might care.

(05-10-2023 06:55 PM)UOFMGLENN Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 05:43 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 05:33 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(05-09-2023 06:18 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  I think all of us know that the new AAC is doomed to fail. So what do you guys think about joining the SBC? The league is on the rise and plus it would make sense geographically too. Only issue is that the basketball in the league is quite weak. Otherwise both football and baseball are pretty good. Maybe Memphis, ECU, and Tulane as a trio in the near future?

What an utterly brilliant post! We are much better off without making the money we do in the AAC since you predict its imminent demise.

Viewership will go down. No one is gonna give a damn about UTSA VS Charlotte

Well UTSA and Charlotte might care.

yeah, but, will they?


"Circle the calendar boys, we have Charlotte coming up in 3 weeks"

(05-10-2023 07:24 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 06:55 PM)UOFMGLENN Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 05:43 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 05:33 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(05-09-2023 06:18 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  I think all of us know that the new AAC is doomed to fail. So what do you guys think about joining the SBC? The league is on the rise and plus it would make sense geographically too. Only issue is that the basketball in the league is quite weak. Otherwise both football and baseball are pretty good. Maybe Memphis, ECU, and Tulane as a trio in the near future?

What an utterly brilliant post! We are much better off without making the money we do in the AAC since you predict its imminent demise.

Viewership will go down. No one is gonna give a damn about UTSA VS Charlotte

Well UTSA and Charlotte might care.

yeah, but, will they?


"Circle the calendar boys, we have Charlotte coming up in 3 weeks"

No one on TV will.

(05-10-2023 08:29 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 07:24 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 06:55 PM)UOFMGLENN Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 05:43 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 05:33 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  What an utterly brilliant post! We are much better off without making the money we do in the AAC since you predict its imminent demise.

Viewership will go down. No one is gonna give a damn about UTSA VS Charlotte

Well UTSA and Charlotte might care.

yeah, but, will they?


"Circle the calendar boys, we have Charlotte coming up in 3 weeks"

No one on TV will.

Then it will probably end up on ESPN “the ocho.”

The Sun Belt's media deal pays out $500k annually. So I'm going to assume this thread is satire.

(05-10-2023 05:43 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  

(05-10-2023 05:33 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(05-09-2023 06:18 PM)ExpertAd991 Wrote:  I think all of us know that the new AAC is doomed to fail. So what do you guys think about joining the SBC? The league is on the rise and plus it would make sense geographically too. Only issue is that the basketball in the league is quite weak. Otherwise both football and baseball are pretty good. Maybe Memphis, ECU, and Tulane as a trio in the near future?

What an utterly brilliant post! We are much better off without making the money we do in the AAC since you predict its imminent demise.

Viewership will go down. No one is gonna give a damn about UTSA VS Charlotte

Just like no one will care about Old Dominion and Texas State.

And the ironic thing is, if they all came in and went gang busters and helped to boost our league. As fun as it would be, it would most likely boost them ahead of us for B12 or ACC expansion. The programs aren't glamorous, but their media markets are what the P5 desires. 20 years ago you'd never dream of getting passed up by UCF, yet here we are.

(05-11-2023 08:30 AM)fsquid Wrote:  The Sun Belt's media deal pays out $500k annually. So I'm going to assume this thread is satire.

That was my take too. That's why I played along.

It isn't just about the Sun Belt's payout. It would also be about elevating the basketball program to the BigEast, assuming they'll take us now. Which looks to have a higher payout than the AAC with football.

Also, I think the NCAA passed a rule that wouldn't let us park our football in an all-sports conference without putting our other sports in there.

Would it not be possible to place just basketball in the BigEast & everything else in the SB?

(05-11-2023 09:11 AM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  Would it not be possible to place just basketball in the BigEast & everything else in the SB?

I know that is against the rules.

The fact that some of us are taking this idea seriously, is depressing.

(05-11-2023 09:34 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(05-11-2023 09:11 AM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  Would it not be possible to place just basketball in the BigEast & everything else in the SB?

I know that is against the rules.

How does Navy do it ?

(05-11-2023 09:37 AM)oruvoice Wrote:  The fact that some of us are taking this idea seriously, is depressing.

Sports in general are depressing now. Unless you are a fan of the elite teams