7 schools leaving big east, where are they going?

[Louisvillekid1]

Hoops only, where will they land?

[Emily_Haines]

Don't think anyone wants them because they don't have football programs.

They will have to make a new conference or join a conference that was equally as shitty as the big east.

[Vegas39]

Forming the new " catholic charities conference "

[EaglesPhan36]

Big East should dissolve. Was always a basketball conference. No point for it to exist now.

[Emily_Haines]

Big East should dissolve. Was always a basketball conference. No point for it to exist now.

They should merge with CUSA

[Louisvillekid1]

I mean these schools are legit in hoops

[Emily_Haines]

I mean these schools are legit in hoops

Yes, but ACC and SEC are not going to expand to 20 team leagues

[Emily_Haines]

Pretty crazy how the best basketball conference is done in less than a year

[milwaukee mike]

Pretty crazy how the best basketball conference is done in less than a year

yeah because they rejected espn's tv deal, so espn decided to kill the big east.

funny how they don't tell you that on sportscenter...

[ebbearsfb1]

Could they go to the a10?

[Emily_Haines]

Could they go to the a10?

not all of them

[Emily_Haines]

Wonder what UConn will do?

They seem kinda screwed

[Louisvillekid1]

Just glad we got out, but hope these guys find a home

[SamDiamond]

They are forming their own conference.

Per NCAA rules if 7 teams of a current conference have 5 or more years in their current conference they are eligible to leave and still retain their automatic NCAA bid.

Per Andy Katz, these current 7 catholic schools are going to form a "catholic/christian conference", extending offers to St. Mary's, Gonzaga, St. Louis, Creighton, and Butler.

That would make a pretty solid 12 team catholic conference.

[ebbearsfb1]

Good info.. would be some good hoops..
I'd think saint Mary's would decline just based on being in cali.. but I guess that might not be a big deal

[tto827]

They are forming their own conference.

Per NCAA rules if 7 teams of a current conference have 5 or more years in their current conference they are eligible to leave and still retain their automatic NCAA bid.

Per Andy Katz, these current 7 catholic schools are going to form a "catholic/christian conference", extending offers to St. Mary's, Gonzaga, St. Louis, Creighton, and Butler.

That would make a pretty solid 12 team catholic conference.

That will be a very solid conference. And in 10 years, that will be a major conference, competing with the ACC and big10 for the most tourney bids each year.

[therocket]

Will the call it the Big Jesus? Cath12? CC12? Should be a good group if the other christian schools join up

[Emily_Haines]

They are forming their own conference.

Per NCAA rules if 7 teams of a current conference have 5 or more years in their current conference they are eligible to leave and still retain their automatic NCAA bid.

Per Andy Katz, these current 7 catholic schools are going to form a "catholic/christian conference", extending offers to St. Mary's, Gonzaga, St. Louis, Creighton, and Butler.

That would make a pretty solid 12 team catholic conference.

these teams in same conference

St. Mary's
Gonzaga
Georgetown
Providence
St. John's
Seton Hall

that's going to be some fun travel

they should try to get Hawaii

[Filmoz]

Jesus Christ that would be a good conference!

[convick]

St. Louis, Xavier, Butler +7 = new 10 team conference with auto bid

[Frisco]

ACC is ridiculously loaded now in hoops. Kind of makes up for our football teams I guess

[Louisvillekid1]

They are forming their own conference.

Per NCAA rules if 7 teams of a current conference have 5 or more years in their current conference they are eligible to leave and still retain their automatic NCAA bid.

Per Andy Katz, these current 7 catholic schools are going to form a "catholic/christian conference", extending offers to St. Mary's, Gonzaga, St. Louis, Creighton, and Butler.

That would make a pretty solid 12 team catholic conference.

Very solid conference

[ChalkyDog]

Might as well join Memphis and other such teams among mid-majors that only have a hoops program.

[onacloud]

Gonzaga and St Marys aren't going to leave the WCC

[Louisvillekid1]

They wouldn't leave without a plan

[Emily_Haines]

St. Louis, Xavier, Butler +7 = new 10 team conference with auto bid

How can Butler join a new conference and just up and quit six months later?

[SamDiamond]

How can Butler join a new conference and just up and quit six months later?

You're a screwball. It's as if you have never watched a single sport.

TCU just did it. They joined the Big East for 8 weeks, then left to join the Big 12.

[paranoyd androyd]

They are forming their own conference.

Per NCAA rules if 7 teams of a current conference have 5 or more years in their current conference they are eligible to leave and still retain their automatic NCAA bid.

Per Andy Katz, these current 7 catholic schools are going to form a "catholic/christian conference", extending offers to St. Mary's, Gonzaga, St. Louis, Creighton, and Butler.

That would make a pretty solid 12 team catholic conference.

butler isn't catholic and shouldn't be allowed.

any of these should replace them:

notre dame
st joseph's
st bonaventure
xavier
dayton
la salle
duquesne
fordham

[Popcorn Trick]

They should definitely grab Creighton and Xavier....Feel like there has been a run on the banks here w/o much thought. 20 team conferences? Get out of here!

[2daBank]

very sad,,,big east tourney was always one of my fav things about college hoops...

[GOIRISH]

butler isn't catholic and shouldn't be allowed.

any of these should replace them:

notre dame
st joseph's
st bonaventure
xavier
dayton
la salle
duquesne
fordham

no way notre dames name even gets thrown in the ring, they just joined the acc.


Im sad to see the big east go. Best basketball conference, i think when nd and Louisville left it was the straw that broke the camels back. They should just rename the acc the big east and make it a super conference.