Go Green
PhD Student
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04-10-24 06:09 AM - Post#367184
In response to Chip Bayers
Except Dave Gavitt created the Big East as a TV conference, and sold it to ESPN to headline Big Monday BITD. Boeheim, for example, sold LA kid Stevie Thompson on the fact his family would be able to see him on national TV constantly if he came to the cold and isolation of upstate NY.
Yep. Although the Big East didn't hurt any other conferences, it did hurt a lot of independent programs that were relevant prior to the formation of the BE. Among others, Iona, (then) Detroit, DePaul (although it eventually joined the BE) were competitive programs until the BE was formed.
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