There was a ton of hilarious stuff in there."Megathread was like a child to me" LOL
There was a ton of hilarious stuff in there."Megathread was like a child to me" LOL
The Big 12 is tough as hell as it is but just suppose for fun what some above have thrown out comes true and you add Gonzaga (although honestly I don’t think it’s a good idea because post Few what are they?) Creighton, Villanova and UConn or something like that. Good God better get ready for a lot of our good to really good hoop’s teams to have worse records than they would elsewhere because that would be insane.
What happens in College Station stays in College Station...
You can do 13 teams with an 18 game schedule mathematically. I still don’t think they add them though. They don’t bring enough value
I do wonder how the UCF CBB coach feels about this. They are about to become the "night off" opponent that the conference hasn't had in a long time. And it isn't like the Big10 where you have 6 to 8 of those programs to play each other. UCF is going to get pounded night in and night out for the foreseeable future. Yes, that give opportunities to recruit better, but that's a long process to build a program.
What happens in College Station stays in College Station...
24 games starts to get into a long conference schedule. And to me, going away from a double round robin would be a massive mistake. I'd much prefer to stay with the double round robin and 12 teams rather than go to 13 or 14 teams and have to lose that.
No different than TCU in 2013 and they adjusted eventuality. It’s just gonna take time, money, and a commitment to winning.
Rising tide raises all boats type of situation
I can only think of a Few reasons to add Gonzaga.The Big 12 is tough as hell as it is but just suppose for fun what some above have thrown out comes true and you add Gonzaga (although honestly I don’t think it’s a good idea because post Few what are they?) Creighton, Villanova and UConn or something like that. Good God better get ready for a lot of our good to really good hoop’s teams to have worse records than they would elsewhere because that would be insane.
I agree, but the odds of a 22 game conference schedule are about 0%
Tend to agree. Keeps the topic warm, gives the bigger targets (UW, UO, M4) a little FOMO.Gonzaga is a pawn. Talk about them to let them know we are expanding and see what the landscape is like up in the PNW. So we can say, Hey UW and UO, we’ve flown that and looked around, seems like we could work together. You still consider those two the big prize. Gonzaga just gets you a mess. You don’t focus memberships on a sport that is projected to be 20%. You focus on the 75%.
The problem is, we would be promoting teams if we took them from anything but P6 level. Gonzaga is the rare situation where they are an outlier in their conference. The conferences are concerned with tournament expansion meaning they will lose AQ status for their champs. This means we would be helping other teams avoid that and be diluting each current members chances.Tend to agree. Keeps the topic warm, gives the bigger targets (UW, UO, M4) a little FOMO.
Unless... would Yormark set up a "parallel" basketball only league? Say the Big12 exists as today with 12 (maybe someday 16) football teams. But you create a basketball only nationwide league with 30ish teams.
Take the Big12 core, add the Big East, the Zags, maybe a couple others that make sense from the A-10, MoValley, MWC or something. You get up to 32 teams and you could play a significant conference only schedule, have a big conf tourney, etc. IDK if it makes financial sense or not, just thinking out loud.
Tend to agree. Keeps the topic warm, gives the bigger targets (UW, UO, M4) a little FOMO.
Unless... would Yormark set up a "parallel" basketball only league? Say the Big12 exists as today with 12 (maybe someday 16) football teams. But you create a basketball only nationwide league with 30ish teams.
Take the Big12 core, add the Big East, the Zags, maybe a couple others that make sense from the A-10, MoValley, MWC or something. You get up to 32 teams and you could play a significant conference only schedule, have a big conf tourney, etc. IDK if it makes financial sense or not, just thinking out loud.
I don't remember the conference being such a behemoth back then though. Teams tended to have more ups and downs and the bottom of the league was there even if the members of that bottom tier weren't consistent.
That's a good point. Although I think there would be more risk of missing the tourney for say, St Bonaventure in the Big12, rather than say, West Virginia. In the A-10, the Bonnies just need to be better than the A-10, whereas in the Big12 they have to be better than half the league. That's a tougher row to hoe for a small school.The problem is, we would be promoting teams if we took them from anything but P6 level. Gonzaga is the rare situation where they are an outlier in their conference. The conferences are concerned with tournament expansion meaning they will lose AQ status for their champs. This means we would be helping other teams avoid that and be diluting each current members chances.
Not necessarily better than half, we dot 7/10 in last year I believe. So just not a bottom feederThat's a good point. Although I think there would be more risk of missing the tourney for say, St Bonaventure in the Big12, rather than say, West Virginia. In the A-10, the Bonnies just need to be better than the A-10, whereas in the Big12 they have to be better than half the league. That's a tougher row to hoe for a small school.
Maybe you keep the conferences separate entities but do some kind of merger/partnership? Add 1 team to the BigEast and now you have two 12-team conferences and could do 2-3 cross-conference games per team every year... and have a pre-season tournament. Games in Toronto and Mexico City like KnappShack said. Anything that brings attention and cash. It's a metric ****ton of good content, for sure.
It’s not just UCF, if your BYU or Cinci you have to be dreading the change. Even a school like Houston that usually only has a couple losses will have to get used to having 8-10.I do wonder how the UCF CBB coach feels about this. They are about to become the "night off" opponent that the conference hasn't had in a long time. And it isn't like the Big10 where you have 6 to 8 of those programs to play each other. UCF is going to get pounded night in and night out for the foreseeable future. Yes, that give opportunities to recruit better, but that's a long process to build a program.
It’s not just UCF, if your BYU or Cinci you have to be dreading the change. Even a school like Houston that usually only has a couple losses will have to get used to having 8-10.
It’s not just UCF, if your BYU or Cinci you have to be dreading the change. Even a school like Houston that usually only has a couple losses will have to get used to having 8-10.
I can only think of a Few reasons to add Gonzaga.