Would SLU bring anything to the BE?

[Warrior of Law]

Seems like they lost out on a bid due to their relatively weak A10 schedule.  The BE could go to a 12 member, 6 team division with a midwest add.  The question would be whether they would add anything to the Fox contract as UCONN likely did.  Purely from a MU perspective, there were some great games with a very natural rival.

[Uncle Rico]

No

[willie warrior]

Why not. With Mzu and DePaul in BEast, another mid major like SLU would complement them.

[Tums Festival]

The only addition that would benefit the Big East is Gonzaga, and has been discussed ad nauseam is logistically a near impossibility.

[Badgerhater]

MU jumped to the BE because it was playing teams like SLU.

[brewcity77]

They'd bring a Billiken.

[Viper]

Seems like they lost out on a bid due to their relatively weak A10 schedule.  The BE could go to a 12 member, 6 team division with a midwest add.  The question would be whether they would add anything to the Fox contract as UCONN likely did.  Purely from a MU perspective, there were some great games with a very natural rival.

I don't recall that many great games vs SLU. A few in the '80's maybe? When the revamped BE took off, i did think SLU, based on market, made more sense than Creighton. But, CU has been a very good program. If there's sincere interest in a Midwest add, probably Loyola more-so than SLU considering Loyola's recent FF and Chicago market.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Should we bring back Warriors?

[MUfan12]

Should we bring back Warriors?

Whaddabout football? See if we can finagle a spot in the ACC?

[mu_hilltopper]

From a Marquette perspective, the BE needs more teams that MU can be competitive with, so SLU would be a good addition. 

We could beat them half the time!  Probably.

[marquette20]

11 is the perfect number for a round robin 20 game conference schedule. Wouldn't be shocked to see the Big 12 add an 11th team like a Wichita State or a BYU for basketball soon.

Only reason to add SLU is the the market. St. Louis is a new city to add to the territory but that means nothing since Big East does not have it's own network like some of the other conferences. 

[Big Papi]

MU jumped to the BE because it was playing teams like SLU.

These egotistical views don't work anymore as we have turned into SLU.  I would be fine with adding them if it doesn't take money away from MU. 

[Uncle Rico]

No.  This discussion is ridiculous.  The Big East does not need another market.  The Big East doesn't need to add a program that brings nothing to the table.  End of story

[muwarrior69]

No

Yes, they could replace Marquette!

[The Sultan]

I don't recall that many great games vs SLU. A few in the '80's maybe? When the revamped BE took off, i did think SLU, based on market, made more sense than Creighton. But, CU has been a very good program. If there's sincere interest in a Midwest add, probably Loyola more-so than SLU considering Loyola's recent FF and Chicago market.

We were in the same conference (Great Midwest and Conference USA) as SLU between 1991 and 2004.

IMO the reason Creighton got the BE bid over SLU was due to Creighton really emerging as a basketball program and due to SLU's leadership issues at the exact wrong time.

But no, SLU does nothing for the BE to warrant splitting the pie another way.  I agree that Gonzaga is the only program presently that would.

[dgies9156]

DePaul likely would block Loyola of Chicago's entry into the Big East.

SLU, forget it. Market isn't significant enough and team isn't good enough. However, if they did join, could see the Big East breaking into divisions as follows:

MU
Creighton
DePaul
Xavier
SLU
Butler

UConn
Georgetown
Villanova
Providence
St. John's
Seton Hall

Would have really nice balance.

[#UnleashSean]

Depaul and Marquette out, SLU and witchita state in? Would probably make the conference more competitive.

[Silent Verbal]

I don't want to see SLU in the Big East, and don't think they'd add much to the conference, but we're not really in a position to be acting like we're above other programs at this point.

[lawdog77]

They would bring a quality pizza.

[Galway Eagle]

They would bring a quality pizza.

[MarquetteMike1977]

My Father in law played basketball for SLUH for Hank Raymond's and was offered a college scholarship by Hank Raymonds. My Wife's Uncle was President of SLU High for many years. The college seems to have been generating many high end donors lately from my distant observations. But I do not know if they would be a good addition.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

DePaul likely would block Loyola of Chicago's entry into the Big East.

SLU, forget it. Market isn't significant enough and team isn't good enough. However, if they did join, could see the Big East breaking into divisions as follows:

MU
Creighton
DePaul
Xavier
SLU
Butler

UConn
Georgetown
Villanova
Providence
St. John's
Seton Hall

Would have really nice balance.

Awful.  Looks like B1G football with a clear upper and lower division.  Guess which one Marquette is in.

[Oldgym]

Awful.  Looks like B1G football with a clear upper and lower division.  Guess which one Marquette is in.

Yeah, not good at all. The real Big East out east and the bolt-on Big East in the midwest.  We don't need to kneecap our program any further.

[Warrior of Law]

For some reason (maybe thinking 80s-90s), I thought they drew large crowds.  Fact is, they play on campus in a 10K seat arena, and draw 6K.  My guess is that there's not a lot of eyeballs on SLU games outside of those attending games. Probably would be a net drain on league TV revenues.

[MU82]

Marquette is gonna suck at basketball from now on, never ever ever to be good again.

So we might as well go to the Summit League and let SLU have our BEast spot.