Big Ten Vs Big East Challenge

[flyoverhoya]

May 5, 2014 12:09:03 GMT -5 HoyaSinceBirth said:

May 5, 2014 11:37:08 GMT -5 flyoverhoya said:

Anyone know how many of geographically close matchups already happen on a more or less annual basis? UW plays Marquette every year. Assume Xavier and Butler regularly play their in-state Big 10 counterparts, but maybe not?

UW and Marquette play
Seton Hall and Rutgers play
Crieghton and Nebraska play
Butler plays a rotating schedule with Indiana and Purdue
DePaul has played Northwestern recently but not sure if it's a long term series like the others

Xavier and Ohio St do not play

Thanks. Doesn't immediately register that Nebraska/Creighton is a Big 10/Big East game.

[nychoya3]

JT3 says he expects Georgetown will play Terps in 2015.

I guess that presumes that Maryland has enough players to field a team.

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rendan F. Quinn @bfquinn
A Big Ten-Big East basketball announcement will be made tomorrow at 12:30 at Madison Square Garden, per a league press release.

Brendan F. Quinn @bfquinn
According to the release, the announcement will be MC'd by Bill Raftery. Speakers include league commishes Val Ackerman and Jim Delany.

Brendan F. Quinn @bfquinn
Also, some "current and former Big East and Big Ten head coaches will be in attendance and available to the media."

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pcbb1917.com/2014/05/05/big-eastbig-ten-challenge-what-this-means-for-the-big-east/

he games will be played in a 4 day period from Tuesday-Friday during the first week of each season in November. The Big Ten/ACC Challenge, an ESPN creation, will continue. In terms of television for these games, the coverage will be split among ESPN, Fox Sports 1 and the Big Ten Network with the home team determining which network the game will be aired on.

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btn.com/2014/05/04/big-ten-big-east-launch-gavitt-tipoff-games/

Television coverage of the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be controlled by the conference of the home team. Big East home games will be telecast by FOX Sports 1, while Big Ten home matchups will appear on BTN or ESPN.

Teams from both conferences already meet in some traditional rivalry games, and those matchups will continue during the 2014-15 season.
The full schedule of eight games will be announced in late spring of each year.

The new annual series will be officially introduced in a news conference Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

[hoya95]

When does the Big Ten's TV deal expire? My guess is that Fox is going to get at least part of the Big Ten package (mostly because they need it desperately). This event could turn into a full Fox Sports 1 production or the beginning of ESPN and Fox having to work together on the Big Ten to some degree. Either way, this seems like a great promotion for the Big East.

[HoyaSinceBirth]

Fox owns 51% of the Big Ten Network. I'm sure they'll get some of their product on to FS1.

[Healy]

Big Tourney to DC

Delaney might want MSG, but the B1G tourney will be at Verizon before that happens.

[FrazierFanatic]

May 5, 2014 18:53:25 GMT -5 Healy said:

Big Tourney to DC

Delaney might want MSG, but the B1G tourney will be at Verizon before that happens.

Unless they want to play it the week before the BET!

[hoyalove4ever]

I am pumped for this tournament. Big East needs to represent and win some big games!

[hoyainspirit]

It’s official: The Gavitt Tipoff Games are happening

To begin with, getting intriguing matchups this early in November is not usual, particularly getting the games to be played on campus. As entertaining as it is to see Duke play Kansas at the United Center or to get eight top 50 programs on a tropical island to play in front of crowds where media outnumber actual fans, what makes college basketball special is just how energized a game and a campus can be. We need more of that early in the season.

The better part is that these games will be played during the week, meaning that they won’t be competing with football on the weekends for eyeballs. Throw in the fact that there are some potentially juicy matchups — Xavier vs. Ohio State and Georgetown vs. Maryland immediately come to mind — and this is precisely the kind of event that we’ve been needing to see early in the season.

[DFW HOYA]

May 6, 2014 10:54:53 GMT -5 hoyainspirit said:

It’s official: The Gavitt Tipoff Games are happening

To begin with, getting intriguing matchups this early in November is not usual, particularly getting the games to be played on campus. As entertaining as it is to see Duke play Kansas at the United Center or to get eight top 50 programs on a tropical island to play in front of crowds where media outnumber actual fans, what makes college basketball special is just how energized a game and a campus can be. We need more of that early in the season.

Maybe for the B10, but only two Big East schools (Butler, Xavier) are ever going to get one of these games on campus.

[BubbleVisionBiff]

May 6, 2014 11:51:44 GMT -5 DFW HOYA said:

May 6, 2014 10:54:53 GMT -5 hoyainspirit said:

It’s official: The Gavitt Tipoff Games are happening

Maybe for the B10, but only two Big East schools (Butler, Xavier) are ever going to get one of these games on campus.

