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In comments during the presentation, Ackerman confirmed that media rights negotiations with Fox Sports begin soon, conversations are already underway to extend the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden through at least 2032 with "strong mutual interest" in an extension, and while the Big East is not expanding under its current media deal, it maintains communication with Gonzaga University, which is weighing pursuit of a deal with the Big 12, which is adding Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah in 2024.
"There's no better fit for Gonzaga than the Big East, if you look at the kind of school they are," Ackerman said. "It's clear from what we read that other factors may have come into play for them in terms of money, alignment with maybe a football league. That's their decision to make."
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Hmm. . . Would love to see it. Especially if they could bring SMC and LMU too. That would make 14 teams. Here is how I would stack it up . . .
Big East East
Seton Hall, SJU, Gtown, Nova, UConn, Providence, Xavier
Big East West
Gonzaga. SMC Creighton, Marquette, DePaul, Butler, LMU
Big East Schedule - You play teams from your division twice (12 games). you play teams from the other division once (7 games) - 19 game conference schedule
Worst team in each division is out after regular season
Twelve Teams make the Big East Tourney - 6 from each division and they are seeded 1 thru twelve with the top team from each division guaranteed to be the 1 and 2 seeds and the second team in the division guaranteed to be the 3 and 4 seeds.
Round one Wednesday - 12 v. 5 and 11 v. 6, 10 v. 7, 8 v. 9 The 4 top teams get a bye
Round two quarterfinals Thursday - 1 v. 8/9 and 4 v. 6/12 on one side of bracket and , 2 v. 7/10 and 3 v. 6/11 on other side of bracket
Friday Semifinals
Saturday Big East Finals
In comments during the presentation, Ackerman confirmed that media rights negotiations with Fox Sports begin soon, conversations are already underway to extend the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden through at least 2032 with "strong mutual interest" in an extension, and while the Big East is not expanding under its current media deal, it maintains communication with Gonzaga University, which is weighing pursuit of a deal with the Big 12, which is adding Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah in 2024.
"There's no better fit for Gonzaga than the Big East, if you look at the kind of school they are," Ackerman said. "It's clear from what we read that other factors may have come into play for them in terms of money, alignment with maybe a football league. That's their decision to make."
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Hmm. . . Would love to see it. Especially if they could bring SMC and LMU too. That would make 14 teams. Here is how I would stack it up . . .
Big East East
Seton Hall, SJU, Gtown, Nova, UConn, Providence, Xavier
Big East West
Gonzaga. SMC Creighton, Marquette, DePaul, Butler, LMU
Big East Schedule - You play teams from your division twice (12 games). you play teams from the other division once (7 games) - 19 game conference schedule
Worst team in each division is out after regular season
Twelve Teams make the Big East Tourney - 6 from each division and they are seeded 1 thru twelve with the top team from each division guaranteed to be the 1 and 2 seeds and the second team in the division guaranteed to be the 3 and 4 seeds.
Round one Wednesday - 12 v. 5 and 11 v. 6, 10 v. 7, 8 v. 9 The 4 top teams get a bye
Round two quarterfinals Thursday - 1 v. 8/9 and 4 v. 6/12 on one side of bracket and , 2 v. 7/10 and 3 v. 6/11 on other side of bracket
Friday Semifinals
Saturday Big East Finals
