A division with

Marquette, Memphis, Depaul, Cincy, Louisville, Houston, SMU, UCF

another with

UCONN, Georgetown, Providence, Rutgers, St. Johns, Seton Hall, Villanova, USF

Have Notre Dame, play home games against one division, and road games against the other division every year.

Keeps everything as regional as possible. Keeps travel costs down. Keeps student athletes as close to their home campus as possible.
You could have each team in each division play each other Home/Away, and play Notre Dame and another team in another division every year.

Thoughts, opinions, etc?

(just wanted to stop thinking about the conference nonsense for a while with this thought)

Their is a good chance that Danny O'Brien will get benched again in the near future.  Holgerson needs to figure out a way to get O'Brien to transfer and come on down to mo'town.  He could be our bizzaro Scott McBrien. 

I'm sure there's a transfer cause that he can't go to another ACC school or a future Maryland opponent.  If their isn't, get your representatives on the phone right away, Holgy.  lol

I am a Big East fan who (just like every freaking big east football fan since 2004) has been shouting to the mountain tops to get rid of the non Division I footballs schools and bring in more football schools.  Well it doesn't matter now. 

Why can't this version of the Big 12 work? 

along with the other Big 12 shcools (I won't include Oklahoma and Oklahoma St, due to the current situation)

Texas, Baylor, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Texas Tech, Missouri

and add

West Virginia, Louisville, Cincinnati, South Florida, TCU,

and add

Central Florida, Houston, Marquette, Depaul

How about 2 divisions

Texas/Baylor/TCU/Texas Tech/Central Florida/South Florida/Houston   (Marquette)

IowaSt/Kansas/KansasSt/Missouri/WVU/Lousville/Cincinnati   (Depaul)

This proposal works because it keeps everything somewhat regional.  It keeps a prescence in the Northeast (WVU), the Midwest (Cincinnati, Marquette, Depaul, Louisville, Missouri, Iowa St, Kansas St, Kansas), the State of Texas (Houston, TCU, Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech,) and Florida (Central Florida, South Florida). 

Most of these schools are located near major airports.  That helps save time travel for the student/athlete and saves travel costs for the school.  I only added 14 football schools because that would be 2 less teams that the football schools would have to share their football tv contract with.  Since every conference is planning to move up to 16 teams, i adjusted it accordinally. 

One thing that most people don't realize is that NBC Sports is looking to have a larger presence in College Sports.  Their is a good chance that a Conference like this could cause a bidding war with other networks.  If you had a football conference championship, you can give the team with the higher BCS ranking, the home game , it would be a guaranteed sell-out.  If you keep the Basketball Conference Tournament in Kansas City every year, it would be a guaranteed money-maker. 

Could this work?  Thoughts?

Also posted on Big12hoops.com, Smokingmusket.com, and burntorangenation.com

I am a Big East fan who (just like every freaking big east football fan since 2004) has been shouting to the mountain tops to get rid of the non Division I footballs schools and bring in more football schools.  Well it doesn't matter now. 

Why can't this version of the Big 12 work? 

along with the other Big 12 shcools (I won't include Oklahoma and Oklahoma St, due to the current situation)

Texas, Baylor, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Texas Tech, Missouri

and add

West Virginia, Louisville, Cincinnati, South Florida, TCU,

and add

Central Florida, Houston, Marquette, Depaul

How about 2 divisions

Texas/Baylor/TCU/Texas Tech/Central Florida/South Florida/Houston   (Marquette)

IowaSt/Kansas/KansasSt/Missouri/WVU/Lousville/Cincinnati   (Depaul)

This proposal works because it keeps everything somewhat regional.  It keeps a prescence in the Northeast (WVU), the Midwest (Cincinnati, Marquette, Depaul, Louisville, Missouri, Iowa St, Kansas St, Kansas), the State of Texas (Houston, TCU, Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech,) and Florida (Central Florida, South Florida). 

Most of these schools are located near major airports.  That helps save time travel for the student/athlete and saves travel costs for the school.  I only added 14 football schools because that would be 2 less teams that the football schools would have to share their football tv contract with.  Since every conference is planning to move up to 16 teams, i adjusted it accordinally. 

One thing that most people don't realize is that NBC Sports is looking to have a larger presence in College Sports.  Their is a good chance that a Conference like this could cause a bidding war with other networks.  If you had a football conference championship, you can give the team with the higher BCS ranking, the home game , it would be a guaranteed sell-out.  If you have the Basketball Conference Tournament in Kansas City every year, it would be a guaranteed money-maker. 

