Uh oh!

It wasn't a secret meeting. Commissioner Aresco was there to answer questions.

Not good news at all for the Big East.

(12-10-2012 11:43 PM)MondoMiner Wrote:  Uh oh!

Actually this guy severely misrepresented the meeting per a tweet from Thamel of SI this meeting was not secret and Aresco was present.



Pete Thamel ‏@SIPeteThamel
Big East BB schools meeting in NYC today wasn't secret. Commissioner Mike Aresco was there to answer questions, discuss future.

So basically the hoops league would be Memphis, Tulane, Houston, SMU, UCF, Maybe ECU will get included now... If Cincy and UConn hang around you still talking about a 3 bid league most years.

Woo-hoo, an all-sports invite!

The big east will never die, no matter who leaves or who is added. So get used to it folks.

Did I or the article say it was secret?

(12-10-2012 11:52 PM)PirateNation Wrote:  Woo-hoo, an all-sports invite!

congrats!!!! you're a full member in cusa again... I missed you guys

(12-10-2012 11:52 PM)ICB Wrote:  So basically the hoops league would be Memphis, Tulane, Houston, SMU, UCF, Maybe ECU will get included now... If Cincy and UConn hang around you still talking about a 3 bid league most years.

Cincy & UCONN won't be around very long. ACC will come from them probably in a few months if not sooner

Can't really blame them the big east is turning into a joke with all these new adds

Basketball schools need the football ones and vice versa. Both parties would be losing millions for separating. I don't blame them at all for looking at all their options, but let's not take this report and go crazy with the doom and gloom. It's so incredibly unrealistic for them to break-off right now.

RT @McMurphyESPN: Big East source: "Basketball schools not thrilled w/Tulane & what they will do to lRPI. They would have fallen off ledge if we added ECU"

(12-11-2012 12:52 AM)Comet Wrote:  Basketball schools need the football ones and vice versa. Both parties would be losing millions for separating. I don't blame them at all for looking at all their options, but let's not take this report and go crazy with the doom and gloom. It's so incredibly unrealistic for them to break-off right now.

the big east plays football? I knew about bball, had absolutely no clue about football

RT @McMurphyESPN: If Big East gets $80M TV deal, hoop schools would get less $ than currently do RT @AlexOPunk: @McMurphyESPN @espn do they not like money?

This doesn't look good for the stability of the conference.

I actually believe with the addition of ecu Memphis ucf Houston and smu that the tv contract will be a whole lot less considering they are will lose lousiville and others

(12-11-2012 12:52 AM)moss2k Wrote:  RT @McMurphyESPN: Big East source: "Basketball schools not thrilled w/Tulane & what they will do to lRPI. They would have fallen off ledge if we added ECU"

Interesting, because all the indications until now are that the basketball schools are the ones that suggested Tulane in the first place.

Of course, I didn't believe that to begin with.

Obviously the rpi is gonna go down and if ecu gets an all sports invite that will screw up the rpi big time

So, is this the final step before the Big East raids the ACC and the Big 12?