Take Brew's 4 division split, move Cincy to C, St.John's to A, S. Fl to B and Tulane to D and you've got it. I like Mark's original 2 division split way better but I don't see how you get enough schools to agree to it.
Take Brew's 4 division split, move Cincy to C, St.John's to A, S. Fl to B and Tulane to D and you've got it. I like Mark's original 2 division split way better but I don't see how you get enough schools to agree to it.
Who really cares about ticking off the new guys? You need to maximize revenue. MU, DePaul, Georgetown next want to host Tulane, Houston or UCF, if they can help it. Those schools are attendance killers.
I always believed it would be 8-8, with the 7 hoops teams and UConn in one division and the 8 other football teams in the other. Strength is somewhat balanced, with Temple, Memphis and UC in one division. UConn, GT, VU and MU in the other. I would suspect UConn is next to leave, and a bball school would fit nicely in the hoops division.
I don't think the "new teams" (Houston, SMU, Tulane, UCF) would be all that upset. They know they are coming in because of football. The new TV deal will bring those schools way more money. They will still play the Big East powers, not in home & home series. Plus, if they are that good they will have their crack at them in the Big East tourney at MSG.