Could this work?  Thoughts

I am a Big East fan who (just like every freaking big east football fan since 2004) has been shouting to the mountain tops to get rid of the non Division I footballs schools and bring in more football schools.  Well it doesn't matter now. 

Why can't this version of the Big 12 work? 

along with the other Big 12 shcools (I won't include Oklahoma and Oklahoma St, due to the current situation)

Texas, Baylor, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Texas Tech, Missouri

and add

West Virginia, Louisville, Cincinnati, South Florida, TCU,

and add

Central Florida, Houston, Marquette, Depaul

How about 2 divisions

Texas/Baylor/TCU/Texas Tech/Central Florida/South Florida/Houston   (Marquette)

IowaSt/Kansas/KansasSt/Missouri/WVU/Lousville/Cincinnati   (Depaul)

This proposal works because it keeps everything somewhat regional.  It keeps a prescence in the Northeast (WVU), the Midwest (Cincinnati, Marquette, Depaul, Louisville, Missouri, Iowa St, Kansas St, Kansas), the State of Texas (Houston, TCU, Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech,) and Florida (Central Florida, South Florida). 

Most of these schools are located near major airports.  That helps save time travel for the student/athlete and saves travel costs for the school.  I only added 14 football schools because that would be 2 less teams that the football schools would have to share their football tv contract with.  Since every conference is planning to move up to 16 teams, i adjusted it accordinally. 

One thing that most people don't realize is that NBC Sports is looking to have a larger presence in College Sports.  Their is a good chance that a Conference like this could cause a bidding war with other networks.  If you had a football conference championship, you can give the team with the higher BCS ranking, the home game , it would be a guaranteed sell-out.  If you have the Basketball Conference Tournament in Kansas City every year, it would be a guaranteed money-maker. 

Could this work?  Thoughts

based on the fan post by : ABPRIDDY. 

Also posted on Nunesmagician.com

I love the Big East just like everybody here but if a Big East football school got an invite to join another BCS conference, unfortunately, you would have to go.  I have learned that from following your website in the last year. 

Everything i am proposing here is pretty much the same things that most people have been saying for the last year, with tweaks here and there.

Why not finally make a superconference that makes sense?

Kick out the non-football schools

Add

Kansas St, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Houston, Texas A&M

You could have 2 Divisions

Connecticut

Louisville

Pittsburgh

Rutgers

Syracuse

West Virginia

South Florida

Cincinnati

----------

TCU

Kansas St

Missouri

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Texas A&M

Houston

Kansas

(if A&M and Missouri go to the SEC, pick up Memphis and Texas Tech)

The theory of this conference idea is simple, keep everything REGIONAL.  Nobody wants or needs to see TCU play Syracuse in women's basketball in the middle of February.  Plus it would save a lot of travel time and money. 

For an example, in football, you play everybody in your division and one game in the other division every year.  Have the winner of each division meet in one of those (god-awful money scam) conference championship games.  So if Oklahoma and Syracuse wins their division, let the team with the higher BCS ranking get the championship game at their home field, so you are guaranteed a sell-out for the game. Instant Money Maker. 

In basketball, play everybody in your division, home and home, and play a home and home game against 1 team in the other division every year.  How great would a Kansas/Syracuse, home and home, in the first week of January be, in the same season!  After the first week of conference play, the divisions wouldn't have to play each other again for the rest of the regular season.  Thats 16 conference games per team, per season.  Good enough. 

In the other sports, you could probably schedule the same as I did for football.  You keep costs and travel time down by keeping everything regional. 

In conference tournaments, such as basketball, why not have 2 different regional conference tournaments?  Why not start these tournaments the Saturday of the final weekend of the College Basketball regular season.  Have one tournament in Kansas City and the other in New York.  Have Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday as a 4 day tournament in each division.  The winner of those divisions could play each other on that Thursday (2 days later).  Say if Syracuse and Kansas are the winners of their tournaments, and 'Cuse has a higher RPI, they could play each other at the Carrier Dome.  It would be a cool game.  Plus, it would give the road team more than a week to get ready for the NCAA tournament. 

