slufanskip Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Looks like Nark just retweeted a tweet from Dick Vitale that he'd want Butler, SLU, Creighton, Xavier and St. Joes. So there it is, a done deal. For this to be official, I believe someone has to 2nd the retweeting of the original tweet via twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I retweeted it, so it's confirmed. Congrats, SLU! Damnit, skip, catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbizzle09 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 For this to be official, I believe someone has to 2nd the retweeting of the original tweet via twitter I believe the 2nd person retweeting needs a copy of a photo ID to be presented for it to be by truly official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I actually think we need a link to a blog refrencing the tweet to confirm this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 do you notarize a tweet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 do you notarize a tweet? Yes, the notary has to see you send it, and they stamp your forehead. The picture of your stamped forehead is the legal proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Damnit, skip, catch up. I hear that a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Star Billiken Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Since everyone is sharing BE7 conjecture today, some of you might like to know that Bob Ryan talked about this on Tony Kornheiser's radio show. Bob Ryan said that "[the BE7] have to go after Xavier and Dayton and they have to come up with at least 3 more- they would ideally like to come up with 5 more to have 2 six team divisions, I know that." He then goes on to speculate that the others could be Butler, SLU, and Creighton. Now whether Bob Ryan said he "knows that" offhand or he really knows that I haven't a clue. But I give that more weight than a one-off Gonzaga blog. For the fact checkers out there, here is the link: http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=8755655. The BE7 stuff starts around the 27 minute mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I worked with Dave Reynolds for two years at the journal star - he's a great guy - but a social media guru he is not. I'm not sure where he got that Creighton info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Since everyone is sharing BE7 conjecture today, some of you might like to know that Bob Ryan talked about this on Tony Kornheiser's radio show. Bob Ryan said that "[the BE7] have to go after Xavier and Dayton and they have to come up with at least 3 more- they would ideally like to come up with 5 more to have 2 six team divisions, I know that." He then goes on to speculate that the others could be Butler, SLU, and Creighton. Now whether Bob Ryan said he "knows that" offhand or he really knows that I haven't a clue. But I give that more weight than a one-off Gonzaga blog. For the fact checkers out there, here is the link: http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=8755655. The BE7 stuff starts around the 27 minute mark. Bobby Ryan used to have drinks with Tip O'Neil and dream about this Catholic league 30 years ago. Props to that Ted Williams fund that unthawed him for this huge story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Bobby Ryan used to have drinks with Tip O'Neil and dream about this Catholic league 30 years ago. Props to that Ted Williams fund that unthawed him for this huge story. Dave got the info from someone who works with scheduling and planning for most of the midwest schools. His source was spot on, but maybe prematurely to any announcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Pine Jim Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 A lot of new age mumbo jumbo in this thread. What's the record for number of posts in a thread ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Dave got the info from someone who works with scheduling and planning for most of the midwest schools. His source was spot on, but maybe prematurely to any announcements. I bet it was Mr. Creighton himself, Bob Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Wondering when an announcement will be made regarding which teams are invited/joining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Question about this new conference: When this conference forms, what happens to the old Big East members such as Cincy, Uconn, Temple etc.? With all the new additions would they still be able to form a conference or are those teams coming for football only? If they do form a conference, would that have to take away another at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament because there is another conference or how do you guys think that will work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlee Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I found this on the Dayton BB website UDPride posted by shapanud Interesting article from nj.com (New Jersey) http://www.nj.com/co...conference.html How Big East's basketball schools decided to finally break off to form their own conference by Brendan Prunty/The Star-LedgerThe Star-Ledger excerpt The current consensus is to have a 12-team league. The feeling among the head coaches of the seven schools making the move is that it allows the league to be able to still draw a sizable portion of automatic and at-large NCAA Tournament bids, while still keeping all teams relevant. There is a change that 14- or even 16-team leagues could be an option, but, as one person put it: "That puts this league right back into the same situation we have in the Big East -- it's too big." