Gonzaga to the Big East? Keep an eye on it
Why it could work: Gonzaga fits the basketball-first, religiously based, private-school profile of the institutions in this league.
Plus, the Big Ten's move to 20 conference games (to increase, over time, the amount of its own league teams in the NCAA tournament) will likely force the hand of others to follow suit. Adding a team would allow the Big East to do that, while maintaining its preferred round-robin schedule.
Creighton Athletic Director Bruce Rasmussen, who obviously has closely followed the sport for some time, who toured the Zags' new basketball facility last weekend and
who has publicly expressed a desire for the Big East to at least consider the Bulldogs (and Wichita State).
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