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Actually ours is correct except for Dec. 23 has been changed to @ Iowa St. (the Texas game fell through, I think they chose to play Duke instead) and the Alabama game is at home. xu95

We have beat UC 5 of the last 7. Temple has won the most recent games as well. I'm not saying that the A-10 is better but there isn't the drop off that most of you have seemed to think. Our top is just as good as their top. xu95

Given that this whole thing does kick off until >2005, I really don't think this Big East monster will stay >together more than a few years before busting apart at the >seams. 2010. The BE has already set up an escape clause for the football teams in 2010. According to one of the articles I read today the football teams can leave after five years (or every five years after that) without paying any penalties. xu95

I wouldn't be surprised if the official announcement comes tomorrow at media day. xu95

Congratulations. Welcome to the A-10. I look forward to Xavier renewing our rivalry with SLU. xu95

The A-10 has a good package with Fox Sports. I am sure that once you join the league whatever local Fox Sports channel you have will pick up the games. Our contract with ESPN isn't quite as good as some other leagues. No team is guaranteed viewership. I don't know if Fordham has any games on ESPN but Xavier has 5. The only team that might have more is Temple. xu95

BU is not getting into the A-10. I'm sure they have exactly one vote. Charlotte and St. Louis will have the votes. Tomorrow it will all be done. Expect an announcement on Thursday. xu95

The offer I'm sure is for all-sports. What I'm telling you is that you don't have to worry about Temple leaving the A-10 for CUSA if they have to take all of their sports. Temple has invested too much in the A-10 to take a "step down" for their basketball program. Now if the BE wanted them to join in all sports than we might have a problem. But that won't happen either. xu95

Temple will not join CUSA in all-sports. If CUSA or MAC is willing to take them for football only they might do that, but they will not join in all-sports. xu95

That east coast influence puts our tournament in half filled arenas while in Philly. In Dayton last year you had more people in the stands for the second round games than you do for the finals in Philly. xu95

I can guarantee you that Xavier fans are looking forward to this as well. The problem you have is some of the schools in the A-10 who are struggling see themselves struggling even more or getting booted when two better schools come in. xu95

The basketball schools don't want to split. They have been riding on the coattails of the football schools for years. The football schools have probably made 75% of that 40 mill sitting in the BE coffers right now. xu95

we should file suit against DePaul and Marquette >citing that some ancient canon law that has been violated. >Jebby's shouldn't be deserting fellow Jebby's it was a law >enacted during the great crusade. Uh, not that I'm angry or anything but that happened when you joined the Great Midwest. xu95

Sorry. I guess I am so used to being the sarcastic ones on messageboards that I don't catch it when someone else does it. xu95

>...at least all of the Missouri Valley teams will be playing >on Bracket Buster Saturday! Too bad some of them will be >playing in a television vacuum. > >The only reason I can think of that the fans of this >conference of minor "state" and directional schools covet >SLU's membership and respect is that "misery loves company." And this is a good thing? Bracket Buster Saturday is set up for MID MAJOR conferences. The A-10 is not considered a mid major conference. It would be an insult to a lot of A-10 teams if they had to play in the Bracket Buster. xu95