GW in the Big East?

GW in the Big East?
6/14/2010 2:50:00 PM
Poster: hooper

since there's nothing else to talk about: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/392875-another-college-super-conference-epansion-proposal

6/2/2010 5:02:00 PM
Poster: NJ Colonial

Interesting ideas ... but I'm sure G'town would find a way to avoid playing us, they're such wimps!
(from the article:)

Big East (What's Left of It)

Pretty much Big East football is no more. So they become mostly a football less or FCS football team conference. They for the most part merge with the Atlantic 10. Now, taking out the nine football schools (including Notre Dame) and Villanova leaves the Big East with si schools. They can then pick 10 of the remaining 13 A-10 schools (minus Temple).

Two divisional proposals:

East/West

East : Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, St. Joe's, LaSalle, Georgetown

West: Marquette, St. Louis, DePaul, Dayton, avier, Charlotte, Richmond, George Washington

Keeps all original Big East schools together and all the Midwest schools together but divides Georgetown and George Washington.

North/South

North: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Marquette, St. Louis, DePaul

South: St. Joe's, LaSalle, Georgetown, George Washington, Richmond, Charlotte, Dayton, avier

St. Louis should be the South but they get moved to the North to be with the other Central Time Zone schools.

In any case, I think it's pretty clear which three teams do not get the Big East invite: Duquesne, Fordham, St. Bonaventure.

6/2/2010 5:30:00 PM
Poster: notta hater

I cannot get off the floor from laughing that anybody would think that Temple is a great steal and should join the ACC.

6/2/2010 6:15:00 PM
Poster: NJ Colonial

His Temple comments make no sense whatsoever.

6/4/2010 5:55:00 AM
Poster: GW Alum Abroad

And then there is this:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/03/SPQN1DPK0U.DTL

6/8/2010 12:25:00 PM
Poster: squid

haha, I like that SF Gate article : "Not Notre Dame, which is sort of like the British Empire right after World War II in that it looks bigger than it is."

6/10/2010 3:42:00 PM
Poster: GW Alum Abroad

Looks like Colorado is headed to the Pac 10, but I can't believe the conference would remain one school short of getting a football championship game (and a football championship game $$$$). Also looks like Nebraska is ditching the Big 12, too. Let the free-for-all begin....

6/10/2010 4:53:00 PM
Poster: LA Fan

All it takes is one big school like Colorado to move and changes start happening all over the place.  Whatever the scenario I just don't see any way that GW/Georgetown will ever be playing in the same conference.

6/10/2010 5:51:00 PM
Poster: squid

Fingers crossed, will be interesting to see what happens. Let's hope we don't end up in the Atlantic Sun or something.

6/10/2010 5:54:00 PM
Poster: The MV

The Big 12 is done.  OK, OK State, Teas, Teas Tech and Teas A&M are all epected to follow Colorado to the Pac 16.  What happens to Kansas is anyone's guess.  Less substantiated rumors include Mizzou, Notre Dame and Maryland as possibilities for the Big 10, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Clemson to the SEC.

6/10/2010 6:15:00 PM
Poster: notta hater

what a day in the NCAA - USC gets slapped, the Big 12 is gone and the BCS will be gone very quickly unless the new groups get their agreement together in less than a year and a new 16 team playoff possible.

6/10/2010 7:18:00 PM
Poster: thinker

I think that we should assume that we will be moving to 4 - 16 team super leagues soon with the PAC 16, Big 16, SEC, and ACC being those 4.  That could well be the prelude to those 64 teams taking their football teams out of the NCAA altogether for a mega-tv deal.  One would think that the Big East would lose all its teams that have major football programs.  They'll follow the dominoes and fill in spots in the other 3 leagues (PAC 16 seems done) as they raid each other.  You'd have to epect that the Big East would lose most of these: Syracuse, UConn, West Virginia, Notre Dame, Louisville, Pitt, Rutgers, maybe South Florida.  If the Big East hopes to survive (not a given) then I suppose they try to cherry pick from the top of the A-10, maybe VCU or ODU from the CAA.  If GW doesn't get to move up (how can anyone imagine that GTown would allow GW in their league?), then the net domino is where does the A-10 go to fill out it losses - or does it disappear?  Certainly GW's situation is at risk as these changes move downstream.

6/10/2010 8:15:00 PM
Poster: unknown

http://collegesportsinfo.com/conference-realignment-grid/

6/10/2010 9:13:00 PM
Poster: gdubbNBC

unknown- It's called spell check.  It lends credibility to your claims.  No way do we join the CAA.  Nothing to see here folks.

