Again Kentucky not doing anything of note in Canada besides cal trying to get his dick sucked by drake. That’s it.
Let’s talk conference realignment and college hoops…
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Bert those "little league schools", well they have 9 combined nattional titles...5 runner-ups and 20 Final Fours.
Nobody is leaving the Big 10 or the SEC. They struck gold and will ride that money train for as long as they can. I also could see UNC going to the BIg 10 rather than the SEC for the academic prestige.
I agree with the first two sentences, but then: wow wow wow.
I did not know that the SEC was a bunch of academic dummies? Is that what they teach you at Duke? GEEZE, it is Trinity college, founded by Methodists and Quakers, until it was bought out by a tobacco company and their money renamed it Duke.
WOW!
But, I do not want to see UNC in the SEC. I would much prefer to see NC State. I would also like to see Virginia Tech. I would like to see Virginia. That way it is still the Southeastern Conference. The SEC would still be true to it's name.
They are still "little league schools".
Why don't they play all sports?
Answer: football is too damned expensive for those "little league schools" to participate. Why do the big league schools let them play with them?
Sorry but you are wrong, wrong, wrong!
Why do the big league schools have to continue to subsidize the "little league schools"? Screw them all. Kick them out of Division I!
Calm down Bert. I'm not slighting the SEC and I'm not a Duke fan. But the ACC and Big 10 are more esteemed academic conferences and that matters to a lot of folks making these decisions. Despite the SEC being more of a geographic fit, UNC is much more closely aligned academically to the schools in the Big 10 than it is to the SEC. I'm not making this up either. Just google it and you'll see that there are articles written that the Big 10 and SEC both covet Virginia and UNC.
I am sorry for accusing you of being a Puke fan. Sorry.
You say that you are not slighting the SEC? Oh, I would have never guessed. The SEC schools are academically as good as the ACC, you say that they are not and I say Damn! What about all the good medical schools, vet schools, art schools et.al., in the SEC. GEEZE!
The B1G and ACC "are more esteemed academic conferences". WOW! I am still trying to understand that.
So I say let the B1G have Virginia and UNC. Virginia Tech is far better academically. Holy shit! Give us Clemson.
"Calm down Bert." Geeze, I do need to calm down as UNC is not the geniuses of the ACC. DAMN! Hell UNC won a title with a guy who never went to a fvcking class. Man that is academic supremacy!
So let the B1G take Virginia and UNC.
It's not the same thing. The Canada trip didn't count due to the fact we were representing the USA.
UK went to the Bahamas last year. That was like your Isreal trip.
Drake was out of town but the team did hang out at his house.
The United States should be better than choosing a subpar coach to represent them. I am guessing this wasn’t against canadas top players though
Thanks Lurker. I told him that but he can't write or read English.
Not exactly, was Auburn Team USA, nope that was Baylor. We played out of country last year too. This was playing as the US team. Not the same....
Sounds like Arizona will officially join the Big 12 within the next few days.
This is going to be a hell of a basketball conference.
Arizona/Houston/Colorado/Cincy/BYU/UCF >>>>OU/Texass
This is going to be a hell of a basketball conference.
Arizona/Houston/Colorado/Cincy/BYU/UCF >>>>OU/Texass
Yormack deserves a lot of credit. Dude went fully on offense after Texas/Oklahoma left. However Those 6 though still don’t combine generate financially what the other two can and football is still what drives things. Big 12 will be a stacked basketball conference but the big 12 wont have a single school that can legitimately win a national title now in football
I’m just talking about competitiveness in basketball. 4 perennial top 10ish programs, and almost every program will be solid.
Absolutely you’re stacked in basketball. You think you add more than Arizona? I saw someone mention uconn?
I'm absolutely stoked. Can't wait for Arizona to enter the thunder dome Big 12 basketball. Pac 12 hoops has been trash for a while. The former commissioner put a freaking bounty on our coach. Good riddance.
Im beyond pumped. Now when we go 18-12 (8-10) the committee will make us a 9 seed
Enjoy that late Jan negative 25 degree road trip to play at the Barn, which was built 50 years after the real Civil War.
From the “conference of champions” to…what’s the opposite of the conference of champions?
PAC 12 hasn't won a natty in basketball since 1997(Arizona). Havent made a title game since 2006...
They are shittier than we are.
Shit is still shit. The main difference between Pac 12 and Big Ten hoops is Big Ten somehow fooled the media into believing they're actually good.
Here's what Big Ten Basketball is getting:
UCLA - 11 national championships, 3 straight seasons with at least getting to the S16
USC - 3 straight NCAAT appearances, #3 recruiting class in 2023
Oregon - 13 straight 20+ win seasons, Won an NCAAT game in 7 of the last 10 tournaments
Washington -
UCLA - 11 national championships, 3 straight seasons with at least getting to the S16
USC - 3 straight NCAAT appearances, #3 recruiting class in 2023
Oregon - 13 straight 20+ win seasons, Won an NCAAT game in 7 of the last 10 tournaments
Washington -
A solid #5 conference.
Just wait for all the Boomers to die who remember the Big 10 glory days and prop up those numbers right now.
Just wait for all the Boomers to die who remember the Big 10 glory days and prop up those numbers right now.
Doubt it. The Big Ten is cornering nearly every major market in the US and keeps pumping out more consumers by the day.
I'd be interested to see the demographics. The question will be will the younger crowds be as enthusiastic with the product if they don't dominate like they did when most Boomers were at that age. Excluding Ohio State, of course, who is the most consistent program in CFB without a doubt.
But for now, the B1G has big numbers because of population density and history. The product on the field, less 3 programs, has not met expectations.
The SEC can at least boast Championships over multiple teams. They have dominated CFB.
The B1G has a lot of fat on those bones, and has 8 teams that would be at the bottom half of the Big 12 even.
Don’t worry about the Big Ten. Too many B1G brands, schools and markets to fail.
I gotta assume Washington State and Oregon State are SOL and will likely have to settle for the MWC.
But, what about Cal and Stanford? They both have a lot of academic prestige. Sizable endowments. I always thought they never wanted to align with BYU or Baylor. So, now what? Try to go for the Big 12 anyway? ACC, perhaps?
But, what about Cal and Stanford? They both have a lot of academic prestige. Sizable endowments. I always thought they never wanted to align with BYU or Baylor. So, now what? Try to go for the Big 12 anyway? ACC, perhaps?
