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From the Comprehensive Conference Realignment Thread.



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USA Today: Big East likes Tulsa as No. 12 but wants TV deal first

The Big East is likely to add a 12th member, with Tulsa emerging as a strong favorite, but a final decision won't be made until ...

More smoke about Tulsa and some TV talk: http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=4881

East Carolina and Tulane will replace Louisville and Rutgers in 2014 and the Big East is focusing on getting Tulsa as its 11...

With 10 basketball schools, each school can play all 9 conference opponents home and away for a total of 18 conference basketball games each year. It makes it the fairest way to schedule and helps to...

I've thought the same thing. I originally thought Navy wouldn't end up joining the Big East, but after hearing the Navy AD so outspoken about the Boise State situation, I think Navy is committed to...

What I took from it is that CBS Sports confirmed the rumors from a league source that Tulsa is next in line for the Big East.

The Big East will have to add at least one more school before July 1,...

Tulsa rumored to be next: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/jeremy-fowler/21599899/smaller-conferences-crafting-blueprint-for-playoff-revenue-sharing



That statement also suggests...

I don't think so. Middle Tennessee and Florida Atlantic replaced East Carolina and Tulane. But you're right that we should be pursuing the Big East.

Tulsa could be invited to Big East by the end of the month.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/TU/article.aspx?subjectid=94&articleid=20130120_94_B1_CUTLIN401120

Now that San Diego State is gone...

Future Big East
UConn
Temple
Navy (football-only)
East Carolina (football-only)
UCF
South Florida
Cincinnati

Remember ECU's AD Terry Holland and Tulane's President Scott Cowen were the two different leaders of C-USA before they bolted.

IIRC Holland wanted C-USA to expand to 14 while Cowen may not have...

I agree with that. There is an aversion to the Belch.

I was primarily looking for evidence of which schools could be the 8 candidates for the Big East and subsequently tried to align them in a possible pecking order. But my focus was finding the 8...

We were a WAC school when that was proposed by Thompson. That was before LaTech, Temple, Utah State, SJSU, and Navy got their respective conference invites. 27 of the schools in the 28-team model...

Domangue,

The more that I think about it, I think we may be one of the eight, albeit at the bottom.

Remember the proposed 28-team and 32-team super-conferences by Hair Thompson? We were not a...

I'm definitely not saying this. The Big East has to be our goal. We've just got our work cut out for us to achieve the goal. We have to get serious about raising a lot of money and executing major...

Stray,

I think that athletic budgets, investment in facilities, and relationships with the member schools are by far the most important factors. I agree that those other factors probably don't...

Holland announced he was stepping down about a month ago. I assumed he was already gone, but it looks like he's still there. The reports say that he will continue his role as AD until a replacement...

East Carolina does have a new AD now, but Terry Holland was very vocal about adding eastern teams to C-USA to help reduce travel costs. Holland was the one who championed Charlotte and Old Dominion...

UTEP vs. LaTech
UTEP's athletic budget is $10.5 million greater than LaTech's budget.
UTEP has much better facilities than LaTech.
UTEP has a much bigger fan base than LaTech.
UTEP has shared a...

Yes. UTEP wants the MW. I don't think there is really any mutual interest between UTEP and the Big East. UTEP was my last team in the candidate pool. I think UTEP would need another football team to...

You have to put yourselves in the shoes of the decision makers. What are their visions for the future of the Big East?

- UConn, Cincinnati, Temple, and Memphis want a strong basketball conference....

Of course they won't, but I guarantee you that they've looked at all the numbers on that spreadsheet.

Investment in athletic facilities may be the second biggest factor, but I have no way to...

The University of Delaware is physically located in the Philly DMA. I assigned every school to the one DMA in which they were physically located (except for Tech, which I gave 2 DMAs). It was much...

To show that I'm being objective in my analysis.

We are School 36.