(02-04-2018 10:08 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  They are hoping UConn will join them.

If the Catholic 7 wanted to stay with FBS football schools, then they wouldn't have created the new Big East in the first place. The Big East (quite correctly) doesn't want to deal with football-related conference realignment ever again. They found their niche, are making more TV money than the G5 based on just basketball alone, and aren't looking behind their backs every time that a P5 conference gets the itch to expand.

Now, does the Big East secretly hope that UConn will decide that a P5 invite will *never* come and, as a result, drop FBS football? Maybe. However, the Big East simply won't take UConn as long as it has P5 aspirations no matter how much of a short-term financial gain might be had. The C7 already dealt with that situation too many times before.