Tcu To Big East

[El Paso Eagle]

This might be a boom for TCU's B-Ball

The ability to get the top local/Texas talent to "stay home" and get to play in the Big East. This could be big if they play it right

Edited November 29, 2010 by El Paso Eagle

[Mean Green Matt]

I did not even think about that...but I think we will be fine. It will be huge for their basketball attendance for sure though.

[aztecskin]

I did not even think about that...but I think we will be fine. It will be huge for their basketball attendance for sure though.

Being top 5 in football hasn't been huge for their attendance has it?

[Mean Green Matt]

Being top 5 in football hasn't been huge for their attendance has it?

I assume playing bball teams like Pitt, Notre Dame, Uconn, Georgetown, West Virginia, Villanova, etc. at home will cause a significant increase in their basketball attendance. I can't fathom how it wouldn't.

Oh, and Syracuse.

Edited November 29, 2010 by Mean Green Matt

[CMJ]

The first thing I thought of is how this could elevate TCU's basketball exponentially very fast. Let's hope it doesn't.

[Mean Green Matt]

I don't even know how we combat them recruiting to the Big East...I suppose it would be much easier to do from CUSA.

[CMJ]

I don't even know how we combat them recruiting to the Big East...I suppose it would be much easier to do from CUSA.

Hell, I'm not sure how UT and A&M combat them either.

[ColoradoEagle]

TCU hasn't been able to capitalize on either CUSA (when it was good) or MWC strength. Obviously the Big East is a different animal, but I could see TCU being the doormat of that conference much easier than them being a power.

[MDH]

TCU hasn't been able to capitalize on either CUSA (when it was good) or MWC strength. Obviously the Big East is a different animal, but I could see TCU being the doormat of that conference much easier than them being a power.

Being the doormat of a conference still will earn them recruits. Iowa State, a doormat for big 12 football, still gets good recruits.

[utamav91]

It will help recruiting for sure, but from a wins-and-losses perspective, that is a TOUGH schedule. Kind of the football equivalent of the Big East or Big 12. Almost every night during conference play the Frogs will face a top-30 team it seems. Wow.

[ColoradoEagle]

Being the doormat of a conference still will earn them recruits. Iowa State, a doormat for big 12 football, still gets good recruits.

Sure, but good recruits want to play in the tournament, not play for a school just because they're in conference X. TCU's chances of making it to the tournament from the Big East are very small unless they can capitalize on the conference strength, which they haven't been able to figure out in the past.

Do you see TCU being able to regularly beat Uconn, Cincinatti, Providence, DePaul, Rutgers, St. John's, Seton Hall, and South Florida? Those are just the schools that didn't make it. TCU would have to be better than all of them just to get an at-large bid if they were in the Big East last year.

Will their team be better than it was in CUSA or MWC? Probably. I don't see them making huge waves in the BE, though.

[Mean Green Matt]

Sure, but good recruits want to play in the tournament, not play for a school just because they're in conference X. TCU's chances of making it to the tournament from the Big East are very small unless they can capitalize on the conference strength, which they haven't been able to figure out in the past.

Do you see TCU being able to regularly beat Uconn, Cincinatti, Providence, DePaul, Rutgers, St. John's, Seton Hall, and South Florida? Those are just the schools that didn't make it. TCU would have to be better than all of them just to get an at-large bid if they were in the Big East last year.

Will their team be better than it was in CUSA or MWC? Probably. I don't see them making huge waves in the BE, though.

I really, REALLY hope you are right.

[Dr. Seuss]

This might be a boom for TCU's B-Ball

The ability to get the top local/Texas talent to "stay home" and get to play in the Big East. This could be big if they play it right

I dont see their bball program getting any better than ours, they play in the toughest conference and an 5-11 conference record in the MWC last year. I dont see them making the leap any time soon. But it would be nice to see the big east live

[meanJewGreen]

do you think they will man up and schedule us after 2012? I feel like if anything, this gives TCU an even bigger reason to avoid us.

[MDH]

Sure, but good recruits want to play in the tournament, not play for a school just because they're in conference X. TCU's chances of making it to the tournament from the Big East are very small unless they can capitalize on the conference strength, which they haven't been able to figure out in the past.

Do you see TCU being able to regularly beat Uconn, Cincinatti, Providence, DePaul, Rutgers, St. John's, Seton Hall, and South Florida? Those are just the schools that didn't make it. TCU would have to be better than all of them just to get an at-large bid if they were in the Big East last year.

Will their team be better than it was in CUSA or MWC? Probably. I don't see them making huge waves in the BE, though.

I don't think that's a valid argument. If you were a big time player, I'd much rather go play in the big east where scouts are watching every game and you're competing against the top talent. You'll also play in the Big East tournament every year in MSG that draws a lot more viewers than a first round exit game that we play. How many NBA players does the Big East churn out? How many NBA players does the Sun Belt have?

[McKinneyMiner]

How many NBA players does the Big East churn out? How many NBA players does the Sun Belt have?

According to RPI Ratings

Big East: 54 NBA players

Sun Belt: 5 NBA players

and,

Mountain West: 10 NBA players

Edited November 29, 2010 by McKinneyMiner

[Mean Green Matt]

TCU basketball will get a lot better because of their new conference affilitation, but that DOES NOT mean that our program is going to go downhill because of it. At the end of the day, they are just 1 team. Are they going to take players from us in the future? Probably. Are we going to get players that have TCU offers in the future as well? Probably. You could copy/paste UNC into Ft. Worth and it would not destroy our basketball program.

[ColoradoEagle]

Well said. The optimist in me hopes that it helps boost college basketball in the region all around. If UNT, TCU, UTA, and even SMU could all be incredibly successful on the court and in attendance, it would benefit all of us. Even more so if we can schedule each other into OOC games.

[untwillrise]

Are all TCU sports going big east? Thought only football!

[ColoradoEagle]

All sports. They turned down the BE football-only invite a few times. BE finally relented and went to 17 in basketball.

[untwillrise]

Geez that's huge for their program. They need to get better fast or they will be the bottom feeders easy! So does that make 17 basketball teams in the conference now?

[El Paso Eagle]

Geez that's huge for their program. They need to get better fast or they will be the bottom feeders easy! So does that make 17 basketball teams in the conference now?

Might not be surprised if they split BB up between non-football and Football schools???

[THOR]

Geez that's huge for their program. They need to get better fast or they will be the bottom feeders easy! So does that make 17 basketball teams in the conference now?

yes it does...something about 3 double conference games, along with the others, decided by espn and someone else.