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Post by Gnocchi on Mar 7, 2013 15:43:29 GMT -5
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Post by 20thandolney on Mar 7, 2013 15:45:20 GMT -5
The Temple really hopes their football team takes off or they made a mistake conference
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Post by 20thandolney on Mar 7, 2013 15:50:36 GMT -5
There is some really good comments in the comment section for the article.
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Post by coqui900 on Mar 7, 2013 16:02:55 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure we'd be in consideration for that conference if we kept football.
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Post by calsufan on Mar 7, 2013 16:07:24 GMT -5
Sounds a little pompous, so yeah, they got it right.
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Post by stlexplorer on Mar 7, 2013 21:33:13 GMT -5
That's a horrible name. Enjoy it Temple
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Post by luhoopsfan on Mar 7, 2013 22:35:01 GMT -5
Geographically ambiguous so as to allow them to add schools like GA Southern and Wisconsin Green Bay and not raise any questions about how they got into the league moniker
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Post by Gnocchi on Mar 7, 2013 23:44:02 GMT -5
ajerseyguy.com/?p=5580A side issue was the potential new name of The America 12 Conference for the football league–the Catholic 7 will take the “Big East” name as part of the deal–which was floated on Thursday was hardly a slam dunk to be accepted. Although the projections of a 12 team football league by 2015 remain, more than a few schools are nervous about putting a number total on a league which could shrink as easily as it could expand. Guy March 7, 2013 - 11:05 pm Should have been called Eastern Sports Conference. ESC, just like on your computer keyboard, esc = escape! Every schools wants to escape from this garbage pile. THE big NOWHERE!
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Post by stlexplorer on Mar 8, 2013 1:08:23 GMT -5
I don't understand why conferences continue to put the number of programs in their name. You're just asking for it to be odd like the current A-10 that doesn't have 10 schools
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2013 9:10:06 GMT -5
The Big Easy Conference
The Big Letdown
The Carousel Conference
The Windows 10 Beta Conference
The Little East Conference with a Little West Division
The ODB Conference
The Skeleton of the Big East Conference inhabited by the Ghosts of the Atlantic 16 West
The Comcast SportsNet Conference
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Post by Gnocchi on Mar 8, 2013 11:42:14 GMT -5
The Big Easy Conference The Big Letdown The Carousel Conference The Windows 10 Beta Conference The Little East Conference with a Little West Division The ODB Conference The Skeleton of the Big East Conference inhabited by the Ghosts of the Atlantic 16 West The Comcast SportsNet Conference Conference USA, Sort Of |
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Post by coachd on Mar 8, 2013 12:01:25 GMT -5
3 years from now Temple will drop their false pretense known as "football" and beg the A10 to take them back. For a $5 million re-entry fee, the A10 welcomes Temple back! La Salle announces planning stages of new multi-level arena powered by natural gas, wind, left over grease from the cafeterias and solar panels.
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Post by 23won on Mar 8, 2013 16:57:43 GMT -5
Conference Useless 8
Why? It's only a matter of time until they lose two teams.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2013 1:01:22 GMT -5
Bill Raftery was on the Conversations with Joe Morgan radio show this weekend and he referred to the Big East as "The Big Yeast... it keeps on spreading." I thought that was pretty funny as I was stuck on the freeway heading on the way back to the airport from Los Angeles.
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Post by 20thandolney on Apr 3, 2013 22:03:44 GMT -5
American Athletic Conference it is.
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Post by Gnocchi on Apr 3, 2013 22:09:33 GMT -5
Just beat out Athletic Conference USA
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Post by alwayslasalle1 on Apr 3, 2013 22:56:25 GMT -5
I thought they should be Tht Excommunicated Conference"
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Post by lasalle89 on Apr 3, 2013 23:53:59 GMT -5
So who has the better basketball conference A 10 or AAC?
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Post by vasalos on Apr 4, 2013 6:16:52 GMT -5
The new AAC is 4 bid conference with UCONN, Louisville, Temple and either Cincy/Memphis carrying the league. The Big East is also a 4 bid conference with Georgetown, Marquette, Butler carrying the league and then Villanova/Xavier fighting over the last bid spot. In total 8 bids between the two conferences can steal one at large from the smaller conferences. The best thing that can happen is to see CUSA dissolve altogether.
The A10 is a two bid league with VCU and St. Louis carrying the league. La Salle/UMASS/St. Joe's/Dayton will be fighting for a 3rd bid if their RPI is high enough. The top half of the league left so RPI won't be as strong.