I understand the distinction you are making, but perhaps the writer needed to be clearer and say "getting these games at true home arenas and not at neutral often faraway sites" to prove his point. Surely Provy-MSU at the Dunk has appeal even if it isn't "on campus." Same with GU and any of the high profile B1G teams (and yes we have to schedule around the Wiz and Caps and Lady GaGa). You'd think the writers who are writing about a series in honor of Dave Gavitt would realize he didn't want games to be on campus.

These will be great matchups and great tests, particularly for whoever the road team is. This is great for the Big East.

[HoyaSinceBirth]

Yeah on campus is just a synonym for home court.

[DanMcQ]

www.guhoyas.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050614aaa.html

The Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on four consecutive days in the first full week of the college basketball season. The series begins at the start of the 2015-16 season and will span eight years, with games played at home sites. The unique series between the two conferences is named to honor the late Gavitt, who had a profound and lasting influence on the sport of basketball on the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

"Every year you're going to have a tough opponent, a tough game," Thompson said. "I think both leagues will benefit from it. You'll be tested early, so if you take some lumps you've got time to learn from learn from it, so it will be a very positive thing. The beauty of this challenge, the beauty of this union, is that when you look from top to bottom in the BIG EAST and the Big 10, they're all great programs and no matter who they put you against, it's going to be a great game."

The press conference announcing the series was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City and was emceed by Fox Sports 1 announcer Bill Raftery, who introduced BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman first.

"We look forward to partnering with the Big Ten to stage a new series of basketball games among our schools and to pay homage to Dave Gavitt, the BIG EAST's founder, who was an inspiration to many of us and one of the most impactful contributors in the sport of basketball," Ackerman said. "We have natural connections with the Big Ten through our shared geographic regions, and these competitions promise some exciting new rivalries for our players, coaches and alumni. With March Madness, college basketball always ends with a flourish, and the Gavitt Tipoff Games will allow us to open the season with a bang as well."

"On behalf of the entire Gavitt family, we are humbled and grateful for this incredible honor in Dave's memory from the Big Ten and Big East Conferences," said Dan Gavitt, NCAA Vice President of Men's Basketball Championships and son of Dave Gavitt. "My father would love the spirit of creativity and friendship that these games represent to tip off the college basketball season. He would be most excited about the competitive experience that the games offer to the players and coaches of two great conferences."
"We are excited to honor Dave Gavitt and his contributions to the sport of basketball through the establishment of the Gavitt Tipoff Games," said Big Ten Commissioner James E. Delany. "Dave was a friend and a mentor to me and often mentioned that college basketball should do a better job of tipping off the season, similar to opening day in baseball. I think he would approve of our effort to start a new tipoff tradition, grow the game and serve the best interests of the student-athletes and coaches in these two great conferences."

Television coverage of the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be controlled by the conference of the home team. BIG EAST home games will be telecast by FOX Sports 1, while Big Ten home matchups will appear on ESPN or BTN.

www.app.com/article/20140505/NJSPORTS0210/305050061/Big-East-Big-Ten-coaches-excited-Gavitt-Tipoff-Games

www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050514aaa.html

[HoyaSinceBirth]

Pretty cool promo video:

amp.twimg.com/v/aa0e42f8-d77d-4690-a0d9-2e67c15b5dfb

[skyhoya]

It is cool and well thought out.

[calhoya]

Now we need to add another challenge series. Time to get creative. How about a doubleheader event, like the Hoyas did at the Garden last year with MSU? For instance, the Hoyas and Nova could host two teams from the Big 12 at either Philly or Verizon. Similarly, you could pair other Big East teams at a site in the Midwest against teams from that region. The key right now is promoting the conference and I hope that the league will start featuring its teams in such "showcase" events that can be located reasonably close to the fanbase.

[DanMcQ]

espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10895710&categoryid=2378529

[CAHoya07]

May 7, 2014 8:59:25 GMT -5 calhoya said:

Now we need to add another challenge series. Time to get creative. How about a doubleheader event, like the Hoyas did at the Garden last year with MSU? For instance, the Hoyas and Nova could host two teams from the Big 12 at either Philly or Verizon. Similarly, you could pair other Big East teams at a site in the Midwest against teams from that region. The key right now is promoting the conference and I hope that the league will start featuring its teams in such "showcase" events that can be located reasonably close to the fanbase.

I liked the doubleheader last year, and I think it could work again, but maybe with a sexier matchup than St. John's and Marquette in the first game. I'd keep it small though, because I think one challenge series is enough; overcommitting would give us and other Big East teams too little flexibility in our scheduling. We still want to potentially play in the Maui, Atlantis, Coaches vs. Cancer, Preseason NIT Tournaments of the world, which also give us a lot of exposure in the early season. Plus, we are already playing Kansas for the next three years (home/away/home), so combine that with the Gavitt Games, and we have some pretty good opportunities for some good non-conference home tilts the next few years, something that people are always bitching and moaning about.

What I'd like to move onto is when we can schedule Syracuse again. Coach has said he wants to, and that one of the things holding it up was potentially starting a challenge-type series with another conference. Well, now that we have that out of the way...