Re: ACC/Big10 Challenge equivalents?

"Steve Cutchen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Are any other conferences in discussions to do a similar early season
> competition?
>
> It would be very cool to do this, say with the Big12/Pac10, or the
> SEC/BigEast.
>
> Seems it could work since losses at this point in the year don't mean
> much.  So, unlike football, it's fine to schedule difficult
> adversaries.  In fact, it helps SOS.
>
> Could turn the November / December basketball season into a lot of fun.
> Do the early tournaments like the Jimmy V and the Alaska Shootout.
> Follow this with the conference challenges.  Then hit conference
> season, to set up March Madness.

It used to be ACC/Big East challenge. Until several years of ACC 9-0 or 8-1
over Big East. ESPN has to stop the series. It seems to me Big 10 begins to
show sign of no contest. It almost happened last year. It won't surprise me
if Big 10 has only 2 wins this year.