I'm not privvy to the numbers, but I figure football is the main driver of the TV revenue bus so I wonder how much better they would do elsewhere. I would think it would take something radical like the Pac-12 adding them as a non-football member to improve the conference's basketball profile. Or the Big East or the American doing some sort of East/West divisions, but even that seems shaky.
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Revering4Blue (02-14-2020)
BIG EAST
Western Division
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The Mountain West has tried to get Gonzaga multiple times. I think a lot of the bball money is derived from outside of the television contracts from the NCAA Tournament credits. Most of the big conferences accumulate all and distribute somewhat evenly (I think). Not sure how that is handled in the WCC.
Actually, I just googled, and it appears they remain in the WCC because they get a sweetheart deal on the Tournament credits. So yeah, they actually could join a more competitive conference, but without a football team, it would be less revenue.
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Revering4Blue (02-14-2020)
The Bearcats were giving away free palpitations to anyone in the stands that wanted them last night. Or even if they didn't want them. They pulled it out in overtime though. Tre Scott has been on fire over the past 2 contests, scoring 50 points and hauling down 32 rebounds. UC lives to fight on for another day.
Revering4Blue (02-14-2020)
UC is one of those teams that keeps getting better as the season goes on.
I don't know what their ceiling is, but it has been a lot of fun to watch them progress.
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Revering4Blue (02-14-2020)
Louisville is getting handled by the bottom of the ACC these days. Some really bad teams. Not a good look for a supposed top 5 team.
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Assembly Hall (02-16-2020)
Georgetown is a fringe NCAA Tournament team. Georgia Tech and Clemson are...not.
At the same time, you're right that a team ranked in the top 20 shouldn't be losing at home to a team with 5 scholarships players.
Last edited by Boston Red; 02-16-2020 at 12:28 AM.
With the talk about UC and some bad conference losses in regards to Butler, Louisville, etc. Historically, I feel like the committee rewards good wins more than punishing bad losses. . . especially early in the year. UC will be penalized, a little bit, for those early losses, but not as much as people think. At this rate, if UC finishes 1st or second in conference and wins at least 1 game in AAC tournament, I think they're a shoe-in to make the tournament.
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dubc47834 (02-17-2020),Revering4Blue (02-16-2020)
Bearcats playing with fire again, trailing by 8 with 11 minutes to go against East Carolina.
This team could lose 3 of their remaining regular season games and miss out on tournament orrrrrrrrr make an Elite 8 run. I have no idea how this will go.
All in all, they have played through an incredible amount of adversity this year. Quickly becoming one of my favorite UC teams of all time. 2006 will remain my favorite for multiple reasons.
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