Re: ACC/Big10 Challenge equivalents?

"Ar Q" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> "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.
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> 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.

That one was only 8 games.  And I'm pretty sure the series scores were 
actually 6-2 Big East, 4-4, and 6-2 ACC.  ESPN didn't have to stop it.  
Several Big East schools decided they didn't want any part of it any 
more.  As for the Big Ten being no contest, the ACC keeps winning, but 
it's been 5-4, 5-3 (cancelled MSU-UVa game), and 5-4.  If all the home 
teams win today, it will be 5-4 ACC again.

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