Can We Finally End the Gonzaga to Big East Talk?

[Benny B]

So much for the BS about a WAC WCC team having a virgin's chance in hell at playing for a Natty.

IOW: Who the fook needs the Big East?

[GGGG]

No WAC team is playing for a national championship.

[Anti-Dentite]

Jesuit hoops, come get some.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

I would be supportive of a Jesuit pre-season tourney in a neutral location more so than a a west coast team in the Beast.

[bradley center bat]

WCC Team.

[Benny B]

No WAC team is playing for a national championship.

Imma gonna go ahead and blame autocorrect.  Seems like I'm working from the same glossary as 4ever.

Point remains notwithstanding the typo.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Gonzaga to the Big East talk will not stop until either:

1. Gonzaga fades to a normal mid-major
2. Big East implodes
3. Gonzaga joins the Big East

#3 might be the most likely option.

[Stretchdeltsig]

The Big East is tough enough now without Gonzaga. 

[SaveOD238]

The Big East is tough enough now without Gonzaga.

Certainly so, but a league with three perennial national title contenders (Nova, Gonzaga, and Marquette) is a league that people pay attention to.  More eyeballs, better recruits, more exposure.  Cant hurt!

That said, Gonzaga to the Big East make sense for exactly one sport: basketball.  But, if we can make a one-sport arrangement with faraway Denver, why not Gonzaga?

[T-Bone]

You are talking about no name changes, no resurrection of football, no obsession over former coaches.  No scoop.  No rocky.  No hilltopper.  No Ners. No Benny B. No ban hammer.
An implosion in our little basketball world.  A Hiroshima of epic proportions.  We must discuss in order to exist.  We must.

Do Mike Deanes Dark Glasses still see if there is no scoop to see?

[Eldon]

Imma gonna go ahead and blame autocorrect.  Seems like I'm working from the same glossary as 4ever.

Point remains notwithstanding the typo.

fukin's gott dem werdz in da dicshunairy, fone compleetin' sentensez, ai na?

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Gonzaga to the Big East talk will not stop until either:

1. Gonzaga fades to a normal mid-major
2. Big East implodes
3. Gonzaga joins the Big East

#3 might be the most likely option.

Once Few moves or or retires, they likely will fade back to just being a good mid major. I'd add them to the BE, but they will immediately become a mid tier BE team.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

fukin's gott dem werdz in da dicshunairy, fone compleetin' sentensez, ai na?

Very Myron Metcalf of you eldon.

[PGsHeroes32]

Once Few moves or or retires, they likely will fade back to just being a good mid major. I'd add them to the BE, but they will immediately become a mid tier BE team.

Depends who the next coach is too.

If you can convince at least a good recruiter to come the name brand will still matter

[Billy Hoyle]

You all do realize there's more than basketball involved in a conference move. You really think MU is going to send the tennis teams to Spokane, St. John's their baseball team to Spokane or GUntheir soccer team to Georgetown and South Orange every year?

Besides, the WCC is better than the Big East in sports like Volleyball, Baseball and Women's Soccer.

[wadesworld]

You all do realize there's more than basketball involved in a conference move. You really think MU is going to send the tennis teams to Spokane, St. John's their baseball team to Spokane or GUntheir soccer team to Georgetown and South Orange every year?

Besides, the WCC is better than the Big East in sports like Volleyball, Baseball and Women's Soccer.

It's definitely not better in volleyball than the BE is.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

You all do realize there's more than basketball involved in a conference move. You really think MU is going to send the tennis teams to Spokane, St. John's their baseball team to Spokane or GUntheir soccer team to Georgetown and South Orange every year?

Besides, the WCC is better than the Big East in sports like Volleyball, Baseball and Women's Soccer.

Could theoretically do it for basketball only.

[Billy Hoyle]

It's definitely not better in volleyball than the BE is.

Last year the WCC dropped to 5 in the RPI, the BE was 9th. WCC regularly gets multiple teams into the tourney, led by BYU and USD. It isn't close.

[Billy Hoyle]

Could theoretically do it for basketball only.

The NCAA rules don't allow that. Football is the only exception.

[vogue65]

The NCAA rules don't allow that. Football is the only exception.

Sounds unconstitutional, but nobody has the BB'same to take on the NCAA.

[Billy Hoyle]

Sounds unconstitutional, but nobody has the BB'same to take on the NCAA.

What's "unconstitutional " about it? It's a private voluntary membership organization.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

The NCAA rules don't allow that. Football is the only exception.

Ehhhh. Don't think that is true. Plenty of other sports have teams that are conference members for certain sports.

[MUFlutieEffect]

Ehhhh. Don't think that is true. Plenty of other sports have teams that are conference members for certain sports.

That's definitely true.  The schools that have single teams in certain conferences (e.g. Denver for lacrosse) are only allowed because their primary conference doesn't have that sport.

[wadesworld]

Last year the WCC dropped to 5 in the RPI, the BE was 9th. WCC regularly gets multiple teams into the tourney, led by BYU and USD. It isn't close.

Kind of like Marquette and Creighton in the BE?

The RPI is even worse in women's volleyball than it is in men's basketball. BYU completely carries the WCC in women's volleyball, maybe even more so than Gonzaga does men's basketball.

[Billy Hoyle]

Kind of like Marquette and Creighton in the BE?

The RPI is even worse in women's volleyball than it is in men's basketball. BYU completely carries the WCC in women's volleyball, maybe even more so than Gonzaga does men's basketball.

Unlike MU and Creighton, BYU and USD are nationally ranked and make deep NCAA runs regularly.

I'm not sure how being 5th (3rd a few years ago) is worse than 9th. Certainly you didn't thskebthe same MU math courses I did if you think that.