kshoe Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I'm no insider, but there are no done deals except for Xavier and to a lesser extent butler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU_Nick Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I hope Franchise_08 isn't citing our boy Metz on twitter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Bree said we're in. Bree wouldn't lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Not Metz as the Tea Party members are Bat S crazy and delusional and are evil and hateful and full of lies and treasonous. So no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Not Metz as the Tea Party members are Bat S crazy and delusional and are evil and hateful and full of lies and treasonous. So no. I'm not in the Tea Party, but thanks for the label, or should I say libel? I'm a Catholic, Pro-Life voter. Have been one since I turned 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 It just makes a lot of sense for the new conference to have the same number of teams in each division. I suspect they are looking at a wide range of possibilities and every basketball only team in the country is looking at this as a way to keep or make their team relevant. At this point, the C7 only have 5 teams in the east, but it looks like they would really like to have 7 in the Midwest. That means adding 2 teams in the east. VCU does not fit the culture, St. Joes is in Philly with Nova so it adds nothing to the TV market. Other teams likely bring down the power rating. Or the Beast says no to two of the following schools: Creighton, SLU or Dayton. Creighton Omaha 88.95 Marquette Millwauki 85.11 Butler Indianapolis 83.02 SLU St. Louis 81.72 Xavier Cincinatti 80.21 Dayton Dayton 80.42 Depaul Chicago 76.9 But there is another possibility. They could be looking at a west coast division, which would explain the discussion of Gonzaga and teams west of that. Then they could be looking at only 5 teams in the mid west. The other thing they could do is build a super conference with two Midwest divisions of five teams. One playing in the east and one playing in the west. That would take three more teams in the Midwest. Maybe Bradley, Detroit, Murray State or Valparaiso. A 20 team super BB conference would be impossible to ignore. The challenge is to keep the power ratings up and travel reasonable. I suspect they are fielding calls from all over the country. Those west coast teams are going to want to do something. In the mid west, Xavier and Butler are easy additions no matter what they do and they can add one more team to balance the current East Teams. After that they have to make a big decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyDawg Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Source on one of the Butler boards is saying the league will be 10 teams, with SLU, XU, and BU joining. The announcement will come fairly shortly. I can't recall this person ever having false info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 More and more "reports" are saying 10 teams which surprises me a bit. Just have to get in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 The announcement will come fairly shortly. As in today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 As in today? That is the report on the Butler board. SLU, X, and Butler are in the new 10 team league. Who knows how reliable it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 That is the report on the Butler board. SLU, X, and Butler are in the new 10 team league. Who knows how reliable it is. Occupy message boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 That is the report on the Butler board. SLU, X, and Butler are in the new 10 team league. Who knows how reliable it is. Is it all over twitter yet? If so, and only then, it'll be a done deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Is it all over twitter yet? If so, and only then, it'll be a done deal. Ask and you shall receive. https://mobile.twitter.com/WisBBYearbook/status/280832520721948672 I think Miller is the guy who broke KM signing with SLU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Ask and you shall receive. https://mobile.twitt...832520721948672 I think Miller is the guy who broke KM signing with SLU. I shouild add, what Miller is saying is a lot weaker statement than what the guy on the Butler board is claiming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Ask and you shall receive. https://mobile.twitt...832520721948672 I think Miller is the guy who broke KM signing with SLU. -I just clicked on this and it speculates X, Butler and Dayton, NOT SLU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Source on one of the Butler boards is saying the league will be 10 teams, with SLU, XU, and BU joining. The announcement will come fairly shortly. I can't recall this person ever having false info I hope the poster is correct, but this is a poster with 11 posts on that board. Here's the thread I found: http://butlerhoops.com/showthread.php?tid=326 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Here is what we know for sure at this point from reliable sources: SLU is in. SLU is out. Dayton is in. Dayton is out. Dayton sucks (the one thing all sources have agreed on). Butler is in. Butler is out. It will be all Catholic. It won't be all Catholic. The Zags are in. The Zags are out. San Fransico and St Mary's are both in. Creighton is in. Creighton is out. Evansville is headed to the Horizon. Creighton and Dayton will both be put in a couple year holding plan on their invite. Georgetown led this whole thing. Georgetown wanted one last chance to save the old Big East after the other schools decided to leave. Georgetown is headed to the ACC. The league will have 9 teams. The league will have 10 teams. The league will have 12 teams. The league will have 16 teams. The leaue will be coast to coast. The A10 would like to expand to 21 teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 At least you got the Dayton sucks part in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I hope the poster is correct, but this is a poster with 11 posts on that board. Here's the thread I found: http://butlerhoops.c...ead.php?tid=326 The 11 posts probably explains why IndyDawg can't remember him ever being wrong before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 The view from Fox Sp Mdwst http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=st%20louis%20university%20big%20east&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CFQQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxsportsmidwest.com%2F12%2F16%2F12%2FSLU-could-be-next-in-conference-realignm%2Flanding_stlbillikens.html%3FblockID%3D836149%26feedID%3D3794&ei=PonQUN-KK8fK2AWj9oDYCQ&usg=AFQjCNH3Bgs2p4vN9FoVdsBRHhckxJkMdA&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.b2I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 The view from Fox Sp Mdwst http://www.google.co...355534169,d.b2I This is a little curious: "Asked Saturday night during the Billikens' 73-51 win over Tennessee-Martin, SLU athletics director Chris May said he's yet to have any contact with members of the departing schools. "At this point no," May said. "At this point were focused on how we can continue to help the A-10 and the A-10 is positioned well. We feel strongly about the Atlantic 10 and how it's taken its next steps with Butler and VCU while at the same time we feel good about where we're positioned nationally." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 This is a little curious: "Asked Saturday night during the Billikens' 73-51 win over Tennessee-Martin, SLU athletics director Chris May said he's yet to have any contact with members of the departing schools. "At this point no," May said. "At this point were focused on how we can continue to help the A-10 and the A-10 is positioned well. We feel strongly about the Atlantic 10 and how it's taken its next steps with Butler and VCU while at the same time we feel good about where we're positioned nationally." What do you find curious? ....the fact SLU has not been contacted or that SLU is being a good A-10er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 This is a little curious: "Asked Saturday night during the Billikens' 73-51 win over Tennessee-Martin, SLU athletics director Chris May said he's yet to have any contact with members of the departing schools. "At this point no," May said. "At this point were focused on how we can continue to help the A-10 and the A-10 is positioned well. We feel strongly about the Atlantic 10 and how it's taken its next steps with Butler and VCU while at the same time we feel good about where we're positioned nationally." Biondi mentioned that he has had talks with the Marquette President. May is giving the corporate line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB73 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 What do you find curious? ....the fact SLU has not been contacted or that SLU is being a good A-10er In the business world you do not openly acknowledge that you are going to merge or be acquired to the public or just anybody who asks you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I don't get this idea that they will go to 10 and then MAYBE 2 more after that. Just get to 12 and be done with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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