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Big East creating a tournament no one wants
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08:19 AM ET 05.23 | The Big East has expansion fever, too. [Conference] athletic directors and coaches made it clear at Tuesday's league meetings in Florida that they want to continue with an all-school Big East tournament going forward. Now let me make this clear: These guys are insane. Seriously, what's the point? Who needs an 18-team league tournament? Answer: Nobody. But that's exactly what we'll get when Houston, Memphis, SMU, Temple and UCF come aboard. ... Yes, the Big East tournament could theoretically have the same amount of rounds as the main bracket of the NCAA tournament. Yippie! It'll be an event worth ignoring for two days. The motivation behind the suggested move boils down to everybody feeling like they need to be included.
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Otis B. Driftwood
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sweet jeebus, the big east just needs to pack it up.
Lanier&Clear...g…
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?????
Nobody shows up or tunes in to anything but the finals of any of the conference tournaments. And even then, the arenas usually seem to be half-full.
Trainwreck
Suwanee , GA
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If they can find a tv partner why not it is still about one think MONEY.
toad
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What is this "Big East" that you speak of?
Bryan1945
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And that is why Syracuse and Pitsburgh left the conference along with Boston Collage and West Virginia.
MJWallis
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The Big East should just go away. In football, that is. Just fade away into nothing. It would make it less painful for all of us.
Rickapolis
Annapolis , MD
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no, the big east is doing all this because those teams left. college football ruined the best conference in college basketball
El Duderino11
Keene, NH
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Sure glad we got out...before we got in. lol
FrogFan
Hornedfrogville, TX
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El Duderino 11: you are right about that. Big East has the best played hoops. Football, not so much.
Winger7
West Hartford , CT
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This is asinine. Yep, football rules. They had to expand and take in all these never-gonna-compete schools. Sorry but quantity is not ever going to be greater than quality.
davidwint
Waukesha, WI
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The Big East is looking a lot like Conference USA, or worse.
river1075
Las Vegas , NV
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Amen to that!
Jesus H Manziel
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Sweet! They can play this game at the same time as the Big 12 championship at that coveted evening slot.
Been waiting to use my Uverse split screen for something worthwhile.
LocNar
Miami , FL
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And exactly why Notre Dame will go there.
The Grover
Malibu, CA
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