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    Quote Originally Posted by MCXU View Post
    I seem to remember back in the day, discussing the pro's and con's of adding teams like Richmond, St. Louis and Charlotte to the A10.

    Deep breath.

    We are currently having a discussion about whether or not we should accept UCONN and their 4 Nation Titles in the last 20 years.

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    God I love the Big East.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MCXU View Post
    I seem to remember back in the day, discussing the pro's and con's of adding teams like Richmond, St. Louis and Charlotte to the A10.

    Deep breath.

    We are currently having a discussion about whether or not we should accept UCONN and their 4 Nation Titles in the last 20 years.

    Deep breath.

    God I love the Big East.
    Me too!! I especially love it in its current format.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xubrew View Post
    Yes. They actually got 7/9 in once, and 6/9 in two or three other times. I think they had 6/8 once as well.

    EDIT: It actually happened more than I thought. Since the field went to 64 teams, they got 6/8 in 1986, 1987, 1989, and 1991. They got 6/9 in 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, and 2004. There were only about three or four years where they got fewer than five.

    If they start getting 10/15 teams in with that kind of frequency then I'll concede the point. But, I don't see that happening.

    They never did get 7/9 teams. The Big East did, though, in 1991. I knew it had been done and thought it was the ACC that had done it. But, I guess it was us. Well, it was sort of us.
    NM...I screwed up and forgot South Carolina left. Don't know how I could possibly forget that.

    I guess you'd have to break it all down, but if you had 10 members and got 50%, and went to 14 and got 50%, those extra 2 teams in the dance and the resulting potential money might work.

    I do favor the smaller number with the round robin though.
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    South Carolina left what?

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    Quote Originally Posted by paulxu View Post
    They had 9 members by 1983 and 10 members by 1992. per Wiki.

    I guess you'd have to break it all down, but if you had 10 members and got 50%, and went to 14 and got 50%, those extra 2 teams in the dance and the resulting potential money might work.

    I do favor the smaller number with the round robin though.
    Who, the ACC or the Big East??

    The ACC had eight until Florida State joined in 1992.

    You're far more likely to boost the power rankings with ten than with 14, 5-out-of-10 will happen far more frequently than 7-out-of-14 or for that matter 6-out of 12. Just look at the Big Twelve. They're down to ten, and they almost always get more than half of their teams in. Hell, the Big East has gotten half or more in in two out of the three years. I think it only managed to get half or more of the teams in twice since it went beyond ten. They may have done it one more year, but they certainly weren't doing it with regularity the way we are now.
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    UConn beat writer David Borges tweeted about 30 mins ago:

    #UConn AD David Benedict shoots down rumors of school's recent interest in joining Big East.

    https://twitter.com/DaveBorges/statu...90465633320961

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChicagoX View Post
    UConn beat writer David Borges tweeted about 30 mins ago:

    #UConn AD David Benedict shoots down rumors of school's recent interest in joining Big East.

    https://twitter.com/DaveBorges/statu...90465633320961
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    SB Nation also reporting on a statement from UConn's AD:

    UConn, Big East deny report that Huskies might be joining the conference

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    UConn

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoMuskies View Post
    South Carolina left what?
    Quote Originally Posted by xubrew View Post
    The ACC had eight until Florida State joined in 1992.
    South Carolina left the ACC (1971), which took it to 7 teams for a few years. Georgia Tech joined (1979), they went back to 8, and then to 9 with Florida State.

    I edited my post, but you grabbed it quick!! Percentages of teams in is one measuring factor. Total dollars earned in the tournament is another.
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