(12-13-2014 03:15 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(12-13-2014 12:36 AM)herdfan2013 Wrote:  They were interested in good basketball an decent football with Maryland. And bad basketball and bad basketball with Rutgers.

Which suggests they were interested in demographics (in terms of both student enrollments and football recruiting states) and Eastern Exposure ... neither of which Kansas brings to the table.

I can see Kansas as a 16th if the Big12 is falling apart and there is a compelling 15th available.

Aka Texas

(12-09-2014 12:31 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(12-09-2014 10:39 AM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote:  If Memphis and Cincinnati leaves...
then the American should do this

WEST
Tulsa (Oklahoma)
SMU (Dallas)
Houston (Houston)
Rice (Houston)

SOUTH
Arkansas State (Arkansas / Memphis)
Tulane (New Orleans)
Louisiana (Louisiana)
Southern Miss (Mississippi)

EAST
UCF (Orlando)
South Florida (Tampa)
Georgia Southern (Georgia)
Florida Atlantic (Miami)

NORTH
East Carolina (North Carolina)
Temple (Philadelphia)
Navy (Maryland / DC)
UCONN (Connecticut / New England)

When UCONN leaves replace them with ODU (gives you Tidewater area)

LOL, I can guarantee you that conference will not include UConn (or probably Temple either).

Nor SMU, Houston, Tulsa, Tulane, UCF, USF, nor Navy
Looks fine, otherwise, though

(12-06-2014 11:38 AM)Kittonhead Wrote:  UMass could be anticipating a GRANDE deal in a 16 school CUSA.

CUSA-16 with NMSU, ULL and UMass may have AAC level TV dollars and probably 2-3 NCAA bids in basketball yearly. It won't be as good as the AAC for UMass but as I've explained I don't see UMass getting into the AAC as long as UConn is there and perhaps beyond depending on the composition of the AAC.

Umass and NMSU are only occasional recipients of NCAA at large berths. ULL hasn't gotten one in 30 years.
C-USA will throw 3-5 NIT level teams and maybe even NCAA bubble teams out there each year in terms of quality. But the league is so big, that the RPI and SOS gets subsumed by its bottom, so it won't show up in the ratings.
They should hold at 13 when UAB leaves.

(12-13-2014 01:48 PM)HamiltonJames Wrote:  

(12-09-2014 12:31 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(12-09-2014 10:39 AM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote:  If Memphis and Cincinnati leaves...
then the American should do this

WEST
Tulsa (Oklahoma)
SMU (Dallas)
Houston (Houston)
Rice (Houston)

SOUTH
Arkansas State (Arkansas / Memphis)
Tulane (New Orleans)
Louisiana (Louisiana)
Southern Miss (Mississippi)

EAST
UCF (Orlando)
South Florida (Tampa)
Georgia Southern (Georgia)
Florida Atlantic (Miami)

NORTH
East Carolina (North Carolina)
Temple (Philadelphia)
Navy (Maryland / DC)
UCONN (Connecticut / New England)

When UCONN leaves replace them with ODU (gives you Tidewater area)

LOL, I can guarantee you that conference will not include UConn (or probably Temple either).

Nor SMU, Houston, Tulsa, Tulane, UCF, USF, nor Navy
Looks fine, otherwise, though

(12-06-2014 11:38 AM)Kittonhead Wrote:  UMass could be anticipating a GRANDE deal in a 16 school CUSA.

CUSA-16 with NMSU, ULL and UMass may have AAC level TV dollars and probably 2-3 NCAA bids in basketball yearly. It won't be as good as the AAC for UMass but as I've explained I don't see UMass getting into the AAC as long as UConn is there and perhaps beyond depending on the composition of the AAC.

Umass and NMSU are only occasional recipients of NCAA at large berths. ULL hasn't gotten one in 30 years.
C-USA will throw 3-5 NIT level teams and maybe even NCAA bubble teams out there each year in terms of quality. But the league is so big, that the RPI and SOS gets subsumed by its bottom, so it won't show up in the ratings.
They should hold at 13 when UAB leaves.

This

(12-13-2014 11:07 AM)AntiG Wrote:  

(12-13-2014 03:15 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(12-13-2014 12:36 AM)herdfan2013 Wrote:  They were interested in good basketball an decent football with Maryland. And bad basketball and bad basketball with Rutgers.

Which suggests they were interested in demographics (in terms of both student enrollments and football recruiting states) and Eastern Exposure ... neither of which Kansas brings to the table.

I can see Kansas as a 16th if the Big12 is falling apart and there is a compelling 15th available.

Aka Texas

Yes, obviously, the Big Ten is numbered among the P5 conferences that would take Texas if they wanted to move. AAU, compelling demographics, compelling recruiting grounds, big media brand equity. Everything the Big Ten looked for in their last few expansion moves, except tied up in one single package.

And if Texas sports teams have to fly everywhere to play in-conference, they would rather fly them East than West.

If Texas was interested in jumping, then the Big12 would, almost by definition, be falling apart, since Texas is the glue that holds the Big12 together. The academic snob schools would prefer Kansas to most of the rest of the Big12, the BBall-first schools would love Kansas in the Big10 ... and the balance who would normally have reservations about Kansas would be so happy to get Texas that they would likely go along as well.

I'd be worried about where the Pokes end up, but.