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frankthetank111 Jan 29, 11:47pm via Web
Big Ten expansion that you probably weren't thinking about: conference looking at Johns Hopkins as lacrosse member
http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2013/01/17/hopkins-draft
"...Pietramala wouldn’t confirm whether a prospective Big Ten men’s lacrosse conference is one that’s approached the Blue Jays, but multiple sources have told IL that the Big Ten, the Big East (or a representative of the future Big East) and the ECAC are among those interested in Johns Hopkins.
"...Heather Lyke is an associate athletic director at Ohio State, a member of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Committee and a driving factor in the future of lacrosse in the Big Ten. She said 10 days ago, in advance of the Big Ten Sports Management Committee meetings in Chicago, that nothing had been offered or even discussed with any certainty, but mentioned that all options for all sports would be considered, and any decisions coming out of the meetings would likely be made early-to-mid-February."
"...Jim Siedliski, the Big East Associate Commissioner for Olympic Sports and another member of the NCAA Championship Committee, also didn’t confirm the Big East’s status as a suitor for Hopkins, but his comment was still pretty enlightening. “If Hopkins is out there and they're a free agent, every conference should want them,” Siedliski said. “If there are only three that are rumored to be in contact with them, that’s a shame because in this sport, every conference should be pursuing the Blue Jays.”
"With the loss of Notre Dame and Syracuse to the ACC, Rutgers to the Big Ten and the breaking away of the informally dubbed “Catholic Seven,” Big East men’s lacrosse is in an precarious position because all of the remaining programs are in that breakaway group: Villanova, St. John’s, Marquette, Georgetown and Providence. In order to retain its NCAA Tournament AQ, that future conference would have to add another team in order to meet the six-team minimum."
Strategic vision...?
frankthetank111 Jan 29, 11:47pm via Web
Big Ten expansion that you probably weren't thinking about: conference looking at Johns Hopkins as lacrosse member
http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2013/01/17/hopkins-draft
"...Pietramala wouldn’t confirm whether a prospective Big Ten men’s lacrosse conference is one that’s approached the Blue Jays, but multiple sources have told IL that the Big Ten, the Big East (or a representative of the future Big East) and the ECAC are among those interested in Johns Hopkins.
"...Heather Lyke is an associate athletic director at Ohio State, a member of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Committee and a driving factor in the future of lacrosse in the Big Ten. She said 10 days ago, in advance of the Big Ten Sports Management Committee meetings in Chicago, that nothing had been offered or even discussed with any certainty, but mentioned that all options for all sports would be considered, and any decisions coming out of the meetings would likely be made early-to-mid-February."
"...Jim Siedliski, the Big East Associate Commissioner for Olympic Sports and another member of the NCAA Championship Committee, also didn’t confirm the Big East’s status as a suitor for Hopkins, but his comment was still pretty enlightening. “If Hopkins is out there and they're a free agent, every conference should want them,” Siedliski said. “If there are only three that are rumored to be in contact with them, that’s a shame because in this sport, every conference should be pursuing the Blue Jays.”
"With the loss of Notre Dame and Syracuse to the ACC, Rutgers to the Big Ten and the breaking away of the informally dubbed “Catholic Seven,” Big East men’s lacrosse is in an precarious position because all of the remaining programs are in that breakaway group: Villanova, St. John’s, Marquette, Georgetown and Providence. In order to retain its NCAA Tournament AQ, that future conference would have to add another team in order to meet the six-team minimum."
Strategic vision...?