Temple to Big East

[GGGG]

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2012-03-02/temple-big-east-2012-agreement-reached-to-join-conference

In 2012...for all sports.  Effectively takes WVU's place.

So 2012-13: 8 football teams, 16 basketball teams (add Temple, subtract WVU)

2013-15: 12 football teams, 18 basketball teams (add Houston, Memphis, UCF, SMU, Boise (FB) and SDSU (FB), subtract Syracuse and Pitt)

2015 and beyond: 13 football teams, 18 basketball (add Navy (FB))

[GGGG]

BTW, I am making the assumption that Syracuse and Pitt buy their way out in 2013.  Otherwise you have a clusterf*ck of 14 football schools and 20 basketball schools.  The conference may have actually harmed its negotiating position but they needed another school for next year.

[77ncaachamps]

BTW, I am making the assumption that Syracuse and Pitt buy their way out in 2013.  Otherwise you have a clusterf*ck of 14 football schools and 20 basketball schools.  The conference may have actually harmed its negotiating position but they needed another school for next year.

Or it forces the issue and Cuse and Pitt have to leave.

[JTBMU7]

Let me get this straight... In 2012-2013
-cuse and pitt will still be in the BEast
-wvu will not
-temple will

I like it!

[MarquetteDano]

I have to admit I was a skeptic on the conference holding together.  They have done quite well with the football schools and Temple/Memphis.

From a biased basketball perspective, not looking too bad.  If the future teams were together now using RPI:

Top 50 (9 teams):
Marquette (7), Georgetown (11), Temple (13), Memphis (18), Louisville (29), South Florida (34), UConn (35), Notre Dame (44), Seton Hall (47)

Ranked 51-100 (2 teams):
Central Florida (65), Cincinnati (68)

Ranked 101-150 (4 teams):
Villanova (116), St. John's (135), Rutgers (137), Providence (149)

Ranked 151 and below (3 teams):
DePaul (201), Houston (211), SMU (215)

[chapman]

http://brett-mcmurphy.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/29532522/35063868

So based on this they're not 100% certain they're joining for anything but football until next year.  A10 exit fee is $1 million if they leave this year, $2 million if they leave this year.  Surely they can afford the extra $1 mil to join for next season, or the Big East can take WVU's money to make it happen?  Not the end of the world if the BE plays with 15 and four home-and-homes next year, but I'd think when you consider the return of adding a top 25 team and possibly getting an extra tournament team it's worth them moving in now.

Another thing to consider: can anyone find which pre-season tournament Temple is scheduled for and if there is a Big East team already in the field?  One or the other would have to drop out.

[MU82]

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2012-03-02/temple-big-east-2012-agreement-reached-to-join-conference

In 2012...for all sports.  Effectively takes WVU's place.

So 2012-13: 8 football teams, 16 basketball teams (add Temple, subtract WVU)

2013-15: 12 football teams, 18 basketball teams (add Houston, Memphis, UCF, SMU, Boise (FB) and SDSU (FB), subtract Syracuse and Pitt)

2015 and beyond: 13 football teams, 18 basketball (add Navy (FB))

All these projections assume UConn and Louisville stay in all sports and Notre Dame stays in all but football. We'll see.

[Norm]

Yep, I think Louisville and UConn are gone in a couple years.

[Jay Bee]

Ranked 151 and below (3 teams):
DePaul (201), Houston (211), SMU (215)

Houston has a couple of dandies coming in for '12.. they are program that could be good again in the near future.