(04-24-2017 01:31 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(04-24-2017 10:54 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(04-23-2017 01:47 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 10:56 AM)stever20 Wrote:  I just love idiots who think the RR is so ******* precious and needs to be protected at all costs.

The round robin is valuable due to the guaranteed home/home for all teams, which is a conference benefit considering all teams have an athletic focus towards men's basketball. It does not need to be protected at all costs, but until a realistic "fit" emerges, the potential advantage of adding programs via expansion is not as valuable as keeping the current collection of teams and the round robin set up.

Having a round robin in college basketball is the ideal conference set up.

Hypothetically, adding a VCU/Dayton would not be worth it to eliminate the round robin - so, if/when expansion occurs, the additions need to outweigh the costs of getting rid of it.

Having 12 teams and making it where top teams don't have to face the RPI killers twice is a big advantage competitively along with the fact that it helps TV out. Just look at the tv ratings. Sorry but even if the games turn out closer than they should- games like DePaul/Villanova just aren't good.

People say look at the SEC and how 14 doesn't help them. I say look at the Pac 12. Look at USC this year. Got in as the last team in the tourney. They had 4 games with the Washington schools, going 4-0. Had single games with Cal, Stanford, Utah, and Colorado. Going 2-2. If they had the round robin, getting 2 more losses could have been fatal for them. Or look at P12 2016- where they got 7 teams in the tourney because they had a 3 way tie at 9-9 for 6th.

I think the thing that is really funny is how folks who love the RR haven't really seen the bad side of the RR yet. Wait until you see a year like the WCC had in 2016 where 5th place team was 8-10. Or a year where 9-9 gets you in 4th place.

Any new addition would be added to the 8-12 spots in the conference.

Isn't that what OBE fans thought was going to be the case with Butler, Creighton, and Xavier?

And I would disagree with your statement that the BE hasn't had a season where 10 teams hasn't hurt the conference.
2013-14 season- St John's went 1-5 vs Villanova, Creighton, and Xavier- 0-3 on the road. If the league had 12 teams and instead of playing just 1 of those 3 road games, they had another game that they won, with how close they were- probably in the tourney.
2015-16 season- Marquette- went 1-5 vs Villanova, Butler, and Xavier- also 0-3 on the road. Same thing with them.

Definitely St John's as they were 1 of the 1st teams out of the tourney. Marquette in 2015-16 was probably 2 wins away.