6/11/2010 3:51:00 AM
Poster: GW Alum Abroad

Of course, with U$C jumping to the NFL this all may amount to no big deal...

6/11/2010 10:07:00 AM
Poster: The MV

A killer in all this is that Georgetown does not have big-time football.  If they did, they could conceivably join West Virginia, Syracuse and any other Big East school that has a D1-A football presence.  Georgetown with no major football plus Georgetown trumping GW on the basketball ladder equals potentially very bad news for GW.

6/11/2010 10:19:00 AM
Poster: Tennessee Colonial

I see a lawsuit here against GU

6/11/2010 10:32:00 AM
Poster: trenton

So possible schools leaving are ; ,St. Louis,Dayton,Temple,avier,St. Joes, UMass

 And schools that my be forced out are ; Duquesne,Fordham and St. Bonny

And schools with intrest in coming to A-10 are; Boston U, Hofstra, Old Dominion, Detroit, Siena, Holy Cross,and Northeastern

And schools that are staying are ; Richmond, Rhode Island , Charlotte , George Washington and , Lasalle

 I feel that St. Joe and UMass stays, and I dont think Duquesne will be forced out.. So that leaves si spots to fill.

And out of the teams with intrest in the A-10 , what si do we take ?  Me , I leave out Holy Cross !

What do you guys think.  ? I know this isnt real I am just curious to see what everyone else thinks.

So my final conference will be ; Richmond ,  Rhode Island , Charlotte , George Washington , Lasalle , St. Joes , UMass , Duquesne, Boston U , Siena , Hofstra , Old Dominion ,Detroit and Northeastern.

Makes for a weak ass conference...

6/11/2010 1:00:00 PM
Poster: The MV

Of course, on this subject, nobody bats an eyelash when discussing the notion of Temple joining a conference that already has Villanova but when it comes to Georgetown "accepting" GW into it's conference, it's a given that this can't happen.  Then again, it could just be the collective paranoia of us GW fans.

6/11/2010 3:23:00 PM
Poster: Hatchet Man

The only reason Temple would be allowed in under such a circumstance is to even up the Big East football/basketball team balance.  St. Joes, for eample, would never get in for the same reason we would never get in.

6/11/2010 4:29:00 PM
Poster: notta hater

Izzo to leave MSU, Maryland to jump to the Big 10 because of its inclusion into the science consortium (not the DC tv market the big 10 covets - and leaving some nice ACC academic schools behind like Wake, Duke, BC, UNC, UVA), Kansas the arguable birthplace of college basketball completely screwed out a league . . . I am having a hard time figuring out why the NCAA sanctioned USC.  It's time that Congress balance the darn budget by closing the loop hole and treating this like what it is - for profit pro sports.

6/11/2010 5:52:00 PM
Poster: Alumnus

Frankly, it's hard for me to see why Georgetown should want GW in its conference.  There's clearly a limited pool of fans who'll pay to see college basketball in downtown DC.  Having two Big East teams here would most likely dilute Georgetown's attendance.  I doubt that there would be enough buzz from Georgetown and GW competing for a higher spot in the conference that it would overcome the effects of the dilution.  This is a different market than Philly, where the Big Five has survived or been revived.  Frankly, I think part of the reason there hasn't been a resumption of the Georgetown-GW games is that there isn't enough demand.  Even hardheads like John Thompson don't let big economic opportunities get away these days.  Did the resumption of a one-time GW-Maryland rivalry through the BB&T bring out a huge contingent of GW fans?  Obviously not.

6/12/2010 1:43:00 PM
Poster: NJ Colonial

MV is right, if the Philly schools can co-eist in a conference, why not GW and GU in DC?  Fans on this site that seem to accept GU determining the future of the Colonials are wrong.  Screw Georgetown, GW has to fight for its future in the NCAA.  Get the attorneys on stand-by in Rice Hall. 

P.S - Maybe dropping  football in '66 wasn't such a good idea!

6/14/2010 2:20:00 PM
Poster: squid

I was thinking, I'd rather see GW in some basketball-only Big East rather than some version of the A-10, especially if the A-10 loses some big teams (Temple, avier, Dayton etc). There's the whole Georgetown thing, but at least the Big East would have more name recognition.

6/14/2010 2:50:00 PM
Poster: The MV

It may change by the time you read this, but right now, the Big 10 has 12 schools and the Big 12 has 10 schools.

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