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SMU had better be ready for this.....the Big East is all over the Top 25 with the number # 1 ranked team and 4 in the Top 10 (#S 1, 8,9 AND 10) with Marquette rounding out the Top 20 :


TEAM RECORD PTS
1 SYRACUSE (30) 15-0 774
2 Kentucky (1) 13-1 739
3 Duke 12-1 679
4 North Carolina 13-2 670
5 Baylor 13-0 638
6 Missouri 13-0 620
7 Ohio State 13-2 593
8 CONNECTICUT 12-1 580
9 GEORGETOWN 12-1 515
10 LOUISVILLE 12-2 454
11 Michigan State 13-2 442
12 Indiana 13-1 423
13 Michigan 12-2 368
14 Florida 11-3 367
15 Kansas 10-3 318
16 Mississippi State 13-2 300
17 UNLV 15-2 263
18 Murray State 14-0 236
19 Wisconsin 12-3 230
20 MARQUETTE 12-2 196
21 Harvard 12-1 156
22 Kansas State 11-1 127
23 Virginia 12-1 125
24 Creighton 11-2 67
25 San Diego State

#1 & #8 are ACC bound. Just keep recruiting, we're getting closer

Understood on the ACC converts, but SDSU is also ranked in the Top 25 and we will be scheduling them in basketball, even though they aren't a BE basketball member.

when did Uconn get invited to the ACC?

They didn't but have extensively lobbied for it, but the ACC may just stay at 14 schools when Syracuse and Pitt eventually join. But from the Conn governor as below says if they don't get into the ACC...'you fall back to the BE':


"Dannel P. Malloy, the Connecticut governor, has now weighed in on conference realignment.

I think there was expectancy built up initially that this was quickly going to be resolved. That's clearly not the case. The ACC has the first decision to make and that's whether they're going to stay at 14 teams or stay at 16. I know that there's one team, one school that they would like to get into the ACC that would guarantee them going to 16 teams and that's been speculated to be Notre Dame. I suspect that that's true. I don't know how likely that is to happen or not happen. Although, I tend to think it's not terribly likely."

But, if the ACC sticks at 14, what do you do if you are UConn? as Malloy quoted: "Beyond that you fall back to the Big East."

Boston College will continue to talk about 'territorial exclusivity' and make it difficult for U Conn to get accepted. A block by Boston College to the ACC is really no different than USF's block of UCF to the Big East, Kentucky's block of Louisville or Florida, Georgia and South Carolina's supposed "Gentlemen's Agreement" that would prevent Florida State, Georgia Tech and Clemson, respectively, from joining the SEC. If SMU, UCF and Houston bring good programs to the BE, the U Conn talk may settle down.

my bad on UConn, was thinking Cuse. As for SDSU, they play good ball. I wouldn't say they are out of our league or anything, just another tough opponent. I'm not really scared of other teams/programs anymore, just need our guys to get experience. We'll have enough to compete at a high level by '13. Maybe not win at a huge clip, but compete

hoopmanx wrote:my bad on UConn, was thinking Cuse.

I think you mean Pitt

Mitch McConnell wrote:

hoopmanx wrote:my bad on UConn, was thinking Cuse.

I think you mean Pitt

Yep, Cuse & Pitt

San Diego State is only joining the Big East as a football playing member. All other sports are going to the West Coast Conference.

RunningStang wrote:San Diego State is only joining the Big East as a football playing member. All other sports are going to the West Coast Conference.

Understood and that's what I said above, but they will be playing basketball in OOC vs. the west football playing BE members per BE Agreement with SDSU. We will see them here at Moody.