Why are people acting surprised?

[ZooCougar]

Haven't missed a football game.

I wouldn’t say I am not a hoop fan. I went the Germany game at Ramstein. I was sitting next to Negandhi and Hannah Storm. I’d go to the Creighton games but they always sell out and tickets are hard to come by.

 

[John]

In March 2013, representatives of the Catholic 7 announced they would leave the conference effective June 30, 2013, retaining the Big East name, $10 million, and the right to hold the conference's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden

Louisville and Rutgers spent one season in the newly renamed conference. On July 1, 2014, Louisville joined the ACC[25] and Rutgers joined the Big Ten Conference.[26] On that same day, East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa joined The American for all sports, while Sacramento State and San Diego State joined as affiliate members for women's rowing

 

[superjohn]

I wouldn’t say I am not a hoop fan. I went the Germany game at Ramstein. I was sitting next to Negandhi and Hannah Storm. I’d go to the Creighton games but they always sell out and tickets are hard to come by.

I actually thought you said you don't care about basketball, I was wrong.

 

[Blades]

In March 2013, representatives of the Catholic 7 announced they would leave the conference effective June 30, 2013, retaining the Big East name, $10 million, and the right to hold the conference's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden

Yep the Catholic 7, had to give up about $100 mil in exit fees, etc for the tourney/ the name....and IIRC the payout split to USF, Uconn and Cincy was spread out over 6 years, right about the time Uconn announced it was leaving the AAC..

UConn set to get $30 million payday from C7 split

The Catholic Seven are paying up to leave early. Big Time.

www.theuconnblog.com

 

[ZooCougar]

I actually thought you said you don't care about basketball, I was wrong.

I’m may have said that to the myopic Hoop only fans. Didn’t mean it like that though.

 

[baggerbob]

Did the Catholic schools start the original Big East and then all the non-Catholic schools like UConn, etc. joined it?

No Syracuse was one of the original schools that started the Big East.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Tulane was added ti the AAC after the fact, I believe with Tulsa to get to twelve.

Somehow I missed that they were among the schools to be added to the BE to fill out a football conference.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Aresco worked for the BE?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

And yes, I did miss that one.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Late November 2012. I was preparing for year end while my firm was quite understaffed and my son was nearly halfway through his senior year in high school. I do remember Aresco being the one to bring in Tulane, I thought the split had already occurred.