ACC Gaining Momentum with MSG

[dmac80]

I believe someone posted this in another thread the other day, but it should be in this one as well. Only quoting the article it looks like the BE is safe in MSG:

Mecca may get mightier

The ACC rotates its conference tournament. When the Big East announced its breakup, the ACC put out strong feelers about bringing its tournament to the Garden, several college basketball sources said.

But the ACC initially wanted to take the Garden for a test drive, kick the tires for one year and then consider a more significant commitment. The Garden wisely wasn’t going to gamble one year on the ACC against a long-term agreement with the new Big East, which retains basketball powers Georgetown, Marquette, St. John’s and Villanova.

Reports that the Garden can get out of its deal with the Big East are somewhat misleading. Only if the new Big East loses enough key members to make the league no longer is viable can the Garden terminate the contract.

With the additions of Butler, Creighton and Xavier, the Big East should continue to produce a great basketball tournament at the Garden. We dare say the day will come when Syracuse is hardly missed. So that’s it for the ACC, right? Wrong.

Sources said an outside-the-box idea is being bandied about that is brilliant, albeit daring: If the ACC were to move back its conference tournament one week, it could come to the Garden. That notion has been discussed with some prominent ACC coaches, who were receptive.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/college/ ... MeuSlgBwnI