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Agree that the inevitable breakup of the BE isn't ideal, but were many people excited when we added Cincinnati, USF, WVU (not great in hoops at the time)? Face it, our conference has gotten too unwieldy, and the ACC is much preferable to a Big 12/C-USA/BE "leftover league".
Love it or hate it, the ACC does have:
*** a pretty good history (established in 1953)
*** excellent on-campus venues (Duke, UNC, Virginia, Maryland, Wake Forest)
*** basketball tradition (although BE certainly has been riding high lately in terms of success)
Who could complain about these divisions? (hear that BE...divisions!)
NORTH:
BC
Maryland
Pitt
Rutgers
Syracuse
UConn
Va. Tech
Virginia
SOUTH:
Clemson
Duke
FSU
Georgia Tech
Miami
NC State
North Carolina
Wake Forest
*** Basketball (18 games total): Play each team in division twice (14 games) and 4 of the other division's 8 teams once each, rotating every 2 years. Invite all 16 teams to league tournament (MSG and Charlotte rotate).
*** Football (9 games): Play each team in division (7 games) and 2 of the other division's 8 teams, rotating every 4 years.
Scheduling negatives: In basketball, you'd get UNC/Duke only once every 2 years (and at home only once every 4 years) and in football it would take 4 years to rotate through each team in the South division and 8 years to get each team in South at home.
Scheduling positives: Still retain our rivalries with Syracuse and Pitt and add MD/BC as good rivalries. 18-game league schedule would still allow 2-3 non-league games per year vs. the likes of SJ, 'Nova, G'town, PC (face it: L'ville and Marquette weren't even on our radar until a few years ago...gotta give up something.)
Divisions would foster rivalries and would make the league tournament/football cahmpionship game truly exciting as we'd be playing teams in other divisions we had only played once every 2-4 years.
At this point, it's no use looking backwards. The BE served its purpose, but was always a hodgepodge of a league in terms of many teams playing in arenas not even on campus (G'town, 'Nova's bigger games, us at XL) that lacked great atmosphere. Granted, MSG was the mecca, but let's not forget that the league tournament used to rotate sites.
Thoughts???
Love it or hate it, the ACC does have:
*** a pretty good history (established in 1953)
*** excellent on-campus venues (Duke, UNC, Virginia, Maryland, Wake Forest)
*** basketball tradition (although BE certainly has been riding high lately in terms of success)
Who could complain about these divisions? (hear that BE...divisions!)
NORTH:
BC
Maryland
Pitt
Rutgers
Syracuse
UConn
Va. Tech
Virginia
SOUTH:
Clemson
Duke
FSU
Georgia Tech
Miami
NC State
North Carolina
Wake Forest
*** Basketball (18 games total): Play each team in division twice (14 games) and 4 of the other division's 8 teams once each, rotating every 2 years. Invite all 16 teams to league tournament (MSG and Charlotte rotate).
*** Football (9 games): Play each team in division (7 games) and 2 of the other division's 8 teams, rotating every 4 years.
Scheduling negatives: In basketball, you'd get UNC/Duke only once every 2 years (and at home only once every 4 years) and in football it would take 4 years to rotate through each team in the South division and 8 years to get each team in South at home.
Scheduling positives: Still retain our rivalries with Syracuse and Pitt and add MD/BC as good rivalries. 18-game league schedule would still allow 2-3 non-league games per year vs. the likes of SJ, 'Nova, G'town, PC (face it: L'ville and Marquette weren't even on our radar until a few years ago...gotta give up something.)
Divisions would foster rivalries and would make the league tournament/football cahmpionship game truly exciting as we'd be playing teams in other divisions we had only played once every 2-4 years.
At this point, it's no use looking backwards. The BE served its purpose, but was always a hodgepodge of a league in terms of many teams playing in arenas not even on campus (G'town, 'Nova's bigger games, us at XL) that lacked great atmosphere. Granted, MSG was the mecca, but let's not forget that the league tournament used to rotate sites.
Thoughts???