Big East and Big 10

[Markedman]

Looks like we are going to start some kind of scheduling arrangement

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 36s
The Big East and Big Ten have called a joint press conference for Monday at 12:30 PM ET at Madison Square Garden.

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

Is that just speculation? I'm hoping its true, although I hope we still play UW outside of that arrangement because it would be nice to play UW and a different Big 10 team every year.

[Markedman]

Brian Hamilton ‏@BrianHamiltonSI 12m
Big Ten, Big East making joint men’s hoops announcement in NYC on Monday. Expect it to be challenge series, starting in 2015.

I would expect our Ohio State game to count as one of the challenge games next year...i doubt we add another Big 10 game

[TallTitan34]

Kevin McNamara (@KevinMcNamara33)
5/4/14, 3:31 PM
Big East and Big Ten will begin a series to tip off season beginning in 2015-16 at campus sites. Event to honor Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt.

[Markedman]

I'm sure tha games will be on FFS1 and the Big 10 network.......

Justin Albers ‏@Justin_Albers 10m
Tomorrow’s announcement will be that Big Ten and Big East will begin a series in 2015-16. Hearing it will be eight games. #iubb

[Phantom Warrior]

Wonder why not 10 games? Also wonder what this does to the ACC-Big 10 Challenge. Probably nothing.

Does this mean Big East his high-major after all? I mean would the Big 10 schedule a "Challenge" with a mid-major conference? Wonder how Fran, Butch, EricTHEEred, and the other Lunatics on the Badger Board will spin this.

Couldn't help myself - just posted reports of the challenge on Badger Nation.

Doesn't start this coming season.

[kneelb4zerg]

Brian Hamilton ‏@BrianHamiltonSI 12m
Big Ten, Big East making joint men’s hoops announcement in NYC on Monday. Expect it to be challenge series, starting in 2015.

I would expect our Ohio State game to count as one of the challenge games next year...i doubt we add another Big 10 game

But it wouldnt start next year...2015

[2012Warrior]

Hopefully we have a good season and we don't get Northwestern for a Duke matchup. Hopefully we can get a Michigan, Michigan State or .....Indiana.

[Markedman]

But it wouldnt start next year...2015

Yeah my bad...not sure how I missed that

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10882667/big-east-big-ten-hold-challenge-series

[ziggysfryboy]

Is the Big Teen/ACC challenge over?

[Markedman]

Is the Big Teen/ACC challenge over?

No.............

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Wonder why not 10 games?

I suspect it's because they are trying to make this a heavyweight kickoff to the season, and the Big East won't likely always have 10 good teams. If 1-2 bad teams get in, they can deal with it, but say SHU, DePaul, Butler, and one other are all bad the same year, that could make for some ugly nights of basketball. Only playing 8 games reduces the odds of that.

[IWB]

From Scott Kuykendall

BIG EAST/big ten men’s BASKETBALL announcement

monday, may 5, 12:30 P.M. ET

LOCATION Madison Square Garden
Delta Club
New York, N.Y.

SPEAKERS Bill Raftery – Master of Ceremonies

Val Ackerman, Commissioner, BIG EAST Conference

Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., President, Providence College

Dan Gavitt, NCAA Vice President of Men’s Basketball Championships

Jim Delany, Commissioner, Big Ten Conference

GUESTS Select current and former BIG EAST and Big Ten head coaches will be in attendance and available to the media after the press conference.

[MU/Panther]

Mike Broeker‏@mikebroeker·17 hrs
Gavitt game with B10 when it starts in '15 will be in addition to our game with Wisconsin. #mubb

[Goose85]

Update from Zagsblog.

http://zagsblog.com/articles/big-ten-big-east-to-announce-series/#more-115467

Ok - If you were Val Akerman and Jim Delaney, and you want to get the Gavitt Tip Off Games started with the most posible pub, what would be the 8 games you would want played?

Here would by my year one eight games.

Xavier v. Ohio State
Georgetown v. Maryland
St. John's v Rutgers
Villanova v. Michigan State
MU v. Indiana
Seton Hall v. Michigan
DePaul v. Northwestern
Providence v Wisconsin

[warriorfan4life]

Update from Zagsblog.

http://zagsblog.com/articles/big-ten-big-east-to-announce-series/#more-115467

Ok - If you were Val Akerman and Jim Delaney, and you want to get the Gavitt Tip Off Games started with the most posible pub, what would be the 8 games you would want played?

Here would by my year one eight games.

Xavier v. Ohio State
Georgetown v. Maryland
St. John's v Rutgers
Villanova v. Michigan State
MU v. Indiana
Seton Hall v. Michigan
DePaul v. Northwestern
Providence v Wisconsin

I like those, but would swap out MU-Indiana and Hall-Michigan for Marquette-Michigan and Butler-IU.

[MU/Panther]

Butler plays vs Purdue or Indiana in the Crossroads series.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

It will be very interesting to see if Ohio State/Xavier or Maryland/Georgetown happen through the course of this. Ohio State has steadfastly not played the other in-state schools like Dayton and Xavier, while Georgetown has refused for years to play Maryland, now to the point where Maryland refuses to schedule GU in other sports. The fans may want these games, but it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't end up happening.

[Markedman]

JT3 said today that he is pretty sure Maryland GT will be playing in this event

[MU/Panther]

JT3 said today that he is pretty sure Maryland GT will be playing in this event

I hope that game will be at G'town. it would help their attendance.

[MU/Panther]

Most played matchups between the B1G and Big East.
Wisconsin Marquette 120
Rutgers Seton Hall 65
Maryland Georgetown 62
Michigan State Marquette 54
Purdue Butler 54
Indiana Butler 51
Nebraska Creighton 47

[CaribouJim]

Most played matchups between the B1G and Big East.
Wisconsin Marquette 120
Rutgers Seton Hall 65
Maryland Georgetown 62
Michigan State Marquette 54
Purdue Butler 54
Indiana Butler 51
Nebraska Creighton 47

MU and MSU 54 times???!!! Yikes! Vast, vast majority must have been pre-Al.

[Goose85]

ESPN seems to have been pretty successful in drawing attention to a week or weekend slate of games with catchy names.

What about, in addition to the Big East Big 10 Gavitt games, Fox and BTN partner to bring a Big 10 v. Big East rivalry week or rivalry day. MU - Wis, Crei - Neb and Rut - SH are already excluded from the games, so I think such an idea would be a bonus.

DePaul v. Illinois
Butler v. Indiana
Rutgers v. Seton Hall
Ohio State v. Xavier
Creigh v. Neb
MU v. Wisconsin
G-Town v. Maryland

[TheSultan]

MU and MSU 54 times???!!! Yikes! Vast, vast majority must have been pre-Al.


I would guess those date back to when Michigan State was a fellow independent before joining the Big Ten in the early 1950s. In fact looking at the muscoop wiki page, it looks as though they used to play them twice a year in the thirties and forties.

[MU/Panther]

I was watched BTN live, did alot of talk about the Gavitt Games. I was shocked to see MU-MSU have meet that many times.