Rev share? isnt that the VAST majority of the $. Some may be rev produced by hoops, but that used to be revenue for the school to use as needed.
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Big East Selection
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And it didn't help to have so many teams around the .500 mark within the league or below.
Florida like SJU lost to a number of high major tourney teams in the OOC (including Uconn). Didn't impact their seeding because the SEC is strong.
Virginia lost to Butler in the OOC; beat Texas and then won a million games in the ACC. They get a 3 seed.
I mentioned Nebraska in another thread -- get a 4 seed and I don't think they did anything in the OOC.
Big East needs to get better.
That seems like the wildcard if they meet up. Kansas is more talented and Peterson is probably the most dynamic talent in college, but he’s had such an odd year (apparently agent driven, although that is a rumor obviously).
I think 5 was fair, but put them in a different region from UConn. To me it screams football money interference. They didn't want to risk the Big East getting 50% of the final four money, now it's guaranteed they can't.
The chairperson is the sun belt commish, stu jackson on committee, 1AD each from P4 many more persons from non P4 than P4, nope
100%. And that’s why now is the time for expansion. We need to get more teams in the tourney and take this kind of nonsense out of the committees hands.
Having more programs means more teams capable of reaching the tournament. Which means the committee can’t manipulate the brackets and eliminate big east final four matchups…
If we add 2 more non-conference games, Shaheen is going to be looking for community colleges to play. For us, the more conference games the better.
If 5 is fair then UConn is way over seeded at 2. SJ won the BE & the BET & is being penalized for losing a few games back in Nov & Dec.
Uconn beat kansas, byu, illinois, mich st, fla and texas and lost to Zona, sju lost most of their big oocs? Sounds fair to me
Stu Jackson again not helping the BE. Val should be removed she stinks and does not stick up for the BE publicly.
What a load of crap. Seven of 11 teams finished at or below .500 overall with five teams sub .500. The league wasn't very good this year.
All expansion does is take money out of everyone's pocket. What schools are you adding that will force our media partners to throw more money at the Big East. I don't see any realistic options that move the needle.
St. John's best OOC win was against Baylor who finished 15-16 and tied for 13th in the Big 12. They scheduled well but didn't win against their best opponents. And as we've seen the Big East was simply not that good.
The Big East was terrible this year. My Dangerfield reference was about putting St. John's and UConn in the same region.
But that was 3-4 months ago. SJ clearly the better team heading into the tournament.
How about the existing members up their games so that the BE gets more teams in.
SJU and UConn in the same region is a direct violation of the NCAA's bracketing principles. The first three teams selected from the same conference are to be placed in different regions. This is malpractice and an explanation needs to be provided.
Conference Matchup Rules
The first four teams from any conference placed on the top four seed lines must be assigned to different regions (unless five or more teams appear on those seed lines).
Teams from the same conference:
Cannot meet before the regional final if they played three or more times during the regular season and conference tournament.
Cannot meet before the regional semifinal if they played twice.
May meet as early as the second round if they played once or not at all.
These restrictions may be relaxed if a conference has nine or more teams in the tournament.
Any principle may be relaxed if two or more of the conference’s teams are among the last four at-large teams in the First Four.
Top-seeded teams (first four lines) will not be placed where they would face a significant home-crowd disadvantage.
Go to page 4: https://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/files/finalfourprinciples.pdf
"Each of the first three teams selected from a conference shall be placed in different regions." It has been this way for a while.
Cause some intern from the end of one summer never finished their assignment and the web master has never paid attention to it.
They don't meet before the regional finals. I don't understand why this is as big a deal as people want to make it.
They both have to win three games first.
that was posted t8 explain the seedings. And uconn demolished sj far worse a couple of weeks ago fwiw
18 game sched good for the top teams. Heloscuconn abd sju, hurts most of us. no thanks Playing every team home and away is perfect for a conference.
Well you had an 18 game natural round robin h and a then the big east caves and allowed a public state school back.
I disagree with you there. Why can't it help us? If we had two more good Ws, we may have been dancing. And if you lose those types of games it really doesn't hurt you all that much.
It could. Dont think it will. Cause we arent getting any big games, imo.
Imagine the BE this year if we didnt add uconn and if repole wanted to spend his money on modern art.
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It doesn’t need to be Michigan or Duke. Plenty of other high majors or even a consistently top school from the A-10 (like if Schertz is still at St Louis or Odom at VCU). I think there is possible value unless you tell me the Big East is going to get much better in the middle, which is possible.
Oh, so it is our problem that we don't compete financially with the bullybullies from the Big 10, ACC, etc.
Yes, I understand, that is our problem-as regards recruiting-but the rest of the equation, why is that a situation? We can, and will, continue to compete with the opposition[in BBall], whichis our main battlefield.
If we can battle them to a standoff in BBall, we will be fine
The BE was down this season b3 cause dependable top 35 teams like Marquette and Creighton had bad seasons. They both have a lot of money and are proven winners. If they return to their normal standards there will be plenty of opportunities for Q1 wins in conference. I expect them, especially Marquette, to bounce back.