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Why Not? by ColdwaterIrish

Does continued membership in the Big East have any significant ongoing benefit for DePaul, Marquette, Creighton, and Xavier?

St. Louis, Loyola Chicago, Dayton, and Detroit would welcome the proposed conference whose public identity would be top level men's basketball.

The Big East is too broad and over extended geographically. It might be time for the Big East to return completely to its original blueprint powered by Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, Providence, Seton Hall, etc.

The proposed new conference of Midwest schools could develop quickly an identity as a major conference for men's basketball, securing more than a single invite to the annual national tournament.

As the Big East thrived on the New York market, the proposed Midwest conference would appeal to the large media markets, centering in Chicago.