Big East writer refutes ISU rumor

[cyhiphopp]

If the Big East basketball only teams are happy with what they have now, they can expect to say goodbye to most if not all of their football teams in the next few years.

The Big East has to expand their football conference if they want to survive. Otherwise the Big10, ACC, and SEC will carve them up.

Either the basketball only schools will have to be happy with adding teams or they will end up looking for another league whether the BE expands or not.

 

[ChrisMWilliams]

Just spoke with Jim Williams. Full story coming to the front page soon. He has "five sources high up in athletic departments" of different Big East schools, one of them being Georgetown.

 

[Wesley]

20 team tournament would have 8 teams play in first round, top 12 byes, then a 4 round tournament.

Piece of chocolate cake.

 

[Stormin]

I got a kick out of his "Villanova, Providence, and St. Johns do NOT want to play Iowa State and Kansas State in basketball." comment.

Wake up dipstick. It is all about football and revenue. If Villanova, Providence, and St. Johns want to leave, the Big East might just let them if it means revenue and a TV Network. The sad reality is that BB is inconsequential. Ask Kansas.

It is football that is driving this whole thing. Otherwise Nebraska would have NEVER gotten a Big Ten invite.

 

[FarminCy]

Just spoke with Jim Williams. Full story coming to the front page soon. He has "five sources high up in athletic departments" of different Big East schools, one of them being Georgetown.

You are the man :notworthy:

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Just spoke with Jim Williams. Full story coming to the front page soon. He has "five sources high up in athletic departments" of different Big East schools, one of them being Georgetown.

Nice work CW.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

I got a kick out of his "Villanova, Providence, and St. Johns do NOT want to play Iowa State and Kansas State in basketball." comment.
.

Of course they don't. If average basketball schools that also have football teams beat them, they have nothing. They would almost be as irrelevant as Creighton.

 

[Cyched]

Just spoke with Jim Williams. Full story coming to the front page soon. He has "five sources high up in athletic departments" of different Big East schools, one of them being Georgetown.

This is why Matt Perrault wears C-Willy pajamas

 

[clonedude]

Oh well... dreaming about ISU to the Big East was fun while it lasted.... almost 24 hrs... that's pretty good for a rumor.

 

[eastman]

Just spoke with Jim Williams. Full story coming to the front page soon. He has "five sources high up in athletic departments" of different Big East schools, one of them being Georgetown.

i got a feeling all those bball school arnt gonna want us cause we might boot them to another conference...or just take the football schools and start up own conference

 

[FarminCy]

Oh well... dreaming about ISU to the Big East was fun while it lasted.... almost 24 hrs... that's pretty good for a rumor.

What are you talking about? Have you even read the thread.

 

[BooneCy]

"20 team tournament is impossible". Tell that to a lil thing called the NCAA tournament which includes 68 teams. Two locations then meet for final 4 or 2 in MSG. Not hard.

You wouldn't even have to play all 20, only pick the top 12 from the divisions and those are the ones that play in the garden.

 

[eastman]

Oh well... dreaming about ISU to the Big East was fun while it lasted.... almost 24 hrs... that's pretty good for a rumor.

lol what do you mean

 

[gocubs2118]

What are you talking about? Have you even read the thread.

My guess would be no.

 

[ChrisMWilliams]

Just one SMALL part of the interview. We talked for almost a half hour.

CW: The Big East writer I talked to told me that he felt if the four Big 12 schools entered the conference, ultimately the Georgetown’s, Villanova’s and Providence’s of the world wouldn’t want to be in that league with 20 teams. Have you heard anything like this?

JW: No. I talked to Georgetown for God’s sake. Remember this. This is what drives me nuts about people who do this crap. Paul Tagliabue graduated from Georgetown. Do you honestly think that a Georgetown alum who still goes to their basketball games, is going to work for the Big East just to develop a 12-team conference that would knock out basketball? That makes no sense. What your getting is blowback from some of the schools who don’t like the idea of not getting home and home circumstances. It is a brand new world. Whether people want to understand this or not, there are going to be compromises that are going to have to be made.

 

[ddisu]

If the Big East basketball only teams are happy with what they have now, they can expect to say goodbye to most if not all of their football teams in the next few years.

The Big East has to expand their football conference if they want to survive. Otherwise the Big10, ACC, and SEC will carve them up.

Either the basketball only schools will have to be happy with adding teams or they will end up looking for another league whether the BE expands or not.

What if the BE decides you must have fball. Then the conference would be Cincy, Pitt, WVU, Rutgers, UConn, USF, Louisville, Syracuse, and add in KU, KSU, Mizzou, and ISU.

West division of KU, KSU, Mizzou, ISU, Cincy, Lville.
East division of Pitt, WVU, Rutgers, UConn, USF, Syracuse

Add a couple more teams if you want 14 or 16.

 

[Cyched]

Just one SMALL part of the interview. We talked for almost a half hour.

CW: The Big East writer I talked to told me that he felt if the four Big 12 schools entered the conference, ultimately the Georgetown’s, Villanova’s and Providence’s of the world wouldn’t want to be in that league with 20 teams. Have you heard anything like this?

JW: No. I talked to Georgetown for God’s sake. Remember this. This is what drives me nuts about people who do this crap. Paul Tagliabue graduated from Georgetown. Do you honestly think that a Georgetown alum who still goes to their basketball games, is going to work for the Big East just to develop a 12-team conference that would knock out basketball? That makes no sense. What your getting is blowback from some of the schools who don’t like the idea of not getting home and home circumstances. It is a brand new world. Whether people want to understand this or not, there are going to be compromises that are going to have to be made.

The full interview will be up eventually correct?

 

[ChrisMWilliams]

The full interview will be up eventually correct?

Yes. Takes a while to transcribe everything.

 

[ChrisMWilliams]

Just to be fair, Matt did give me Jim's contact info.

 

[jbhtexas]

Just one SMALL part of the interview. We talked for almost a half hour.

CW: The Big East writer I talked to told me that he felt if the four Big 12 schools entered the conference, ultimately the Georgetown’s, Villanova’s and Providence’s of the world wouldn’t want to be in that league with 20 teams. Have you heard anything like this?

JW: No. I talked to Georgetown for God’s sake. Remember this. This is what drives me nuts about people who do this crap. Paul Tagliabue graduated from Georgetown. Do you honestly think that a Georgetown alum who still goes to their basketball games, is going to work for the Big East just to develop a 12-team conference that would knock out basketball? That makes no sense. What your getting is blowback from some of the schools who don’t like the idea of not getting home and home circumstances. It is a brand new world. Whether people want to understand this or not, there are going to be compromises that are going to have to be made.

This interview is going to make SportsTalkMatt look a little foolish, isn't it. Or maybe not Matt, but Kevin McNamara?