by Michael Hunt of the Journal-Sentinel 12-11-12
News that the seven Big East schools that do not play FBS are thinking about splitting from the Big East coincides with what Marquette has been thinking all along.
With so many big-name defections from the Big East, the Golden Eagles have been seeing their future in a basketball-only league.
It was reported late Monday night that DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's and Villanova met with Big East commissioner Mike Aresco Sunday to express their concerns about where the league is headed.
It has lost Notre Dame, West Virginia, Syracuse, Pitt, Rutgers and Louisville while replacing those schools with Memphis, Tulane, Temple, Central Florida, SMU and Houston.
Marquette officials have been hinting that the school would probably break free with the other members that either do not play football or do not emphasize the sport to form their own league.
A source told ESPN.com that "it's too early to say" that such a league would happen anytime soon.
It's clear that no one in the Big East is happy with Tulane because that school would help no one's RPI rating at tournament time.
If the seven schools break free, it could add others like Xavier, St. Louis, Dayton and Virginia Commonwealth.
Welcome to the 2012-13 AKPsi-Marquette Warrior Review Blog. It is intended for the amusement of my friends and fraternity brothers who became MU fans when the basketball team was known as the "Warriors". GO WARRIORS!!
Carrier Classic 2012
Even though the game wasn't played Marquette has this photo to remember their day on a battleship.
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