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Post by stillaphoenixphan on Dec 13, 2012 10:57:26 GMT -6
This from the Milwaukee paper. "Marquette University and six other Catholic, non-Bowl Championship Series football schools in the Big East are expected to make an announcement about the future of their affiliation with the conference in the next 24 to 48 hours, according to a report."
"The report from CBSSports.com says that Marquette, DePaul, Georgetown, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova are aiming to announce their departure in the next week But a source told CBSSports.com that those seven schools would target at least three and perhaps five basketball programs to join them, and that Xavier, Dayton, Saint Louis, Creighton and Butler would be among the targets."
We've been talking about conference changes including the Horizon and who we might add. It looks like the Big East maybe adding or subtracting? So what will this mean for other conferences and who might be available to us? It looks like there could be some major changes?
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Post by phearthephoenix on Dec 13, 2012 19:26:09 GMT -6
I think the Horizon League should be okay, but this could trickle down to our league. If the 7 catholic schools from the Big East start poaching schools from the A10 (Butler, Xavier, Dayton, St Louis) or MVC (Creighton) then those conferences could come looking at the Horizon League for schools to add.
I dont think this directly affects the HL's expansion plans to grab Oakland and possibly schools like Belmont, Robert Morris, ect. But really who know's whats going to happen next?! Crazy times
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Post by stillaphoenixphan on Dec 14, 2012 22:23:53 GMT -6
I think the Horizon League should be okay, but this could trickle down to our league. If the 7 catholic schools from the Big East start poaching schools from the A10 (Butler, Xavier, Dayton, St Louis) or MVC (Creighton) then those conferences could come looking at the Horizon League for schools to add. I don't think this directly affects the HL's expansion plans to grab Oakland and possibly schools like Belmont, Robert Morris, ect. But really who know's whats going to happen next?! Crazy times I agree it won't impact the Horizon directly. But if they start chopping up the Big East, MVC and A10 it may create some opportunities for the Horizon league.
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