RE: Louisville a lock for Big East if...

[Keith Wedinger]

My thoughts exactly.  I am sure that Bob Goin is on top of the
situation.  But the possibility does exist that UC may be on the outside
looking in.  Memphis has to be really nervous now based on what I read
in this article.

Personally, I still believe that the Great Midwest was the best league
UC has been in over the past two decades.  Granted, it offered nothing
for football but for basketball, it was ideal.  No cupcakes, home and
home against everyone in the conference and a small enough conference
schedule that allowed the potential for lots of juicy non-conference
games.  Add Louisville to the old Great Midwest and I think you have a
tremendous basketball league. 


J. Keith Wedinger
Webmaster
Bearcatnews.com
Sciotofootball.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Pappas [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:47 AM
To: address@hidden

Can you imagine if the Big East took Louisville, Central Florida and
East Carolina for the football side and then took Marquette and Xavier
to fill out the basketball only side of their proposed 16 team
conference?

What would UC do then? The thought of Xavier being in the Big East while
we are left in a pathetic conference of leftovers for football and
basketball would be a nightmare.

Before you say there is no way they take ECU and UCF ahead of us you
need to realize that according to this story, it will be the 5 remaining
football schools deciding which all sports teams to take. UCF would be a
good choice if they want to keep a florida school that has promise in
football and ECU would be a toss up when factoring in their proximity
and success in football.

Who would VaTech want? If you are WVA or Pitt, is it a positive to have
UC join (rivalry) or a negative (recruiting).

I am not saying that I believe we are on the outside looking in, in fact
I would give us the edge. I just don't think we are a sure thing.

--Brett

-----Original Message-----
From: Wedinger, Keith [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 8:30 AM
To: address@hidden; address@hidden
Subject: [UC Basketball] Louisville a lock for Big East if...

Check out:
http://espn.go.com/ncaa/news/2003/0611/1566706.html
<http://espn.go.com/ncaa/news/2003/0611/1566706.html> 

Hopefully, UC is also being seriously considered.  Stay tuned for
further turmoil.

J. Keith Wedinger
Senior Software Developer
Sterling Commerce