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snoscytheJay Drew tweeted that if the 7 Catholic schools leave the Big East "BYU's 'piece of work' attorney" might get a bonus after allegedly sabatoging the BYU to Big East discussions last year. Especially if they create a new East-West Catholic/religious conference with the WCC:
East:
DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova
West:
BYU, Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara
The East would need to pick up a couple more schools--Creighton, ND, Iona, Xavier, University of Dayton, Fordham, St. Bonaventure, and St. Joe are all Caatholic-affiliated basketball only (or Independent in football) schools that would fit that footprint. Then again, they could just form an East-Coast only conference by adding more from that list and bring an auto-bid from the Big East with them.
East:
DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova
West:
BYU, Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara
The East would need to pick up a couple more schools--Creighton, ND, Iona, Xavier, University of Dayton, Fordham, St. Bonaventure, and St. Joe are all Caatholic-affiliated basketball only (or Independent in football) schools that would fit that footprint. Then again, they could just form an East-Coast only conference by adding more from that list and bring an auto-bid from the Big East with them.