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Here are some good tweets from timmerman @tomtimm: Villanova AD said Sunday that league would look for schools that are "attractive media entities." @tomtimm: Jerseyguy also says Old Big East will look at selling name to New Big East. @tomtimm: Jerseyguy notes that G'town was leader in movement to leave Big East. Good sign for SLU. Read more: http://t.co/FBuUqu7i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbizzle09 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Question about this new conference: When this conference forms, what happens to the old Big East members such as Cincy, Uconn, Temple etc.? With all the new additions would they still be able to form a conference or are those teams coming for football only? If they do form a conference, would that have to take away another at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament because there is another conference or how do you guys think that will work? Only Boise St., San Diego St., East Carolina and Navy were coming on as football-only, and Navy is still three years out. Houston, SMU, Memphis, UCF, Temple and Tulane are coming in as full members, with Tulane joining in 2014. USF, Cincy and UConn are the only existing members left after the BE7 leaves after this season. This makes next year's conferences look like USF Cincy UConn SMU Memphis Temple Houston UCF So, 8 basketball teams for 2013-2014, with Tulane bringing it to 9 the following year. Perhaps they bring in ECU and Navy as full members now, but I can't imagine that Cincy and UConn are going to stand pat now. As far as auto-bid, I'm sure the NCAA will allow them to keep one as they will have 8 teams next season, but who even knows how this is going to play out and if this conference will even exist next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 fan Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 The speculation I've seen says new league to start in 14-15 season, unless Something can be worked out sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJumpUp Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I found this on the Dayton BB website UDPride posted by shapanud Interesting article from nj.com (New Jersey) http://www.nj.com/co...conference.html How Big East's basketball schools decided to finally break off to form their own conference by Brendan Prunty/The Star-LedgerThe Star-Ledger excerpt The current consensus is to have a 12-team league. The feeling among the head coaches of the seven schools making the move is that it allows the league to be able to still draw a sizable portion of automatic and at-large NCAA Tournament bids, while still keeping all teams relevant. There is a change that 14- or even 16-team leagues could be an option, but, as one person put it: "That puts this league right back into the same situation we have in the Big East -- it's too big." Don't you know that head coaches thoughts mean nothing and what they say about this situation has no relevance. Brian, Skip, you guys got my back on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbizzle09 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Only Boise St., San Diego St., East Carolina and Navy were coming on as football-only, and Navy is still three years out. Houston, SMU, Memphis, UCF, Temple and Tulane are coming in as full members, with Tulane joining in 2014. USF, Cincy and UConn are the only existing members left after the BE7 leaves after this season. This makes next year's conferences look like USF Cincy UConn SMU Memphis Temple Houston UCF So, 8 basketball teams for 2013-2014, with Tulane bringing it to 9 the following year. Perhaps they bring in ECU and Navy as full members now, but I can't imagine that Cincy and UConn are going to stand pat now. As far as auto-bid, I'm sure the NCAA will allow them to keep one as they will have 8 teams next season, but who even knows how this is going to play out and if this conference will even exist next season. Just noticed that Louisville and Rutgers are supoposed to stay until 2014 and Notre Dame may not join ACC until 2015, so that makes 10 (maybe 11) teams for 2013-14, unless the split by the BE7 is delayed until 2014-15, then it will be 17 or 18 with a drop down to 9 or 10 in 2014-15, assuming no other departures or additions (which is HIGHLY doubtful.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDG Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 @tomtimm: Villanova AD said Sunday that league would look for schools that are "attractive media entities." Good news for SLU, bad news for Creighton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJumpUp Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Here are some good tweets from timmerman @tomtimm: Villanova AD said Sunday that league would look for schools that are "attractive media entities." @tomtimm: Jerseyguy also says Old Big East will look at selling name to New Big East. @tomtimm: Jerseyguy notes that G'town was leader in movement to leave Big East. Good sign for SLU. Read more: http://t.co/FBuUqu7i We look to be in good shape to join the New Big East Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I heard it's a done deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartanBilliken Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I heard it's a done deal ? What did you hear? Be a bit more specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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