DarkJourney

The Phoenix Coyotes are going to last forever. Oh why god? Damn you!

Damn it Bettman! Just end this god damn charade already. It's getting so :censored:ing annoying already. OK tirade over.

It would also give the NHL an opportunity to get a foothold in the new $490 million arena that is going to be built in Seattle before the National Basketball Association moves in.

That ship has sailed for now.

Ha. Anyone here who actually thinks this thing is coming close to an end must be really new.

The Phoenix Coyotes saga ending or L.A. getting an NFL team. What are the odds?

Let's relocate them immediately to Shreveport, Louisiana.

Notre Dame should just join the Catholic 7 and forget about the ACC. Football will always be independent.

I going to jab a fork in my eye now. Have a good night everyone.

Just Pure Evil

This would make more sense (and couldn't be more obvious) for MWC divisions:

Pacific

Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV

Mountain

Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah State, Wyoming

-But of course Boise wants to bitch because it prefers to play more of the west coast teams.

A possible 16 team Mountain West:

Coast Division

BYU

Fresno State

Hawaii

Nevada

San Diego State

San Jose State

UNLV

Utah State

Mountain Division

Air Force

Boise State

Colorado State

Houston

New Mexico

SMU

UTEP

Wyoming

I can't see Gonzaga & St. Mary's making those cross country treks in basketball and vice versa with the other schools coming west. Traveling in basketball is a totally different animal than football.

For the sake of schools like Boise State and San Diego State that still have time to go crawling back to the leagues they came from, here's hoping the "Group of 7" vote to disband the conference and put and end to the travesty that is the Big East.

Back to the Mountain West. A tidy 12-team MWC with 2 divisions.

Mountain

Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah State, Wyoming

Coastal

Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV

The best line-up:

Butler

Creighton

Dayton

DePaul

Marquette

Georgetown

Providence

Seton Hall

St. John's

St. Louis

Villanova

Xavier

Duke & North Carolina going their separate ways. $Greed$ just keeps on destroying college sports.

Texas-Pan American to join WAC for 2013-2014.

WAC Basketball 2013-2014

Cal State Bakersfield, Grand Canyon, Idaho, New Mexico State, Seattle, Utah Valley

-Denver leaves for The Summit League after the 2012-2013 season

-Idaho returns to the Big Sky after the 2013-2014 season

So at this point I have to think Boise State and San Diego State defect back to the Big East as, somehow, it seems slightly more pathetic than the C-USA...

To help everyone out, here's how the "Group of Five" are looking in 2015...the EXCITEMENT.

C-USA (14) - Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulsa, UAB, UTEP, UTSA

Mountain West (10) - Air Force, Colorado State, Colorado State, New Mexico, UNLV, Wyoming, Fresno State, Nevada, Hawai'i, San Jose State

Sun Belt (9) - Arkansas-Little Rock, Arkansas State, LA-Lafayette, LA-Monroe, Troy, Texas State, South Alabama, Georgia State, WKU

Big East (13) - Cincinnati, UConn, South Florida, UCF, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Boise State, Navy, SDSU, East Carolina

Arkansas-Little Rock is in the Sun Belt but they don't play football

Edit: Navy to the ACC is a hot rumor today. Obviously a Notre Dame push. If it is true, that is.

I'd consider adding Army too. Adding the east coast service academies would keep some of the "prestige" associated with the top-level academic institutions in the ACC, plus would give a presence (though muted) in both the NYC and Washington/Baltimore area markets. And of course, Army-Navy would be a conference game, adding more meaning to an already meaningful game.

Assuming you added Army/Navy and UConn/Louisville:

Army

Boston College

UConn/Louisville

Clemson

Florida State

NC State

Syracuse

Wake Forest

Duke

Georgia Tech

Miami

Navy

North Carolina

Pittsburgh

Virginia

Virginia Tech

* Plus Notre Dame for all other sports than football.

That's not half-bad, honestly. The question is, would it allow them to compete with the B1G and Big 12 when all is said and done?

or until Florida State, Virginia Tech & Virginia leave

The Big East becomes a basketball only conference again after all the football playing members disperse to different conferences. The Big East expands from 7 to 10 schools with the additions of Dayton, St. Louis and Xavier from the Atlantic-10.

Perfect (Catholic) symmetry

5 Eastern schools: Georgetown, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Villanova

5 Midwest schools: Dayton, DePaul, Marquette, St. Louis, Xavier

College football ruins everything.

Absolute greed ruins everything. CA-CHING!!!$$$$$$$

So when does Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma & Oklahoma State bolt for the Pac-12? People will deny it but it will happen eventually. The Big 12 wants to be stable and together my ass.

BYU as 14.

"In West Philadelphia..."

After the Kings relocate to Seattle the NBA goes back to 4 divisions instead of 6:

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Boston, Brooklyn, Miami, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Washington, Toronto

Central Division

Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee

Western Conference

Pacific Division

Denver, Golden State, L.A. Clippers, L.A. Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, Utah

Midwest Division

Dallas, Houston, Memphis, Minnesota, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Antonio

Just wondering about what the Big 12 will do. Expansion to 12 is on their agenda but who?

Louisville? BYU?