Big East - Big 12 Challenge

[ChicagoX]

Per Jon Rothstein - Source: The Big East and Big 12 have officially agreed to an annual "challenge" between the two conferences, starting during the 19-20 season. Official announcement expected soon.

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1051896431395651592

[GoMuskies]

I like it. There are 4 Big XII schools within about a 2.5 hour drive from me.

[Muskie]

Per Jon Rothstein - Source: The Big East and Big 12 have officially agreed to an annual "challenge" between the two conferences, starting during the 19-20 season. Official announcement expected soon.

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1051896431395651592

Hopefully this works out better than the Gavitt Games in terms of teams coming to Cintas.

[94GRAD]

I like it. There are 4 Big XII schools within about a 2.5 hour drive from me.

Which means we'll be playing West Virginia every year.

[XMuskieFTW]

Hopefully this works out better than the Gavitt Games in terms of teams coming to Cintas.

You mean you don't want another home and home with Baylor?

[American X]

Brace yourself for invasion, Ames, Iowa.

[sirthought]

My biggest question is what took them so long?

My second question is does this really provide a guaranteed quadrant 1 game?

[JTG]

Will we get hosed like the Gavitt games ? My question is why do get the shitty matchups, except for Michigan ? It's not like we're the
chopped liver of the Big East. I can see us with 2 farm aid games at KState and Iowa State, while Butler gets Kansas.

[XMuskieFTW]

Will we get hosed like the Gavitt games ? My question is why do get the shitty matchups, except for Michigan ? It's not like we're the
chopped liver of the Big East. I can see us with 2 farm aid games at KState and Iowa State, while Butler gets Kansas.

We played at Michigan who was ranked in the top 25 when we played them and this year we play the 2nd or 3rd best big ten team participating in the Gavitt Games. I get complaining from a redundancy standpoint, but I don't get the complaint from a match up standpoint. It's a tournament team coming into Cintas.

[X-band '01]

My biggest question is what took them so long?

My second question is does this really provide a guaranteed quadrant 1 game?

A road game against a Big 12 team is almost a lock to be a Quadrant 1 game unless the team is rated above 75 in the RPI/NET/whatever statistic will be used going forward.

[JTG]

We played at Michigan who was ranked in the top 25 when we played them and this year we play the 2nd or 3rd best big ten team participating in the Gavitt Games. I get complaining from a redundancy standpoint, but I don't get the complaint from a match up standpoint. It's a tournament team coming into Cintas.

I don't care if Wisconsin has Jesus playing power forward, I don't have any desire to see that matchup, again.

[bigdiggins]

I don't care if Wisconsin has Jesus playing power forward, I don't have any desire to see that matchup, again.

What's jesus weigh, like 150lbs? Naji would eat him alive. Welage could even get extended minutes.

[XUOHTX]

This is great news for me.

[bleedXblue]

I think from a fans perspective that most would want some variety from year to year. You should be trying to match up schools where the games would be a good match up and of course would generate a good viewing audience. Kansas-Nova is a no-brainer. I would love to see WV, Texas or Baylor. There isn't really a bad match up in that conference.

[Xville]

Brace yourself for invasion, Ames, Iowa.

Gross.

[BMoreX]

Official from Big 12 media day:
Big 12 Conference
@Big12Conference
BREAKING: @Big12Conference + @BIGEAST announce a 4-year #MBB scheduling series! More details on the BIG news here » https://big12.us/2CzJP7m .

[XMuskieFTW]

Official from Big 12 media day:
Big 12 Conference
@Big12Conference
BREAKING: @Big12Conference + @BIGEAST announce a 4-year #MBB scheduling series! More details on the BIG news here » https://big12.us/2CzJP7m .

Damn. Was really hoping for a 6 or 8 year deal.

[BMoreX]

Damn. Was really hoping for a 6 or 8 year deal.

I believe the Big 12's TV deal ends in 4 years, hence the term agreed upon.

[drudy23]

Just give us Kansas at home once.

[GIMMFD]

I believe the Big 12's TV deal ends in 4 years, hence the term agreed upon.

This is correct, the TV deal does end in 4 years, and there's a lot of whispers of what Texas/Oklahoma are gonna do, so probably best it's only 4 years as of now.


Will we get hosed like the Gavitt games ? My question is why do get the shitty matchups, except for Michigan ? It's not like we're the
chopped liver of the Big East. I can see us with 2 farm aid games at KState and Iowa State, while Butler gets Kansas.

I don't think we're gonna get shitty match-ups in this one even remotely... K-State is supposed to be pretty solid this year, Nova will definitely get Kansas, but that gives us a chance at WVU (I know you guys hate Huggy, but gotta respect WVU as a pretty decent basketball team), K-State (on the uptick), Texas, Iowa State (also not that bad of a team), Texas Tech (Chris Beard is the real deal, and they are good too), etc. The Big 12 is loaded with good teams, and we're in the upper half of the Big East, we're 95% guaranteed a Q1 game, and probably a pretty solid opponent.

[scoscox]

With how good the Big 12 has been top to bottom, there really isn't a bad draw. Assuming we get a top half team, which is likely, it's practically guaranteed to be a great matchup

[X-band '01]

Almost half of that challenge is set because the release says that "return" games will be built into the 2019-20 series. That would be:

Kansas at Villanova
Marquette at Kansas State
Oklahoma at Creighton
Texas at Providence

To GIMMFD's point, I don't believe that there's the hatred for Huggins like there was during the 90s/2000s. He's certainly not beloved, but I'd have to think that Xavier would be pining for at least one matchup with WVU under this arrangement.

[GIMMFD]

Almost half of that challenge is set because the release says that "return" games will be built into the 2019-20 series. That would be:

Kansas at Villanova
Marquette at Kansas State
Oklahoma at Creighton
Texas at Providence

To GIMMFD's point, I don't believe that there's the hatred for Huggins like there was during the 90s/2000s. He's certainly not beloved, but I'd have to think that Xavier would be pining for at least one matchup with WVU under this arrangement.

Which would leave Texas Tech, Baylor, WVU, TCU, and Oklahoma State; I'd enjoy the first three the most, but Jamie Dixon has turned TCU around and they were pretty solid last year, Okie State made the tournament in 2017, but Underwood did leave so who knows what's going on with that. I definitely agree that the hatred for Huggins isn't even remotely as much as it is, he'd definitely get boo'd, but he's not coaching sUCks anymore, so that's gotta mild it down a little bit. I think we would definitely get WVU because haven't we played a couple seasons in a closed-door scrimmage against them in a row? As long as there haven't been any fights or anything with WVU (which I have not heard of from the WVU boards or this board) I wouldn't see why WVU wouldn't be a viable option, only a 5 hour drive from Cincinnati to Morgantown as well, I could definitely see it happening.

And before anybody asks, I'd be rooting for Xavier in that game. Alumni pride boys, just wouldn't say half of the hateful things as usual in Live Chat ;)