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Post by theneumann64 on Apr 4, 2013 6:40:39 GMT -5
Right now, the AAC is still a good basketball conference. But UConn is just riding out their sanctions, and then they'll be gone.
Louisville is leaving after 1 year to the ACC as well.
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Post by cpico on Apr 4, 2013 6:46:46 GMT -5
Next season I feel the A-10 can get 3 or 4 bids. Should be interesting to see how everything plays out in the league next season.
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Post by vasalos on Apr 4, 2013 6:52:12 GMT -5
3 bids yes. 4 bids no way. The A10 has been weakened by all this movement. The teams left just won't carry the league's RPI like Butler, Temple, Xavier did.
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Post by bernards on Apr 4, 2013 6:59:34 GMT -5
Right now the Big East is adding to the top of their league. AAC will lose from their strength. A10 will be adding to middle to bottom of league. We are in a weakened position in league RPI and I don't see that changing given the options available. AAC is in a similar situation. The A10 is probably not much different position than it was 5 years ago. Dayton and VCU are must keeps. SLU is gone in a year IMO.
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Post by luhoopsfan on Apr 4, 2013 8:54:07 GMT -5
the new league does not have an automatic Bid, so inr eality they are already a "bid Stealer"
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Post by 20thandolney on Apr 4, 2013 9:12:24 GMT -5
The new AAC is 4 bid conference with UCONN, Louisville, Temple and either Cincy/Memphis carrying the league. The Big East is also a 4 bid conference with Georgetown, Marquette, Butler carrying the league and then Villanova/Xavier fighting over the last bid spot. In total 8 bids between the two conferences can steal one at large from the smaller conferences. The best thing that can happen is to see CUSA dissolve altogether. The A10 is a two bid league with VCU and St. Louis carrying the league. La Salle/UMASS/St. Joe's/Dayton will be fighting for a 3rd bid if their RPI is high enough. The top half of the league left so RPI won't be as strong. Is St. Louis going to be good next year? I thought they were very senior heavy this season? |
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Post by Gnocchi on Apr 4, 2013 9:25:17 GMT -5
the new league does not have an automatic Bid, so inr eality they are already a "bid Stealer" If the AAC is a multiple, say 4 as vasalos projects, bid league it makes no difference if 1 bid is automatic and 3 at-large or if all 4 bids are at-large. In reality, without an automatic bid, the new league could be a non-bid-stealer because if some team other than the 4 who would get at-large bids wins the conference tournament it wouldn't get an automatic bid and might not get in at all. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2013 9:48:04 GMT -5
the new league does not have an automatic Bid, so inr eality they are already a "bid Stealer" In theory whoever qualifies from the AAC would have from the big least as well |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2013 9:48:16 GMT -5
the new league does not have an automatic Bid, so inr eality they are already a "bid Stealer" In theory whoever qualifies from the AAC would have from the big least as well |
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Post by big5time on Apr 4, 2013 9:59:12 GMT -5
My understanding is that the new AAC will be stealing an at large bid and will be recognized by the NCAA.
Also, many are underestimating what is going to happen to the A-10...The reality is that the A-10 with be losing top teams Temple, Butler, and Xavier next year. Then, the following year it is very likely St. Louis and Dayton/VCU will be gone. What you are left with is a CAA type league that will avg 1-3 bids a year...The media rights for the A-10 will probably be reworked with all the change too (probably not in a good way)...
Regarding the new AAC- Memphis, Temple, Uconn(how long?), Cincy(how long?)...will have to carry the league at the beginning. I do think other programs will rise...take a look at the recruiting classes for SMU (4 and 5 star this year), Houston (4 and 5 start last year), USF (4 star and another rivals 150 this year)...
The league will be a 4-5 bid league every year IMO
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Post by calsufan on Apr 4, 2013 11:45:47 GMT -5
The new AAC is 4 bid conference with UCONN, Louisville, Temple and either Cincy/Memphis carrying the league. The Big East is also a 4 bid conference with Georgetown, Marquette, Butler carrying the league and then Villanova/Xavier fighting over the last bid spot. In total 8 bids between the two conferences can steal one at large from the smaller conferences. The best thing that can happen is to see CUSA dissolve altogether. The A10 is a two bid league with VCU and St. Louis carrying the league. La Salle/UMASS/St. Joe's/Dayton will be fighting for a 3rd bid if their RPI is high enough. The top half of the league left so RPI won't be as strong. Is St. Louis going to be good next year? I thought they were very senior heavy this season? They have a fair bit of talent coming back next year. I think the two main players leaving are Mitchell and Ellis. But Evans, Jett and some of the other key players will be back. |
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