With the loss of Rutgers, UConn and/or Louisville can't be long in leaving the Big East either. A shame, but maybe the demise of the Big East will be a blessing for Nova Basketball.
The non-BCS football schools in the Big East could form a pretty solid basketball league with Georgetown, Marquette, St. Johns, Providence, Seton Hall, Nova and Depaul just by itself. Keep Temple for all but football and raid the A-10 for St. Joseph's, Lasalle, Dayton, George Washington or Xavier. Keep travel costs down for all sports, bolster local recruiting, start, maintain or restore natural rivalries, etc. Annual tournament would travel around and be in the East at least 2 of every three years. This holds true for the men and the women sports.
Unknown in all of this is what kind of money Nova gets from the Big East in BCS television revenue, but that probalby would not be there for Nova even if the Big East can continue. They were pushing Nova to move up to BCS in football (bad move) or force them out, I assume so that there would be no revenue sharing with non-BCS schools.
Nevertheless, I think the Big East is up against it and never to be the same again. How many of you would be willing to pay for a Big East football television package? Anybody interested in travelling to away games west of the Mississippi? Time for Nova to start planning their own "exit" strategy and future without the B/E.
Go Nova.
This post was edited on 11/20 8:27 PM by tpenter
The non-BCS football schools in the Big East could form a pretty solid basketball league with Georgetown, Marquette, St. Johns, Providence, Seton Hall, Nova and Depaul just by itself. Keep Temple for all but football and raid the A-10 for St. Joseph's, Lasalle, Dayton, George Washington or Xavier. Keep travel costs down for all sports, bolster local recruiting, start, maintain or restore natural rivalries, etc. Annual tournament would travel around and be in the East at least 2 of every three years. This holds true for the men and the women sports.
Unknown in all of this is what kind of money Nova gets from the Big East in BCS television revenue, but that probalby would not be there for Nova even if the Big East can continue. They were pushing Nova to move up to BCS in football (bad move) or force them out, I assume so that there would be no revenue sharing with non-BCS schools.
Nevertheless, I think the Big East is up against it and never to be the same again. How many of you would be willing to pay for a Big East football television package? Anybody interested in travelling to away games west of the Mississippi? Time for Nova to start planning their own "exit" strategy and future without the B/E.
Go Nova.
This post was edited on 11/20 8:27 PM by tpenter