Tulane to the Big East

[MUfan12]

Holding a press conference this afternoon, and are expected to announce they are joining the Big East.

Bring on Southern Miss and East Carolina. Get the gang back together!

[Pakuni]

Ick.

[MUCam]

This is actually a great addition. Tulane has long been considered by many experts a sleeping giant in both football and basketball. In fact, projections have suggested that Tulane could be a "Texas like team" within the next seven years. This type of forward thinking will definitely salvage the Big East.

DISCLAIMER: All of the above is false; every single line, opinion and/or alleged fact of it is false.

[MerrittsMustache]

In retrospect, St. John's, Nova, Providence and Georgetown would have been better off just joining ConfUSA in '05 and saving everyone the trouble.

[4everwarriors]

Big Country Conference:

Maybe Billingsley still has some eligibility remaining.

[starting5]

time for a bball only conference to be put into the works

[4everwarriors]

Did their old barn of a basketball arena get leveled in the hurricane?

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Well, it's a university in a big city urban setting that matches the typical Big East school profile.   And they have football.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Holding a press conference this afternoon, and are expected to announce they are joining the Big East.

Bring on Southern Miss and East Carolina. Get the gang back together!

The Blues Brothers Conference

[Pakuni]

Well, it's a university in a big city urban setting that matches the typical Big East school profile.   And they have football.

Bring on UAB, Charlotte and Buffalo, I guess. Maybe even Florida International.

[warriorchick]

In order to get Tulane in, they had to change the name of the conference to the Big Easty.

[Hards Alumni]

In retrospect, St. John's, Nova, Providence and Georgetown would have been better off just joining ConfUSA in '05 and saving everyone the trouble.

Ha!

[RJax55]

time for a bball only conference to be put into the works

If Tulane is joining for all sports, then yes, it is time.

No point for MU staying (and the same point can be made for all the basketball-only schools) if the Big East is going to continue to water down the league to maintain a football presence.

Edit: Just read that Tulane is joining for all sports. Time to get serious about the all-basketball conference.

[honkytonk]

Glass half full --- This is a great road trip.

Glass half empty -- If Im going to N.O., there is less than a 1% chance I actually attend the cupcake game.

[MUfan12]

Tulane for all sports, East Carolina in football only.

For the love of Moussa Badiene, I can't believe ECU hoops is left to toil in C-USA1

[tower912]

It feels like closing time.    A little desperate and willing to go home with anyone who will have you.  

[Abode4life]

It feels like closing time.    A little desperate and willing to go home with anyone who will have you.  

Absolutely agree.  Just imagine when either Louisville or UConn leave. 

[Dawson Rental]

In order to get Tulane in, they had to change the name of the conference to the Big Easty.

See, there's a positive!

[Hards Alumni]

It feels like closing time.    A little desperate and willing to go home with anyone who will have you.  

More like we are standing over a dead family member who is getting their last rites.

[honkytonk]

So Temple and Memphis replaced SU and Pitt.

I guess Tulane is the replacement for ND?

ECU is set to announce as a football-only member as well.

[Hards Alumni]

So Temple and Memphis replaced SU and Pitt.

I guess Tulane is the replacement for ND?

ECU is set to announce as a football-only member as well.

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

[chapman]

Bail, bail!

[mr.MUskie]

I hear a toilet flushing.

[Dawson Rental]

So Temple and Memphis replaced SU and Pitt.

I guess Tulane is the replacement for ND?

ECU is set to announce as a football-only member as well.

No, Rutgers.  Non-football playing members are free to leave anytime.

[Wade for President]

What in the name of Ledaryl Billingsley is going on around here?  This is a joke, right?  Seriously.  Please tell me this is a joke (cause the rest of America thinks it is).

I am sick to my stomach.