Tulane to the Big East

[M@RQUETTEW@RRIORS]

When the big 4 conferences break away from the NCAA and don't allow these teams to compete in their new football tournament.  The big east is gonna look even dumber than they already do now.  Time to get the national bball conference going.  Right now! While we can...

[Groin_pull]

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.  

Welcome to the new Big East. Same as the old Conference USA. Yippee!

[JTBMU7]

any bball independence will rely on the tv deal. if it's 9 figures there will be no reason way we or any other hoops school could bail. too much money. if for some reason the negotiations dont work out and it still makes noetary sense to leave then we, and the other hoops schools, probably will.

[Golden Avalanche]

The reenactment of the Titanic sinking that the Big East conference is engaged in is truly fun to watch. Extra credit to the executives who decided to add multiple icebergs rather than just the one.

[Aughnanure]

This is very disappointing.

[honkytonk]

I would have liked to have seen UMass get added. Over time, the could be a decent bball team. Their football team just announced they are moving from FCS to FBS (which means they cant be any worse than Memphis or Tulane). The BE finally moves back into Boston. 21,000 undergrads. I'm assuming they have plenty of alums in NYC which would help with BET ticket sales.

[Groin_pull]

Well, now when MU signs recruits we know that playing in the top college hoops conference isn't high on their list.

The Big East is now officially a garbage league. C-USA 2.0. A random collection of ill-fitting schools that have little in common—other than the fact no other conference wants them.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I would have liked to have seen UMass get added. Over time, the could be a decent bball team. Their football team just announced they are moving from FCS to FBS (which means they cant be any worse than Memphis or Tulane). The BE finally moves back into Boston. 21,000 undergrads. I'm assuming they have plenty of alums in NYC which would help with BET ticket sales.

And they play their homegames in Foxboro.

[honkytonk]

And they play their homegames in Foxboro.

Forgot about that. 11,000 fans probably doesnt look very good. Their goal was 20,000 this season. Because of ticket revenue, they experienced a budget shortfall of 700,000. I think a lot of schools would actually be jealous of that shortfall.

[Knight Commission]

any bball independence will rely on the tv deal. if it's 9 figures there will be no reason way we or any other hoops school could bail. too much money. if for some reason the negotiations dont work out and it still makes noetary sense to leave then we, and the other hoops schools, probably will.

We dont get any TV football revenue. We will earn more money over time in a new bball conference than in this half ass conference.

VOTE TO DISSOLVE!

[honkytonk]

Only after two of UL, UConn and UC leave. Until then, might as well stick around. Those games are near sell-outs and good for SOS, RPI and exposure.

[Badgerhater]

This is getting to hard to keep track of.  Can someone list all the teams of this walking disaster?

[TheButlerDidIt]

Surely East Carolina and Southern Miss are better.

Tulane? Really?

I haven't followed college football for a while, but have they seriously done anything since Shaun King?

[Groin_pull]

What a crap conference. So disappointing. At least MU had a taste of the big leagues for a few years. It was a nice ride while it lasted.

[mu03eng]

What is even more depressing is this is the death spiral for the Big East.  If the commissioner is rolling out this garbage all the other sharks see it as desperation and all the "big" teams remaining will bolt.  We need to tie ourselves to Gtown and St Johns and pray.  Because within two years the Big East will be dead as a football conference.

[GGGG]

This is getting to hard to keep track of.  Can someone list all the teams of this walking disaster?

2013 (*FB only)
FB: Uconn, Louisville, Cincinnati, Temple, Rutgers, Houston, UCF, USF, SMU, Memphis, Boise*, SDSU*
BB: Marquette, Georgetown, Villanova, ND, Providence, Seton Hall, DePaul, St. Johns.

2014
FB: subtract Rutgers, add Tulane and ECU*  (likely additional subtraction to ACC)
BB: subtract ND

2015
FB: add Navy*

[RJax55]

Only after two of UL, UConn and UC leave. Until then, might as well stick around. Those games are near sell-outs and good for SOS, RPI and exposure.

Why be the last rat off the ship? The time is now for MU, Georgetown, 'Nova and alike to make their move. Before, you have a league game against Tulane on your schedule.

[Groin_pull]

Let's stop any talk of a major TV contract on the horizon. No network is going to pony up big bucks for this slop...I don't care how desperate they are for content.

Big East. RIP.

[MUMountin]

2015
FB: add Navy*

Some talk bouncing 'round the twittersphere that Navy may go to ACC as well.

[MUCrisco]

When Louisville or UConn leaves, since we are only adding ECU for football, can we expect a basketball only school?  Butler?  Xavier?  Creighton?  With the way it's going, I bet it will be SLU.  I'm starting to warm up to the national basketball conference idea.

[Knight Commission]

It appears the A 10 schools are receiving about $400k each. We are receiving $1.5 million now and the new Big East deal will be $60 mil, tops, which would get us a little over $1 million.  I could negotiate a deal in a basketball only conference that would garner us about $800k, probably more.

[AirPunches]

What a crap conference. So disappointing. At least MU had a taste of the big leagues for a few years. It was a nice ride while it lasted.

Yup.. And they more than hung in there. Maybe they will be back some day. A10 is a better hoops conference than this abomination of a league now.

[Groin_pull]

Let's say a national hoops league comes to fruition. What happens to MU's other sports? The Horizon? The MVC?

Ugh. Welcome to the new reality.

[LAZER]

Yup.. And they more than hung in there. Maybe they will be back some day. A10 is a better hoops conference than this abomination of a league now.

It's not...but getting close

[honkytonk]

Is it too late to pull the plug on lacrosse? Its a money loser and I think it would be better to move that money into bball operations to offset lost revenue (ticket revenue, credits) once defections are settled and credits slowly expire.