Re: Back to conference stuff

[Brian Johnson]

This will interest everyone.  Memphis AD speaks about
conference shuffling on local radio show.  Sounds like
the football/non-football split is most likely:

http://www.cusa-talk.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=20769&forum=37&5
--- "richard l. kandell" <address@hidden>
wrote:
> WoW - UMass vs. 10 catholic schools.  Would G-d ever
> let them win a
> conference championship? :-)
>
> Richard K.
>
> I still see little reason to include USF, USM or TCU
> - I guess I have thing
> about schools generally known by three initials
> including a "U."  :-)  or
> Houston.  I think the others still retain the BE's
> BCS slot.  The story line
> changes dramatically if UVa decides not to oppose
> Va. Tech going to the ACC,
> and Syracuse becomes the 12th Big 10(11) school.  I
> still like the
> geographic mix without those 4, but then you may
> need USM &/or TCU, and if
> you take both of them, then why not Houston and also
> ECU for 12?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jon Macomber" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 2:21 PM
> Subject: [UC Basketball] Back to conference stuff
>
>
> Hey look, Wetzel makes sense:
>
> Assuming Miami, BC, and Syracuse bolts for the ACC,
> the rest could fall like
> this:
>
> New Conference USA (or newly named league)
>   a.. Cincinnati
>   b.. Connecticut
>   c.. Louisville
>   d.. Houston
>   e.. Memphis
>   f.. Pittsburgh
>   g.. Rutgers
>   h.. Southern Miss
>   i.. South Florida
>   j.. Texas Christian
>   k.. Virginia Tech
>   l.. West Virginia
> 12 schools that offer good teams or ideal markets. 
> This would get the BCS
> slot that the Big East had.  Having 12 teams could
> qualify for a
> championship game.  And, 5 of the 12 are elite teams
> BB (UC, UL, Memphis,
> UConn, Pitt) - good enough to cancel out the weak
> and make it a decent BB
> league.
>
> New Big East
>
>   a.. Dayton
>   b.. DePaul
>   c.. Georgetown
>   d.. Marquette
>   e.. Massachusetts
>   f.. Notre Dame
>   g.. Providence
>   h.. St. John's
>   i.. Seton Hall
>   j.. Villanova
>   k.. Xavier
> All BB teams (except for ND independent) - all the
> catholic schools
> together - midwest/NW based
>
>
> New Atlantic 10
>
>   a.. Charlotte
>   b.. Fordham
>   c.. Duquesne
>   d.. George Washington
>   e.. LaSalle
>   f.. Rhode Island
>   g.. Richmond
>   h.. Siena
>   i.. St. Bonaventure
>   j.. Saint Joseph's
>   k.. Temple
> All BB teams (except Temple's "FB" team).  East
> coast.  Continues Atlantic
> 10's tradition of mediocrity (sorry, couldn't
> resist).
>
>
> Since UC is midwest - unless we get in the Big 10,
> we'll never get a seat at
> the big table of:
>
> Big10
> SEC
> ACC
> Big12
> Pac10
>
> Those 5 conferences represent the top 60 or so BCS
> schools, and the only
> chance at a FB title.
>
> Our only chance is to scrap together what's left
> into the best 6th
> conference available.  Which means reach far (like
> CUSA), or reach deep
> (take only FB/BB schools).
>
> TV money has created a top-heavy heirarchy that
> favors a few dozen elite
> teams and a handful of elite conferences.  None of
> which are willing to
> share their lucrative tv money and ample athletic
> budgets.  Would a
> table-scrap 6th conference (which UC would be a part
> of) be able to develop,
> compete, get comparable TV money and resources,
> national competition, and
> finally get a seat at the big table?
>
>
> Jon M


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