I think this conference could work for many reasons

1. The rest of the Big 12 schools want to escape UT/Austin, this would work
2. These Big 12 teams would get into a BCS conference.
3. Thanks to Syracuse and UCONN alums at ESPN, these Big 12 teams would get extra exposure being in the Big East
4. Since the Big East TV contract is up and because NBC wants more sports exposure, there could be a bidding war and the new TV deal could be worth hundred of millions dollars more.
5. You could have the Houston, Dallas, Tampa, DC, St. Louis, Kansas City, Cincinnati, New York, Boston, and Pittsburgh TV markets.
6. You could keep the same people in the Big 12 conference to run the other division. 
7. With the amount of power this conference could have, these realistic scheduling ideas i have could happen. 

I have a bad feeling that eventually the Big 10 or the ACC will invite UCONN, Syraucse, Rutgers, and Pittsburgh to their conference.  South Florida, Louisville, Cincinnati, and West Virginia could be left for dead.  Whats even worse is that Marinatto doesn't seem to want to do anything about it.  It would be nice to not to have to worry about this potential conference realignment every year. 

Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions?  Could this work?

I love the Big East just like everybody here but if a Big East football school got an invite to join another BCS conference, unfortunately, you would have to go.  I have learned that from following your website in the last year. 

Everything i am proposing here is pretty much the same things that most people have been saying for the last year, with tweaks here and there.

Why not finally make a superconference that makes sense?

Kick out the non-football schools

Add

Kansas St, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Houston, Texas A&M

You could have 2 Divisions

Connecticut

Louisville

Pittsburgh

Rutgers

Syracuse

West Virginia

South Florida

Cincinnati

----------

TCU

Kansas St

Missouri

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Texas A&M

Houston

Kansas

(if A&M and Missouri go to the SEC, pick up Memphis and Texas Tech)

The theory of this conference idea is simple, keep everything REGIONAL.  Nobody wants or needs to see TCU play Syracuse in women's basketball in the middle of February.  Plus it would save a lot of travel time and money. 

For an example, in football, you play everybody in your division and one game in the other division every year.  Have the winner of each division meet in one of those (god-awful money scam) conference championship games.  So if Oklahoma and Syracuse wins their division, let the team with the higher BCS ranking get the championship game at their home field, so you are guaranteed a sell-out for the game. Instant Money Maker. 

In basketball, play everybody in your division, home and home, and play a home and home game against 1 team in the other division every year.  How great would a Kansas/Syracuse, home and home, in the first week of January be, in the same season!  After the first week of conference play, the divisions wouldn't have to play each other again for the rest of the regular season.  Thats 16 conference games per team, per season.  Good enough. 

In the other sports, you could probably schedule the same as I did for football.  You keep costs and travel time down by keeping everything regional. 

In conference tournaments, such as basketball, why not have 2 different regional conference tournaments?  Why not start these tournaments the Saturday of the final weekend of the College Basketball regular season.  Have one tournament in Kansas City and the other in New York.  Have Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday as a 4 day tournament in each division.  The winner of those divisions could play each other on that Thursday (2 days later).  Say if Syracuse and Kansas are the winners of their tournaments, and 'Cuse has a higher RPI, they could play each other at the Carrier Dome.  It would be a cool game.  Plus, it would give the road team more than a week to get ready for the NCAA tournament. 

I think this conference could work for many reasons

1. The rest of the Big 12 schools want to escape UT/Austin, this would work
2. These Big 12 teams would get into a BCS conference.
3. Thanks to Syracuse and UCONN alums at ESPN, these Big 12 teams would get extra exposure being in the Big East
4. Since the Big East TV contract is up and because NBC wants more sports exposure, there could be a bidding war and the new TV deal could be worth hundred of millions dollars more.
5. You could have the Houston, Dallas, Tampa, DC, St. Louis, Kansas City, Cincinnati, New York, Boston, and Pittsburgh TV markets.
6. You could keep the same people in the Big 12 conference to run the other division. 
7. With the amount of power this conference could have, these realistic scheduling ideas i have could happen. 

I have a bad feeling that eventually the Big 10 or the ACC will invite UCONN, Syraucse, Rutgers, and Pittsburgh to their conference.  South Florida, Louisville, Cincinnati, and West Virginia could be left for dead.  Whats even worse is that Marinatto doesn't seem to want to do anything about it.  It would be nice to not to have to worry about this potential conference realignment every year. 

Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions?  Could this work?

to either Phoenix or Toronto. 

