Quote Originally Posted by MUBasketball View Post
True.

But, I think it's pretty clear this is different. When the Big Ten took Nebraska from the Big 12, Maryland from the ACC, and Rutgers from the Big East they chose those teams based on whatever criteria they valued most and found those to be the best fits. That was the end of it.

The Pac 12 took on Colorado from the Big 12 and Utah from the Mountain West. Those two made the most sense for their expansion, so they invited them. That was the end of it.

The ACC, however, continues to poach the Big East. Now that they've poached the league, now they are trying to do all that they can to kick them out of MSG so they can hold their conference tournament there. Try as they may, it appears that it won't happen (not sure if I believe it won't happen eventually, but regardless). OK, if they can't get in MSG, they'll do the next best thing and get as close to MSG as possible and hold it in Brooklyn. Want to really play hardball? They move their traditional Sunday tournament championship game to go head-to-head against the Big East championship with the sole intention of keeping asses out of MSG's seats and stealing TV eyeballs from FS1 over to ESPN for their title game.

I'm really quite flabergasted that you don't think it's a real big deal what the ACC is doing. In other instances, I do believe conference moves were done with some civility. With the ACC, Swofford is trying to completely kill another conference. Not cool!


Regardless of what their motivations are (and I don't think "killing" the BE is by any means their biggest motivation), they are doing what is in their right to do.

Look, if the BE is such a great conference, and we have an "iron clad" contract through 2026 at MSG, and a Fox contract of similar length, what exactly are we worried about here? The conference has 12 years to prove that it can perform with the BCS conferences both on the floor and in the ratings. And if it can't, well, we don't really deserve either the contract or the Garden.