The new BE

[jon breiner]

Well, with BC going to the ACC, I guess it is for sure UC is going to the new BE.  Who will join UL and UC?  I figure USF based on media reports, but would be interested in other thoughts?  How do you think the divisions would break down in bball?  I still think this will be the best basketball conference in the US.

As for fball, the talk lately has been to include more conferences in the BCS.  I read somewhere that if the BE is not part of the BCS, the BCS would no longer have the majority of Div I schools, so it seems "they" need the BE.  With Syracuse, Pitt, etc. the BCS inclusion can be justified, even if it is the "worst" of the included conferences.

So for me, BC leaving is not a huge surprise and does not bother me as much as if it had been Syracuse, for instance.

jon b