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Of the three new Big East members only one was projected to finish in the Top 3 with an All American candidate. Can you name which program?

I'm sure politics had something to do with it, and a new conference is a long play, but having a new team like that to kick off an essentially new conference and network couldn't hurt. I very much doubt Fox put up a fight. And I haven't heard a word from any of my contacts at FS1 to indicate they were in any way opposed.

Also, they do consider Dayton to be a separate market. For those who disagree, please just accept that. It's verifiably (and verified) true.

Yes, Creighton was picked to finish in the top three last year. VCU and Wichita (if the Big East really wanted to go that far west) would have also been picked to finish in the top three last year. Unlike Creighton, they would have also been picked to finish in the top three next year, and probably the year after that, and the year after that.

I just don't see it with Creighton. They're more like the Murray State team from a few years back that had one really strong NBA caliber player, and that got really hot and ranked really high for one season, but had no real staying power when it came to remaining relevant on the national scene.

I agree that there wasn't much resistance on the part of Fox, but they weren't a team that Fox particularly really wanted either. I just don't think they cared either way. Since you know people at FS1, would you agree with me in saying that there was a team that Fox did kinda want, and that it wasn't Creighton?? To be fair, no one else in the original C7 was all that excited about them, so I think Fox was the only reason this team got any mention at all.

FWIW, given the choice between Wichita, VCU, Creighton and one the teams Fox kinda wanted not not having any of them, I'd still rather it just be a league of nine. But, if I had to pick one of them, it wouldn't have been Creighton. I'd have probably gone with VCU. I know they're a public school, but I believe there was a time when Pitt was the only public school in the Big East, and many consider that to be the conference's golden age.