According to Louisville AD Tom Jurich, Syracuse (along with Florida State and Clemson) pushed hard for Louisville over UConn as the 14th member of the ACC. That shouldn't make our upcoming games with them awkward or anything.
The ACC announced today that Louisville would become the 14th member and that it would not expand to 16 schools. Both decisions showcase the good and bad way of ACC thinking.
The University of Louisville joined the ACC Tuesday, a move that could serve as the decisive blow to the value of the Big East Conference and its men's college basketball tournament held annually at Madison Square Garden.
On Monday, the Big East Conference invited Tulane and ECU to join the league. A day later, Louisville bolts to the ACC. SB Nation New York's Jared Smith says from the beginning the Big East has been incompetent in its decision making.
We've seen this movie before. Some characters are new, some names have been changed, but the plot line -- it's all too familiar.
According to Louisville AD Tom Jurich, Syracuse (along with Florida State and Clemson) pushed hard for Louisville over UConn as the 14th member of the ACC. That shouldn't make our upcoming games with them awkward or anything.
The ACC announced today that Louisville would become the 14th member and that it would not expand to 16 schools. Both decisions showcase the good and bad way of ACC thinking.
The University of Louisville joined the ACC Tuesday, a move that could serve as the decisive blow to the value of the Big East Conference and its men's college basketball tournament held annually at Madison Square Garden.
On Monday, the Big East Conference invited Tulane and ECU to join the league. A day later, Louisville bolts to the ACC. SB Nation New York's Jared Smith says from the beginning the Big East has been incompetent in its decision making.
Wednesday morning, we learned that Louisville will move to the ACC in 2014. This will be an abject disaster for the Cardinals.
Forget athletics, not going to the ACC is an academic disaster for UConn
This won't end well.
The Big East will add Tulane in all sports and ECU in football only in a reaction to the latest round of conference realignment. All while Villanova remains impotent in conference realignment.
Tulane and ECU will be Big East schools by 2014. As for what that makes the Big East, I don't know...
I want my blankie.
Maryland is off to the Big Ten, leaving the ACC one short of NCAA Tournament automatic-qualifier status. Does this open up the possibility of a school like Boston College, N.C. State or Florida State fielding a varsity men's lacrosse program?
The ACC voted to add Louisville this morning.
And so, the great debate of UConn vs. Louisville is over. The Louisville Cardinals are headed to the ACC and the UConn Huskies will remain in the Big East. At least for now.
The Cardinals finally got their ticket out of the Big East, but the Big East is also running out of suitable replacement schools for the ACC to poach.
A Syracuse.com article asks who at SU should be paying for the $7.5M exit fee that we'll have to pay the Big East to leave in July.