Trade the 6th pick for the 2012 Suns first round pick (non-lottery protected). 

The Suns would consider this because it would guarantee them Jimmer Fredette.  Fredette could be the replacement for Nash and sell tickets at the same time (win-win).  They can keep their late lottery pick and get Biyombo, Markeiff Morris, etc.  If the Jazz select Enes Kanter, Derrick Williams, or Jonas Valaciunas instead of Brandon Knight, they will definitely want to select Jimmer at pick 12 and the Suns has pick 13.  The Suns will have a very hard time making the playoffs next year. The Clippers, Kings (if they get Tony Parker), Rockets, and Jazz are better than them right now and they didn't make the playoffs last year. 

or Trade the 6th pick for the 2012 Toronto Raptors first round pick (non-lottery protected).

The Raptors would consider this because they can get a PG and a Center.  They could get Brandon Knight and take a chance on Biyombo.  They could get Kemba Walker/Biyombo, Valaciunas/Biyombo, Vesely/Biyombo, Valaciunas/Vesely, etc etc etc.  They have so many options to take with this pick.  They just got a new coach who is defensive minded.  Biyombo is definitely worth the risk as a 2nd First Round Pick. 

Whatever happends this season (unless the raptors get Tony Parker), both teams will be in the lottery in 2012.  As everybody on this site knows, the 2012 draft is loaded.  If Kanter or Valaciunas are not available, its worth the risk. 

Would the raptors or suns consider this?  Would you consider this as a wizards fan? 

Thoughts?

On a number of NBA draft and general websites, people seem to think that the Wizards are very high on Jan Vesely. Vesely seems like a good prospect, plays hard, exciting, can run with Wall, etc. Whether he can become a star or not, who knows, so why not trade for a similar player with NBA experience like Austin Daye.

Daye is a big-time prospect. He is the same height as Vesely. He is long, athletic, and can get to the rim easier than most. He could end being a solid wing player and running mate with Wall. He has been stuck playing in Detroit with a very dysfunctional group. He has had uneven minutes and no point guard during his time in the NBA.

I think the Pistons would trade Daye for the 6th pick. Detroit has new ownership. Joe Dumars can impress his new boss by having two lottery picks in the upcoming draft.

On a scale of 1-10(Kevin Durant), Daye could be a solid 8.5. All Daye needs is consistent playing time and to get stronger. His height can cover up his deficiencies on defense and Wall can cover up his deficiencies on offense. Worst case scenario, if he can't guard and/or score on SFs, he can be moved to SG. His quickness and height would be a matchup nightmare for SGs. When SGs play him on defense, he would be a half a foot taller than his defender, so he would be able to shoot uncontested with ease. As everybody knows, the 2012 draft is loaded with SF prospects, so moving Daye to SG is realistic.

I think Daye could end up being a solid second-tier superstar. He is a good candidate to help the Wizards rebuild with.

What are you expecting with the new jerseys? 

I hope they aren't as bland as the Pacers or Bucks jerseys but i hope they aren't as horrific as the spaceship Rockets jerseys or the dinosaur Raptor jerseys of the mid 90s. 

 I am hoping they can look as good as the current Jazz jerseys, which combine the past and the present jersey designs perfectly.  As of right now, I am cautiously optimistic.  They can't screw this up

thoughts?

As a Wizards fan and a Bandwagon Grizzlies fan, I really hope that the Griz would consider signing Shawn Livingston.

I got a chance to watch all of his games with the Wiz.  He has regained most of his mobility that he lost due to his gruesome injury.  He is 6ft7, so he can post up any point guard guarding him to help him get closer to basket anytime and he can D up any PG and cause them to alter shots and stay in front of them even without having blazing speed.

I was impressed how much of floor leader he was with the wiz during his brief period of time with the team. He has a great basketball IQ.   He may only be able to play Ginobeli type minutes (25 minutes) per game, but he would be a great closer for this team. 

Thoughts?

If the Wizards don't get a top 3 pick in the lottery, should they consider trading the pick for Beasley? If that's not an option, should the Wizards try to trade a future lottery protected 1st round pick for Beasley?  Miami might consider the latter because they want to free up more Cap Space for this summer and get rid of Beasley.

Would it be a good idea for Beasley to come home?  Would Beasley and Blatche be too much of a bad combination?  Would Beasley be able to regain the form he had in college, where he played defense and rarely took bad shots? 

Thoughts?