few things....
1- Big East isn't going to get the plum Tuesday/Wednesday night slots on FS1 100% of the time, leaving the Big Ten with the "scraps" of Monday/Thursday. it's going to be best 50/50- and wouldn't be surprised if Big Ten got the more favorable weeknight schedule.

2- There is more of a benefit for Fox to instead of Villanova playing DePaul - and pushing that to FS2 or FSN- to Villanova playing a team like a VCU or Dayton. Also, given there are only about 2-3 good OOC games per school at home that FS1 controls- to make a jump from even 30 to 36 is a pretty big jump.

3- folks are assuming that the Big East will continue doing as well as they have. So far, the conference has gotten almost every break in the book for getting teams in the tourney. Things with 2-3 different bounces could have been VERY different in terms of getting teams in the tourney. Almost every bounce has been positive in getting teams in. If there's a 3-4 year run where the bounces don't go the BE way, things could really look different. Round robin makes it where there is always going to be pressure on teams even some times 4 thru 7 making it- as they're always going to have at least 8-9 losses. So far the schools and Fox have seen the good side of things. But there's going to be years where the round robin does kill teams. Probably saw it with St John's in 2014.

4- Big East Tournament. Having 12 teams gets an extra session for the tourney. This would be helpful in keeping MSG.