Report: Catholic Seven, Big East Eyeing 2014 Hoops Split
According to a report by Andy Katz, the Catholic 7 consisting of Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, Marquette, DePaul and Villanova, plan to finalize their exit from the Big East basketball conference and form their own league by the fall of 2014.
After that, it's expected a legal battle will determine who gets to keep the Big East conference name. Additionally, the seven defectors will then look to add schools and finalize their infrastructure:
The departing seven -- Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, Marquette, DePaul and Villanova -- still must form a league. They also need to decide on a commissioner, bylaws, location, championships, compliance rules and how many schools they will add. The departing seven are expected to initially target Butler and Xavier out of the Atlantic 10, and possibly grow to 10 or 12 teams with candidates among Creighton, Dayton, Saint Louis, Richmond and VCU.
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Good luck to the Catholic 7. Unfortunately for them, I don't think their new league is going to change who the Pope roots for.
Now that's cool. +1
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They should look to expand by adding Xavier, St. Joesph's, and Notre Dame to form the Holy Ten
Edit: I see that now. They're looking at VCU as an expansion candidate??? They're a liberal arts public school! That would be like... well... this:
/Duff'd It
Penn St could join them. Since basketball isn't the link, you figure it out.
Definately would add St. Joseph's, Dayton, St. Louis, Butler.
What happens to the rest of the league though? Lots of turnover there soon and I guess the Catholic Seven should retain the naming right.
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