Big East commissioner favors East-West division format








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11 Responses

  1. Rick Lines says:

    How is Temple in the West?

  2. Captain Marvy says:

    Temple would only be in the “West” (I really hope they use something like Atlantic and Pacific instead of East and West) for 2 years. Navy and another school join in 2015. Temple probably goes where they belong at that time. It would be even better if Navy backs out, with two Western schools like BYU and Fresno State joining instead, as this restores balance.

  3. JJCX says:

    I’m sure Boise would be happy with this.

  4. Milteer says:

    Most likely scenario is 16 teams – Navy, BYU, AF and Army added. Anyway, UH will have a tough time ever beating Boise for the West title.

  5. UHFan79 says:

    I understand that this will be the first go-’roud while waiting for the new members to come onboard. But it would make so much more sense on every level to have Louisville in the West and let Temple be in the East where it would be close to teams such as UCONN and Rutgers. These are natural rivalries. Temple-Boise? That’s just dumb on the surface of it. For it’s part, Louisville has a strong history with UH and Memphis and that would renue old rivalries. But, that’s just logic.

    I expect the conference to fill out at 14 teams eventually. In my own “best of all worlds” those far Western teams would stay in the MW and the Big East would fill out its membership with teams east of the Mississippi. This makes even more sense now that the AQ nonsense is over. Then you would have a Mountain West and a Big East which would be true western and eastern conferences. But that would be logical as well.

    • Milteer says:

      I thought you said UH’s admission to the Big 12 to “save” that conference made the most sense.

  6. TopCoog says:

    If Louisville is also in the West, then the West will be way stronger than the East. It will be changed again when the dusts get settle. Like Pac and Atl better than West and East.

  7. RUinChiTown says:

    “I really hope they use something like Atlantic and Pacific instead of East and West.”

    Putting Houston, SMU and Boise in the “Pacfic Division” makes as little sense as putting Cinncy and Louie in the “Atlantic Division”. Better try for something else. (But for heavan’s sake, not “Legends and Legacy”. Thats just sounds dumb.)

    There was discussion coming out of Providence (lord, when will they move to NYC?!)in the summer about “interconference legacy rivalries”, whereby a team in one divison would play the same team in the other divison each year. In that case, it would make a lot more sense to split Cinncy and Louie as long as they play each other in fb and bb every year.

    I wouldn’t count on AFA or USMA joining in the foreseeable future. If BYU would lighten-up on their TV deal they are the most likely.

  8. memeem says:

    …..And the Big East is neither………………

  9. Rey says:

    “Big” Division- Boise State, San Diego State, Houston, SMU, Louisville, Memphis

    “East” Division- UConn, Rutgers, Temple, Cincinnati, USF, UCF

    Why not incorporate the conference name into the division names? Plus the
    names of the divisions fits perfectly in a geographical sense.

  10. Milteer says:

    Don’t see UH beating Boise or Louisville “Big” title. Add BYU and AF to the western schools means UH would probably never win a division title.