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Arizona State Moving To D1

Lebron23 said:
ASU will be joining the Big 10. Expect an announcement soon. They've already begun notifying their recruits.....
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Would not be surprised if this happened. Major school joins major conference until further expansion on the west coast. Safest bet if available to them.
 
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scoreboard said:
Would not be surprised if this happened. Major school joins major conference until further expansion on the west coast. Safest bet if available to them.
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11-22-14
"What if the B1g, wanting to expand its 6 team hockey conference(too many open dates) went after Pac 12 schools as associate members similar to Johns Hopkins in lacrosse.

Power 5 Conference
Expand footprint$ of both conference$
Add BTN pre$ence


Heresy? Maybe not."

Crystal ball--Maybe so
 
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Take it FWIW, but I'm a donor to Michigan's program and I've heard through the grapevine recently that Arizona State is in fact going to be added to the B1G as an affiliate member for hockey. There were discussions on group trips for alumni/donors to AZ for games. The same scenario where Johns Hopkins was added as an affiliate member to create the B1G's sponsorship of lacrosse.

Also that another full-time B1G member school is seriously looking to add hockey now that they have a facility that's in the works.
 
MGoBlueHockey said:
Take it FWIW, but I'm a donor to Michigan's program and I've heard through the grapevine recently that Arizona State is in fact going to be added to the B1G as an affiliate member for hockey. There were discussions on group trips for alumni/donors to AZ for games. The same scenario where Johns Hopkins was added as an affiliate member to create the B1G's sponsorship of lacrosse.

Also that another full-time B1G member school is seriously looking to add hockey now that they have a facility that's in the works.
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Yes, all rumors are ASU to the Big Ten in 2017....as for the school you didn't name (Nebraska)....I would not be surprised if they announce soon they are adding hockey on an expediated schedule to join the Big Ten at the same time giving 8 teams and making scheduling much easier...
 
wsummers said:
Yes, all rumors are ASU to the Big Ten in 2017....as for the school you didn't name (Nebraska)....I would not be surprised if they announce soon they are adding hockey on an expediated schedule to join the Big Ten at the same time giving 8 teams and making scheduling much easier...
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28 game conference schedule?
 
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I like 28. It reminds me of the good old days where the same team was in your barn for the weekend. It also helps ASU in that they get marquee matchups for a weekend to boost interest/attendance.

That leaves 6 OOC for each team. Saves travel money?
 
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joecct said:
I like 28. It reminds me of the good old days where the same team was in your barn for the weekend. It also helps ASU in that they get marquee matchups for a weekend to boost interest/attendance.

That leaves 6 OOC for each team. Saves travel money?
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yep. for B1G teams (and WCHA, and NCHC), the good old days where the same team was in your barn for the weekend never left.
 
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I could see where they might have school play one 2-game series vs. one team per year (rotating opponents), 4 against the rest with one guaranteed 4-game series against an assigned rival. This would allow for 2 more OOC games. UMi-MSU, UM-UW, OSU-PSU and ASU-UN as the pairs.
 
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Slap Shot said:
I could see where they might have school play one 2-game series vs. one team per year (rotating opponents), 4 against the rest with one guaranteed 4-game series against an assigned rival. This would allow for 2 more OOC games. UMi-MSU, UM-UW, OSU-PSU and ASU-UN as the pairs.
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You just want easy points in four games a year.

In all seriousness, though, I get why this schedule works for expense reasons, but I hate the imbalance. I'd rather see these pairings for travel partners on Fri/Sun series.
 
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wsummers said:
Yes, all rumors are ASU to the Big Ten in 2017....as for the school you didn't name (Nebraska)....I would not be surprised if they announce soon they are adding hockey on an expediated schedule to join the Big Ten at the same time giving 8 teams and making scheduling much easier...
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Do you have anything to substantiate these rumors?
 
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