I'm not sure of your point.Quote:
Originally Posted by XUGRAD80
All I am saying is the more good teams with good coaches in the BE, the better. Would you disagree?
Also, Jay Wright ani't walking through that door for Nova!
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I'm not sure of your point.Quote:
Originally Posted by XUGRAD80
All I am saying is the more good teams with good coaches in the BE, the better. Would you disagree?
Also, Jay Wright ani't walking through that door for Nova!
Would I agree? I couldn’t really care that much. I don’t see how a better SJU or Gtown helps X in any way. If anything, they are just more competition on the recruiting front. Therefore I really don’t care if they are good, and I doubt that anyone associated with championship teams really cares how overall strong their conferences are. All they are concerned about is how good THEY are.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z
NCAA units would disagree. Especially for this predominately private school conference.Quote:
Originally Posted by XUGRAD80
Get NINE in there!!
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Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z
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Originally Posted by XUGRAD80
Well, I agree. As a fan of X, I absolutely care about the quality of the Big East----absolutely! A rising tide lifts all boats. A strong Big East is very good for X. It attracts better recruits, more media coverage, more respect come tournament time and perhaps more financial support. UConn coming back to the conference was huge. And strong conferences attract better quality coaches----don't sell Kyle Neptune short. He'll be O.K.
So, yeah, I think the prospects for a return to better days by both GT and SJU is great.
I just want a strong Big East in general. It makes every game more enjoyable….but especially for the next 3-4 years as the Big12 tries to snag a few teams. (At least the rumor) I don’t necessarily believe the rumor but a stronger big East gets more TV$ and honestly I think fans/high donors would want to stay. The better the league the more likely it stays intact
Yeah, it's surprising to me anyone would have the opinion they don't care of the quality of teams in the conference. If that was the case why leave the A10?
I never said that I didn’t care about the quality of the teams. I said that I don’t think that how good SJU and/or Gtown were/are is that impactful on how good X is. They sucked when Nova won their championships and it didn’t affect how Nova did or how they were perceived. It certainly hasn’t effected Nova’s or UConn’s recruiting in any way. It hasn’t effected the TV coverage for anyone other them themselves. Nova still got plenty of national exposure and UConn will be getting it now. Houston played in a cluster of a league this year and still got a #1 seed. FAU and SDS play in crap leagues and they are in the F4. The B10 is said to be a great league from top to bottom and every year they lay an egg in the NCAA Tourney. Everyone knows that Gonzaga plays in a mostly crap league, but the Zags are still highly thought of.and get plenty of TV exposure and good recruits. It’s my opinion that league strength is an overrated factor and as long as a league has a few good teams, they don’t need every team to be really good. There are just so many more factors that are more important as to how X will fare in the future than how competitive SJU and Gtown will be, that I really couldn’t care either way how good or bad they are. I can’t understand why anyone here would really care either. But hey, that’s just my opinion and I really don’t care about it enough to try and convince anyone either way. Do what you want.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z
I care about the quality of the conference. I cannot think of a single reason why a fan would think otherwise.
Eyeballs on games means more $$$$ for all the teams. More $$$$ for Xavier is a good thing. Gonzaga might have a lot of eyeballs on them but is anyone going to stay up late to watch Portland vs Pepperdine?
I can’t imagine a recruit saying “I’d really like to go to Indiana, but you know Rutgers and Maryland really suck, so I don’t think I want to play in the Big 10.”
Nor can I image a casual fan saying, “I was thinking I might watch Duke play NC, but since Wake Forest and G Tech aren’t very good, I guess I’ll skip it.”
Or…How about a TV network refusing to show UCLA because USC isn’t good?
Xavier doesn’t need every BE school to be good to get exposure. They just need to be good themselves. If they are good enough, they will get plenty of exposure and pub.