Do you guys think if it was only Gonzaga that they would do a western and eastern division? I tend to think so, and that would help Gonzaga not have to visit every super far eastern team every year. Can't do 22 conference games. However, divisions would only create 16 conference games if it was done in a traditional way. I don't think the BE wants to go from 20 to 16 conference games. So do they do traditional and then rotate teams in the other division you play twice every year?
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04-07-2022, 08:37 AM #51"I知 willing to sacrifice everything for this team. I知 going to dive for every loose ball, close out harder on every shot, block out for every rebound. I知 going to play harder than I致e ever played. And I need you all to follow me." -MB '17
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04-07-2022, 08:44 AM #52
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04-07-2022, 08:51 AM #53
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04-07-2022, 09:19 AM #54
Would their conference let them keep other sports in and take BB only to the BE?
...he went up late, and I was already up there.
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04-07-2022, 09:20 AM #55
It isn't the amount of extra time its the amount of extra trips.
Even on a private plane, a Wednesday game @ St. Johns, followed by a Saturday game @ Seton Hall is tough for a program coming from that far west.
Again, it's their issue, not the BE's or the other BE teams.
Even still, you can't do a round robin, so divisions seem to make sense, I am just wondering what an alternative to that is. Do the other larger conferences all have divisions? If not, what do they do, anyone know?"I知 willing to sacrifice everything for this team. I知 going to dive for every loose ball, close out harder on every shot, block out for every rebound. I知 going to play harder than I致e ever played. And I need you all to follow me." -MB '17
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04-07-2022, 09:23 AM #56
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04-07-2022, 09:23 AM #57
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I’m not a fan of adding Gonzaga and when the BE was 10 teams I was in favor of expansion for only 3 candidates:
UCONN, Notre Dane and Kansas
We got UCONN and I’m happy with 11 but I’d be fine going to 12 only if we can add in either Kansas or Notre Dame. Both are likely pipe dreams but that’s what they said about UCONN.
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04-07-2022, 09:30 AM #58
I thought I saw DePaul in the transfer portal looking to go out West. If that happens, then Gonzaga might fill in nicely... LOL
We've come a long way since my bench seat at the Fieldhouse!
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04-07-2022, 09:32 AM #59
Ok so there it is, they wouldn't go home. That makes total sense for professional teams, I didn't know how routine that was for colleges. I bet not that routine but maybe I am wrong. What if it is a Tuesday/Saturday game? I get they miss a lot of school, so I am not trying to be pearl clutching about that, just seems tough.
But again, their problem. My bigger question is how they will schedule conference games. No matter what they decide divisions or not, every BE team can't play every BE team twice"I知 willing to sacrifice everything for this team. I知 going to dive for every loose ball, close out harder on every shot, block out for every rebound. I知 going to play harder than I致e ever played. And I need you all to follow me." -MB '17
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04-07-2022, 09:36 AM #60
Again, on the travel, no one thinks twice about Bellarmine being in the Atlantic Sun. Literally, no one thinks twice about it, because they don't care! But seriously, I guarantee their baseball team is taking a bus to every road series.
Louisville to Gardner-Webb: 6 hours, 27 minutes
Louisville to SEMO: 4 hours, 22 minutes
Louisville to Presbyterian: 6 hours, 49 minutes
Louisville to Jacksonville State: 6 hours, 28 minutes
Louisville to Central Arkansas: 8 hours, 21 minutes
Louisville to North Alabama: 5 hours, 8 minutes
And those are all car times. With a bus, you know you are adding time.
Again, with the non-revenue sports aboard, it really doesn't work. But if you're only talking about flying the basketball teams around on chartered jets, the travel burden would not be at all outside the norm for colllege sports.
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