Big East Name vs New Name

[MayorBeluga]

Pre-game started October 15th for those two!

Gigiddy...

[unclejohn]

I suggested the Wholly Roman Empire, but my favorite thus far has been The Big Privates.

But the new conference is not going to be the Big East. The Big East of a year ago is dead, we are just waiting a season or two to make it official.
The new conference is not going to be the New Big East. It is going to be a new conference. When the Big East was formed, it was not the Big East either. It was a bunch of Eastern independents with good or fairly good basketball traditions. It grew into the best basketball conference in the country.

Whatever this new conference is called, its goal will be to do the same thing. Time to move beyond the past and start new. I am all in favor of keeping the championship at the Garden, but I do not see it happening. I do not think the Garden will be interested, and the ACC sure will be, just to twist the knife, if for no other reason. Sorry to see that go, but there you go.

[MUMac]

I choose The New and Improved Big East.

[DCwarrior]

If we're forced to be something other then the Big East, I would vote for The City Conference

[kneelb4zerg]

The CA7 has a great claim to the name and the arena...3 original members in our group, only original member on other side is UCONN. Should be interesting.

[TheSultan]

Zagoria is calling it the Big Priest FWIW...

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

I think no matter what happens the name has to be catchy and has to be something that won't be confused with a mid-major type name. While the Big Priest is funny, I also think you have to stay away from associating the league with being Catholic.

[TheSultan]

Clearly...it was just a play on words.

[CaribouJim]

If we're forced to be something other then the Big East, I would vote for The City Conference

I hope the Big East name somehow is kept, but if not I like where you are going with this - maybe not the City Conference, but something that plays off the urban-ness of the teams and obviously no number in it - those conferences sound silly now. I know that the Conference USA caught a lot of crap, but I actually liked it - it painted a picture of what it was and it was original with putting the word "conference" upfront. I hope they keep their HQ in NYC as well.

[Nukem2]

I hope the Big East name somehow is kept, but if not I like where you are going with this - maybe not the City Conference, but something that plays off the urban-ness of the teams and obviously no number in it - those conferences sound silly now. I know that the Conference USA caught a lot of crap, but I actually liked it - it painted a picture of what it was and it was original with putting the word "conference" upfront. I hope they keep their HQ in NYC as well.

Actually, Big East HQs has always been in Providence.