Hot Take- Notre Dame should join Big East

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

I know they have a working football deal with the ACC.

But, they need to break out of the bloated basketball conference. Honestly, Pittsburgh and even Louisville could benefit as well, though not to the Big East (I'd say Big 12, to give West Virginia some company).

The Irish name brand alone would add a lot of notoriety to a conference boasting a recent 2-time national champion and a host of other solid programs.

Not to mention it would be a lot more centrally-located for them travel-wise.

Villanova
Marquette
Seton Hall
St. John's
Georgetown
Xavier
Notre Dame
Creighton
Providence
Butler
DePaul

 

[dukedevilz]

Notre Dame won 7 NCAA Tournament games from 2015-2017, I think they're fine. They've been hit by the injury bug worse than anyone in the ACC. They were one of the first 4 to miss the tournament last year; I'm confident that would have made it last year were it not for injuries to Bonzie Colson, Matt Farrell, and DJ Harvey. This year, they've had 3 season-ending injuries to Rex Pflueger, Robby Carmody, and Nikola Djogo. They had a top 15 recruiting class in 2018, so give them another year and a healthy team and they'll be back in the tournament.

Also, there's a heckuva a lot more money in the ACC.

 

[CardHack]

Nobody is leaving the ACC for another conference; maybe some Divisional realignment or tweaking takes place in the next five or six years for football (i.e. Louisville has Virginia as their permanent cross Division game, but doesn't play Virginia Tech anymore than once every eight years).

It seems to work pretty well for all sports right now.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Also, there's a heckuva a lot more money in the ACC.

Isn't that part of the problem with college athletics though?......

 

[Afamu]

Why would anyone want to be in the Big East. That conference is history.

 

[brooky03]

Isn't that part of the problem with college athletics though?......

Making money is a problem? There's no reason for Notre Dame to join a mid major conference because it has one successful team with an incredible coach.

 

[duckboy33]

Freezing cold take

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Making money is a problem? Tmm.

Yes.......

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Freezing cold take

Oregon loses to Wisconsin.

Ice burn....

 

[denniden]

Isn't that part of the problem with college athletics though?......

How is it a problem for programs to try and benefit financially? Going to the BE would also be a step down in both stature and the programs revenue.

 

[brooky03]

Yes.......

Commie

 

[bMORE607]

Nobody is leaving the ACC for another conference; maybe some Divisional realignment or tweaking takes place in the next five or six years for football (i.e. Louisville has Virginia as their permanent cross Division game, but doesn't play Virginia Tech anymore than once every eight years).

It seems to work pretty well for all sports right now.

 

[duckboy33]

Oregon loses to Wisconsin.

Ice burn....

Iowa....is still Iowa

 

[xWVU2010x]

The Big East is basically Nova and a bunch of midmajors and has beens. Georgetown, and St. John's are never coming back. Seton Hall and Providence have no history outside of flash in the pan Final Four appearances. The rest were plugs to holes in a sinking ship and have spent the majority of its history as midmajors and basically are still midmajors if not for Nova's 2 recent national titles which has forced the media to call them a "Power 6" league.

No way it makes sense for ND to ditch a hoops league with UNC and Duke in it along with a plethora of other tradition rich programs so they can play Nova and the 9 dwarfs.

 

[CB3UK]

This is a hawt take fo' sho'

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Going to the BE would also be a step down in both stature and the programs revenue.

Riding coattails, basically?

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Iowa....is still Iowa

And Iowa still > Oregon.

 

[duckboy33]

And Iowa still > Oregon.

We aren’t talking about wrestling

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

We aren’t talking about wrestling

I didn't start this thread talking about wrestling........

 

[Jaycg15]

Yes.......

You Iowa posters make the south look smart

 

[uncfan in ky]

The ACC should’ve never taken Notre Dame unless they joined in football also.

 

[dragonhawk1855]

Iowa....is still Iowa

and Iowa still beat Oregon

 

[duckboy33]

I didn't start this thread talking about wrestling........

I know so why change the topic to Iowa’s wrestling

 

[duckboy33]

and Iowa still beat Oregon

So did a lot of teams early in the season

 

[dragonhawk1855]

So did a lot of teams early in the season

and you have a 1st rnd NBA pick in Bol Bol that played and what did he do again?

 

[sgrooms]

So did a lot of teams early in the season

In the last month of the season, you lost to:

#84 Oregon State by 15
#88 USC by 17
#109 UCLA by 7

Iowa is actually the second best loss on your resume. For a team with 12 losses, that's not good.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

You Iowa posters make the south look smart

We try our best to cover up their flaws, but it's an uphill battle.

They don't seem to have much appreciation for northerners.......

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

I know so why change the topic to Iowa’s wrestling

Yeah, why did you do that? I was asking myself the same thing.......

 

[duckboy33]

In the last month of the season, you lost to:

#84 Oregon State by 15
#88 USC by 17
#109 UCLA by 7

Iowa is actually the second best loss on your resume. For a team with 12 losses, that's not good.

Check the last 8 games

 

[duckboy33]

and you have a 1st rnd NBA pick in Bol Bol that played and what did he do again?

And didn’t have King

 

[sgrooms]

Check the last 8 games

Best win is against #53. Won't be a lot of those in the tournament.

 

[duckboy33]

Best win is against #53. Won't be a lot of those in the tournament.

Fake Ratings

 

[sgrooms]

Fake Ratings

Yeah, KenPom is so overrated.

 

[duckboy33]

Yeah, KenPom is so overrated.

Fake ratings

The committee's rankings are all that matters

 

[sgrooms]

Fake ratings

The committee's rankings are all that matters

So that #53 goes up to #45. Good job, there.

 

[duckboy33]

So that #53 goes up to #45. Good job, there.

Wrong again

 

[dragonhawk1855]

Wrong again

stick to FB

 

[sdave]

I know they have a working football deal with the ACC.

But, they need to break out of the bloated basketball conference. Honestly, Pittsburgh and even Louisville could benefit as well, though not to the Big East (I'd say Big 12, to give West Virginia some company).

The Irish name brand alone would add a lot of notoriety to a conference boasting a recent 2-time national champion and a host of other solid programs.

Not to mention it would be a lot more centrally-located for them travel-wise.

Villanova
Marquette
Seton Hall
St. John's
Georgetown
Xavier
Notre Dame
Creighton
Providence
Butler
DePaul

MAC

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

So looks like the consensus in this thread agrees with me that Notre Dame should go to the Big East.

You're welcome.

 

[RockThrillCock]

I miss the old Big East. St Johns with Carnesecca, the Hoyas were feared, Pitt was competitive. Bring it back