Rumor: Pitt Joining the Big Ten

[BUCK3YE5]

i like...

[Sportsbuck]

it's just a massive mistake they dont get ND. Not a slight against pitt but that school does not excite me as a big ten fan. missouri doesnt either. Nd, syracuse would be much better for the conference than pitt or mizzou. ND is making a poor financial decision by not trying to ge in the big 10.

The Big Ten actually invited ND to join the league about a decade ago.. their faculty unanimously voted to join but the Board of Trustees turned it down.

[nesper]

Yeah you're right, Notre Dame is making a poor decision. However, the Big 10 has nothing to do with it. ND refuses to join any conference in football. And until that changes, ND will continue to be an independent and think it's better than everyone else.

while i agree with yo on why notre dame wont i do have to take issue with your "sec of basketball" when the cream of the crop of the big ten michigan state has taken big east teams to the woodshed when it counts in march the previous 3 years. and 2008 being the only of the last 3 years the big east had a better tourney record.

[FirstTimer]

The Big Ten actually invited ND to join the league about a decade ago.. their faculty unanimously voted to join but the Board of Trustees turned it down.

I'd LOL if after the Big East gets raped of it's top teams if ND joins the BE for football and takes the autobid every year for the BCS money.

[jHammack]

while i agree with yo on why notre dame wont i do have to take issue with your "sec of basketball" when the cream of the crop of the big ten michigan state has taken big east teams to the woodshed when it counts in march the previous 3 years. and 2008 being the only of the last 3 years the big east had a better tourney record.

The Big East had 4 teams in the Elite 8 last year. Two of which went to the Final Four. Yeah Michigan State has had some success, but that doesn't mean the conference is better because 1 team had success. Not to mention the Big East had 7 teams in the tournament, 4 out of 7 in the last 8. That's impressive. If I'm not mistaken, the Big 10 had 4 teams in the whole tournament.

[jHammack]

i like...

Thanks for making a meaningful post in the discussion.

[nesper]

The Big East had 4 teams in the Elite 8 last year. Two of which went to the Final Four. Yeah Michigan State has had some success, but that doesn't mean the conference is better because 1 team had success. Not to mention the Big East had 7 teams in the tournament, 4 out of 7 in the last 8. That's impressive. If I'm not mistaken, the Big 10 had 4 teams in the whole tournament.

they had 7 and if you look over the last 10 years the big ten has sent a team to the final in 5 of those years (2000, 02,05,07 and 09) and 2 of those years they represented half the final four (2000 and 2005)

[Fox1994]

I'd LOL if after the Big East gets raped of it's top teams if ND joins the BE for football and takes the autobid every year for the BCS money.

Haha. I second the notion

 

for the motion for the promotion.

[Maize]

I like Pitt joining, but I was pretty sure it would be Mizzou. Then I saw TCU going to the Big XII, Boise State and Utah to the Pac-10, etc. Now it looks like the Big East will have to realign. Also, what about a new name, or do they stick with Big Ten?

So it will probably look like:
West
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
Northwestern
Wisconsin

East
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Purdue

[jHammack]

they had 7 and if you look over the last 10 years the big ten has sent a team to the final in 5 of those years (2000, 02,05,07 and 09) and 2 of those years they represented half the final four (2000 and 2005)

Okay I went and looked and they had 6 I think. However, out of those teams Michigan State and Purdue were the only 2 teams to advance into the Sweet 16. The Big East, had 5 and 4 of which went on to the Elite 8, and UConn beat Purdue in the Sweet 16 leaving 1 Big 10 team.

[St. Francisco]

Is it anymore stupid than calling yourself the Big Ten when you've had 11 teams since 1990?

Well, at least the number 11 is in the logo...

[JeremyHight]

If true, I'd like to see a setup like the following...

Division A
Michigan
Ohio State
Illinois
Michigan State
Iowa
Northwestern

Division B
Penn State
Pitt
Wisconsin
Purdue
Indiana
Minnesota

Relatively balanced and can make the last week of the season before the Conference Championship have some good in division rivalry games.

[jHammack]

If true, I'd like to see a setup like the following...

Division A
Michigan
Ohio State
Illinois
Michigan State
Iowa
Northwestern

Division B
Penn State
Pitt
Wisconsin
Purdue
Indiana
Minnesota

Relatively balanced and can make the last week of the season before the Conference Championship have some good in division rivalry games.

+1... A better division than some of the others I've seen proposed. I just want Penn State/Pitt.. It's long overdue.

[packersfan4eva]

Aside from my really retarded divisions, here's my actual proposition:

East
Penn State
Pitt
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Purdue

West
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Michigan
Northwestern
Minnesota
Michigan State

[packersfan4eva]

If true, I'd like to see a setup like the following...

Division A
Michigan
Ohio State
Illinois
Michigan State
Iowa
Northwestern

Division B
Penn State
Pitt
Wisconsin
Purdue
Indiana
Minnesota

Relatively balanced and can make the last week of the season before the Conference Championship have some good in division rivalry games.

Only problem that I see is that Indiana-Illinois is a pretty big rivalry. For us, at least. We usually have pretty balanced teams, and with the whole Eric Gordon shit a few years back it's gotten more intense