The AAAAAAAC and Advanced Marketing (or Self-Kidding)

[kayako]

I actually think that the Philly Big5 is good for Philadelphia College Basketball. It keeps people engaged and keeps Philly in the map. I wish they would do something similar in NYC. The good thing about Philly Big5 is that it has Basketball programs at every level

The single best thing that happened to Nova is getting invited to the Big East.

[Edrick]

Indiana does it every year. Its actually this weekend. They just do not let the mids and lows play, its just Notre Dame, Butler, Indiana, and Purdue. (As an aside, Butler dominates this event)

Iowa does it like the Big 5 - egalitarian style.

[kayako]

They should do something like the Crosstown Shootout in Indiana, just play one of them a year.

Exactly. There are other ideas floating around so we're not stuck with 4 Big 5 games. No other solid power conference school is engaged in perpetual H&Hs with 1 medicore high-major and 3 mid-major programs. This is straight up charity.

[kayako]

But what's the difference between playing Penn and playing Columbia or Lafayette OOC?.

Columbia or Lafayette wouldn't even get 2 for 1 from Nova, let alone H&H. The Big 5 is better off leveraging Nova's status into a weekend mini-tournament, or what they do in Indiana with maybe even a triple header instead of DH.

[bluejayfanatic]

Iowa does it like the Big 5 - egalitarian style.

For years Iowa did it like the Big 5 - an annual round robin with all four Iowa D1 programs, but it's since been watered down to an annual game only between Iowa and Iowa State, and an annual game in which Northern Iowa and Drake get a chance to take a shot at Iowa OR Iowa State (not both - I think it switches every year) on a neutral court. Of course, Drake and Northern Iowa are both in the Valley and play each other twice every year in conference play.

[MullinMayhem]

Temple loses, Nova wins! A Stever nightmare haha. Looking at the AAC standings this year, many of the teams took several punches to the gut already in OOC. Part of what separates the Big East from the AAC is the ability to consistently dominate in OOC. The AAC isn't really major except for a few teams at the top, so that's why you will always see the bad losses from the mid major teams of their conference. Cincy is on life support in the top 25. Any slip up and they are out. That would leave them with 1 ranked team #3 Wichita State...who also lost already and I think they will get some blemishes in conference play.

[Bluejay]

They should do something like the Crosstown Shootout in Indiana, just play one of them a year.

Exactly. There are other ideas floating around so we're not stuck with 4 Big 5 games. No other solid power conference school is engaged in perpetual H&Hs with 1 medicore high-major and 3 mid-major programs. This is straight up charity.

I knew of the Big 5 of course, but had no idea the games were all home and home series. That is ridiculous. That is a decent amount of lost revenue.

[gtmoBlue]

Penn has plenty of money. Nova plays the home games on campus in Radnor, not the WFA. There's no lost revenues.

[paulxu]

It's a good thing the AAAAAAck added WSU.

[kayako]

I knew of the Big 5 of course, but had no idea the games were all home and home series. That is ridiculous. That is a decent amount of lost revenue.

You get it, unlike most Nova fans who keep saying don't fix what ain't broke.