Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[FriendlySpartan]

It will be interesting if it's just Gonzaga MBB or all their sports join the Big12. And by adding Gonzaga, do we see other non-football school(s) added to expose the Big12 to new markets. There could be a number of schools from the Big East that would make sense.

It's not the norm for a school to bounce between conferences like UConn, but there could be contractual language spelling out conditions for Gonzaga's continued Big12 membership.

But at this time UCLA, Arizona and Gonzaga are the 3 biggest college basketball brands on the west coast. So adding Gonzaga seems like a win/win as I would expect ESPN & FOX are on board.

You guys sure you want Arizona lol

 

[Zyklon]

I no longer want Arizona after that game

 

[BCClone]

You guys sure you want Arizona lol

Princeton does that a lot.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Princeton does that a lot.

About time the poor Princeton fans/alums caught a break

 

[isucy86]

You guys sure you want Arizona lol

You bet. But maybe we should add Princeton with Gonzaga!!! Get better on the court, get smarter off the court.

 

[GoldCy]

The only downside I can think of is the program falling out of relevance after Few is no longer the coach. As long as that program continues as a top basketball brand, I don't really see a downside.

Correct. I think at best a scheduling alliance without conference membership might accomplish what they are looking for. Taking on " members" for a revenue sport weakens the conference. Wonder what kind of membership the b10 has for hockey outsiders.
Also size gets out of hand which we are already seeing. It's working to a super conference outside the worthless NCAA.

 

[isucy86]

Correct. I think at best a scheduling alliance without conference membership might accomplish what they are looking for. Taking on " members" for a revenue sport weakens the conference. Wonder what kind of membership the b10 has for hockey outsiders.
Also size gets out of hand which we are already seeing. It's working to a super conference outside the worthless NCAA.

If we move to a super conference, it might make more sense to add non-football members. So we have a 16 member conference for FB and a 20 member conference for hoops (or something like that). It would allow for playing every team 1x in hoops vs playing 5x twice and 10 teams once. It keeps the SOS the same for every school.

Also adding Gonzaga and other non-football schools supports Yormark's comments about separating Basketball out from Football in media rights negotiations. Adding the likes of Gonzaga, Creighton, Villanova, Xavier could have tremendous value to a TV partner.

 

[Pope]

You guys sure you want Arizona lol

You sure you want Illinois?

 

[FriendlySpartan]

You sure you want Illinois?

Not really

 

[Gorm]

You sure you want Illinois?

They were already doubled up in that state anyway. Hell imagine if the University of Chicago were still in that conference for athletics.

 

[Arkansas Cyclone]

 

[Clonefan94]

The "Monty Show" is saying Utah has told the Big 12 "Thanks, but we aren't an academic fit."

LOL

So that means the Pac-12 is going to expand with Rice correct? After all, its academics not athletics that matter in that TV contract for the athletic product.

I still think, when this finally all shakes out, we find out Utah was never invited. It’s been pretty easy for me, over the last 20 years to let my friends know I wouldn’t sleep with Jennifer Aniston.

 

[simply1]

 

[Cyforce]

I wonder if the BiG completely thought threw USC representing them in the Rose Bowl. Not sure the networks would be happy having only left coast participants.

 

[cyfanatic]

I wonder if the BiG completely thought threw USC representing them in the Rose Bowl. Not sure the networks would be happy having only left coast participants.

USC vs SDSU...LOFL!

 

[aeroclone]

Princeton does that a lot.

Pretty sure at the end of that game they said it was Princeton's first tourney win since 1996 or something.

 

[cyphoon]

New rule: if you say "Conference of Champions" twice in a 2 minute time span, then your application to the Big 12 gets rejected.

H

 

[AlaCyclone]

I wonder if the BiG completely thought threw USC representing them in the Rose Bowl. Not sure the networks would be happy having only left coast participants.

I think the Rose Bowl will ditch the Pac alliance once USC and UCLA move to the B1G. They care more about the B1G end anyway (TVs and Tourism), AND they have the L.A. schools. I bet the Rose ties the other end with the SEC (which has a nice Rose Bowl history before the B1G tien-in), and / or keeps it open.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Not sure what else he can say until a deal is on the table. Any deviation from the party line could squash any possibility of an acceptable deal.

 

[BCClone]

Pretty sure at the end of that game they said it was Princeton's first tourney win since 1996 or something.

I’m getting old.