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    Any Chance Wichita Ends Up In Old Big East?

    Based on what I’ve read about the old Big East (soon to be under a different name) the additions of Tulsa and East Carolina mean that they will have 11 schools in 2014 and 12 in 2015 when Navy joins. Navy, however, will be a football only member. That means that the league will likely be looking for a 12th, non-football playing, school to fill out its league. Seems like WSU would have to be in that conversation. They’d want VCU, SLU or Dayton first most likely, but I don’t know if those schools would care to move from the A-10 to the new league. Seems like it might be more beneficial for Wichita who would now be in a league with UConn, Cincy and Memphis among others.

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    Re: Any Chance Wichita Ends Up In Old Big East?

    The Mountain West has the same problem with Hawaii being a football only member. That opening makes much more sense to me.

    I agree with you and think that VCU has to be their number one target...

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      Re: Any Chance Wichita Ends Up In Old Big East?

      I'm not sure why people are obsessed with 12 team leagues for basketball. 10 or 11 seems like a better number. You can play a round robin with 18 or 20 confernece games. You can play any day of the week, so scheduling with an odd number of teams shouldn't be an issue. I don't see any reason to go to 12 unless that 12th team is a big name.

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        The only thing that makes sense is for wsu to stay in the valley.

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          Re: Any Chance Wichita Ends Up In Old Big East?

          Originally posted by JD720 View Post
          I'm not sure why people are obsessed with 12 team leagues for basketball. 10 or 11 seems like a better number. You can play a round robin with 18 or 20 confernece games. You can play any day of the week, so scheduling with an odd number of teams shouldn't be an issue. I don't see any reason to go to 12 unless that 12th team is a big name.
          considering the Big "Ten" had 11 teams in it for twenty-something years, I think it's do-able

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            Re: Any Chance Wichita Ends Up In Old Big East?

            12 is a magic number for FB, allowing a championship game. Basketball and other sports, much less so.

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