Quote"I don't think there's any question that taking a look at New York and Madison Square Garden would be very appealing for Atlantic Coast Conference basketball fans — and even moreso now with even more teams in closer proximity," Swofford said. "With that being the media center of the world, so to speak, we'd probably be remiss if we didn't think of it in those terms."
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/ACC-could-force-reeling-Big-East-out-of-Madison-?urn=ncaab-wp4889 (http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/ACC-could-force-reeling-Big-East-out-of-Madison-?urn=ncaab-wp4889)
3 things:
1) Big East's contract runs through 2014.
2) ACC has Phillips Arena in Atlanta this year and then Greensboro through 2016.
3) Andy Katz asked if the ACC would be interested in MSG for their tournament, which I'm taking as part of Katz's continued campaign of screwing with Marquette's future at every opportunity.