the latest rumor on the Aresco Big East TV deals, which, at least for next season, includes the C7...
http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=4881
"Aresco and the Big East are close to finalizing a one-year deal in basketball using an 18-team model, which includes the Catholic 7 group of Big East schools who are expected to leave the conference following the 2013-2014 season and schools who are leaving for other conferences such as Notre Dame and Louisville (ACC) and Rutgers (Big Ten).
The package will include ESPN's Big East Big Monday time slots, the Big East tournament and a select games on CBS during the regular season.
In football, Aresco is selling a package of 10 teams for next season and 11 for 2014 and 12 for 2015. Aresco remains confident that the money for both sports will be "reasonable.""
Sounds like the new conference will take at least one more year and we'll still see Cincy, ND and Louisville one more time.
This part is interesting as well:
With an ever-changing landscape, here is what the Big East is expected to look at in 2013.
Football
1. Louisville. 2. Rutgers. 3. Central Florida 4. South Florida. 5. Cincinnati. 6 UConn. 7. Temple. 8. Memphis. 9. Houston. 10. SMU.
East Carolina and Tulane will replace Louisville and Rutgers in 2014 and the Big East is focusing on getting Tulsa as its 11 team. Navy is expected to join the Big East in 2015.
Basketball
1. Louisville 2. Rutgers. 3. Central Florida 4. South Florida. 5. Cincinnati. 6. UConn. 7. Temple. 8. Memphis. 9. Houston. 10. SMU. 11. St. John's 12. Providence. 13. Marquette 14. Seton Hall. 15. Villanova. 16. Georgetown. 17. DePaul 18. Notre Dame.
When the Catholic 7, Notre Dame, Rutgers and Louisville depart, Tulane and East Carolina and another team (presumably Tulsa) will join the conference as full members.
The Catholic 7 are expected to focus on adding Xavier and Butler as their 8th and 9th teams, with Dayton, Saint Louis, Creighton and VCU as possible targets for expansion to a maximum total of 12 teams.
Wonder exactly how the schedule will play out if this sticks. I'd imagine the C7 and other exiting schools might prefer 3-4 home-and-homes and not playing against some of the new arrivals over 17 teams once and one head-to-head, and ESPN/CBS probably do as well. Can also see those leaving making a deal of it if they play more new arrivals on the road than at home (because they won't be around for it to balance out), or if their draw of home games doesn't include enough of the traditional big ticket draws. Every perceived slight will just be more ammo for the things still to be sorted out at bargaining table.
I actually think this might be a good thing, in terms of where we'll be with the development/strength of our team each year. While the "lame duck" season leaves a little bit of anxiousness to get going on the new conference, in terms of our team, I think it might be a good thing.
We'll have a pretty strong team next year--I feel pretty confident for the replacement options for the three seniors that we'll be losing (DWill for Cadougan, Gardner/Taylor for Otule's minutes if he leaves, and all sorts of options for Lockett's minutes), plus adding the '13 frosh. And I like the idea of going up against the meat of the Big East one more time when we have a strong, senior-led team. At the same time, the big freshmen class can get their feet wet against great competition, without a ton of pressure to produce right way.
In '14-'15, we're going to be replacing a lot of production (Blue, Gardner, Wilson) and probably will experience some growing pains as the current freshmen class and our incoming recruits work to determine everyone's role. Might be a good time to transition into the new conference.
If this is true and the new league won't start for another year I think the c7 and Xavier/butler should schedule a few ooc games next year between each other. Will be a good promotion for the coming league
Quote from: Xbus on January 24, 2013, 12:44:28 PM
If this is true and the new league won't start for another year I think the c7 and Xavier/butler should schedule a few ooc games next year between each other. Will be a good promotion for the coming league
I would be on board with that 100%, but they'd probably have to be done in some sort of round-robin fashion since we couldn't do home-and-homes. Either that, or what might be cool would be a neutral site event. Maybe have it in Chicago, Indy, or NYC. Have a 2-day weekend event with 2 games each day. Bring in Marquette, Georgetown, Villanova, and either St. John's or Providence as well as Xavier, Butler, Creighton, and Dayton/VCU/SLU.
It'd be great if they could do it as a close-out to next year's non-con slate. Maybe have the games in the evening of Dec. 26-27. It's a Thursday/Friday so you wouldn't have to worry about competing with the NFL and would have it after the annual NBA Christmas Day games. The only worry with that might be attendance for games the 2 days after Christmas.
Quote from: brewcity77 on January 24, 2013, 12:57:16 PM
I would be on board with that 100%, but they'd probably have to be done in some sort of round-robin fashion since we couldn't do home-and-homes. Either that, or what might be cool would be a neutral site event. Maybe have it in Chicago, Indy, or NYC. Have a 2-day weekend event with 2 games each day. Bring in Marquette, Georgetown, Villanova, and either St. John's or Providence as well as Xavier, Butler, Creighton, and Dayton/VCU/SLU.
It'd be great if they could do it as a close-out to next year's non-con slate. Maybe have the games in the evening of Dec. 26-27. It's a Thursday/Friday so you wouldn't have to worry about competing with the NFL and would have it after the annual NBA Christmas Day games. The only worry with that might be attendance for games the 2 days after Christmas.
However, we couldn't play any of the current BEast teams in that scenario.