Big East split fits Marquette's thoughts

[Harry]

With so many big-name defections from the Big East, the Golden Eagles have been seeing their future in a basketball-only league.

It was reported late Monday night that DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's and Villanova met with Big East commissioner Mike Aresco Sunday to express their concerns about where the league is headed.

It has lost Notre Dame, West Virginia, Syracuse, Pitt, Rutgers and Louisville while replacing those schools with Memphis, Tulane, Temple, Central Florida, SMU and Houston.

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[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Excellent idea for those schools. When basketball is your main thing, having other schools drag down your RPI can make a difference financially come March Madness.

Edited December 11, 2012 by The Fake Lonnie Finch

[DeepGreen]

Make ESPN and the other sports networks make up the financial difference to the Big East and other conferences. They're the ones that caused all of this realignment crap.