Nate Silver takes a look at how leaving the Big East helps the 7 schools.
Silver uses Sagarin ratings to compare how the 7 would be dragged down by the future Big East versus forming their own conference. Silver hypothesizes like Brian this new conference could be on par with or just a notch below the Pac-12 or SEC.
Silver gets some grief over his election predictions even though he's spot-on. This look at the new conference gives us an idea why on the court this makes sense. Dollars are still an issue. At this moment, these 7 will have to play in the bastardized Big East next year.
- The 7 schools can leave w/o paying an exit fee if they leave as a group
- The 7 schools would have to wait 27 months to move but that can be negotiated by lawyer$$$$
- They could take the name, but that's unlikely and while the originals feel you have to keep it for branding purposes, it's not the Big East.
- Will they get an auto-bid to the NCAA? Pretty safe bet this will happen
- The conference tournament could be kept at MSG. MSG has a deal with the "Big East" but can end it at any time. Marquette is pushing for a rotating host. Options would abound depending on membership but you'd have access to D.C., Chicago, New York (Barclays), Philadelphia and maybe Indianapolis (doubtful with B1G their).
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