Buehrle>Wood Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 So the Big East continues to get closer and closer to splitting into two divisions. This plan has gained some steam after Syracuse was left out of the tournament. Today Jimmy B went on a tirade on why the split should happen, and said it's holding back the conference in terms of basketball. He basically whined about being 10-6 but being left out because there is too much competition in the conference. First, I'd like to tell Jimmy to get a clue. You were left out because of your pathetic excuse of a non-conference schedule. Second, I'd like to take a look at what seems to be the inevitable split. The two divisions would likely be divided between the football schools and the non-football schools(including Notre Dame of course). It would look like this: Football Syracuse Rutgers West Virginia Louisville South Florida Cincinatti UConn Pittsburgh Basketball Villanova Providence St. Johns Marquette Georgetown Notre Dame Seton Hall DePaul I think it's safe to say that it is a pretty even split basketball But I still would rather see it not happen. I would instead like to see modifications to the Big East conference schedule. I say screw playing random teams twice(and others not at all) and move to a everybody plays everybody once schedule. Would it be perfect? No. Playing at home against the bigger teams is obviously a huge advantage. But it stills makes more sense than what they have now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I'm pretty sure next year will be an 18-game schedule with everyone playing everyone once and 3 mirror games. And cuse very much deserved to be in ahead of a couple teams... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 06:20 PM) And cuse very much deserved to be in ahead of a couple teams... You can certainly make an argument for them, but Boeheim only has himself to blame for them not getting in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSoxfan1986 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 06:08 PM) So the Big East continues to get closer and closer to splitting into two divisions. This plan has gained some steam after Syracuse was left out of the tournament. Today Jimmy B went on a tirade on why the split should happen, and said it's holding back the conference in terms of basketball. He basically whined about being 10-6 but being left out because there is too much competition in the conference. First, I'd like to tell Jimmy to get a clue. You were left out because of your pathetic excuse of a non-conference schedule. Second, I'd like to take a look at what seems to be the inevitable split. The two divisions would likely be divided between the football schools and the non-football schools(including Notre Dame of course). It would look like this: Football Syracuse Rutgers West Virginia Louisville South Florida Cincinatti UConn Pittsburgh Basketball Villanova Providence St. Johns Marquette Georgetown Notre Dame Seton Hall DePaul I think it's safe to say that it is a pretty even split basketball But I still would rather see it not happen. I would instead like to see modifications to the Big East conference schedule. I say screw playing random teams twice(and others not at all) and move to a everybody plays everybody once schedule. Would it be perfect? No. Playing at home against the bigger teams is obviously a huge advantage. But it stills makes more sense than what they have now. I like the football-basketball idea I hope Jim Boeheim gets hit by a bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 06:35 PM) You can certainly make an argument for them, but Boeheim only has himself to blame for them not getting in. They really weren't even considered a bubble team, and 30 of 31 "bracketologists" listed here had them in, which isn't the case at all for the other bubble teams. Must be a pretty good argument that can be made. http://thebracketboard.com/ But I don't like cuse and hopefully this means everyone in the BE can start scheduling more quality non-conference schedules so that the BE can maintain a solid, top conference RPI. DePaul will be doing their part with another tough schedule with road trips at kansas and creighton already being confirmed. Now I'm hopnig for better results with that tough non-conference schedule starting off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I was just curious how an East/West alignment would work out for the Big East. East Syracuse Rutgers Georgetown Seton Hall UConn Providence St. John's Villanova West Louisville Cincinnati Pittsburgh DePaul Marquette Notre Dame West Virginia South Florida USF ends up being the wildcard, but they are far away from whoever they play no matter what. Technically they are far enough west to qualify anyway. DePaul/Marquette/ND are close together and the rest fall into place. The East is extremely close together. Other than Syracuse the East division would be all coastal cities ranging from DC to Providence, you can't beat that. I think a split would be a good idea, the random schedule isn't the way to go. It's funny, I started thinking about the geography of the Big East when my Northwestern dynasty in March Madness got bumped from the Big Ten and then later moved into the Big East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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