Welcome to the Big XII

[GoBearcats31]

Sorry if posted already...

https://www.si.com/college/2023/05/0...ames-in-mexico

The Big 12 has been exploring playing football and men’s and women’s basketball games in Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico, with a preferred top 10 men’s hoops matchup between Kansas and Houston, multiple sources tell Sports Illustrated.

The conference has had tentative plans to hold regular-season league games south of the border for months, with first-year commissioner Brett Yormark even visiting Mexico City last week. He met with officials and toured potential sites, including at 22,300-seat Arena CDMX in Mexico City for basketball. Football games would be played in Monterrey at Estadio BBVA, a 53,000-seat venue nicknamed El Gigante de Acero. The Houston Chronicle first reported the news of potential games in Mexico.

The league expects to begin holding basketball games in Mexico during the 2024–25 season and football in fall of ’25, a source told SI. In a more long-term plan, the conference is also looking to add baseball and soccer games in Mexico.

[bearcatbret]

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Let's hope that our Bearcats can prove them wrong. On a side note, WVU has had 10 years on the Big 12 and are basically last in everything.

[bearcatbret]

I'm not sure that has anything to do with the apparel contract.

I did not really mean to tie it into apparel contracts. I just got the impression that some on here thought that we were already in the Big 12. We still have spring sports going on within the AAC.

[Lobot]

We have to remember that UC is officially part of the AAC until June.

I'm not sure that has anything to do with the apparel contract.

[bearcatbret]

We have to remember that UC is officially part of the AAC until June.

[Lobot]

Can't help but notice that UA logos have been scrubbed from this and just about every marketing image that has been put out lately. When do they announce the next partner on the athletic apparel?

I was guessing it was going to be this week. I’m basing that on the timing of the last switch over which was announcec 90 days before the new contract started.

When it does get finally announced it should be Nike/Jumpman based on everything I’ve heard.

[Chewbacca2099]

Hope it's soon, I'm ready for a new Jersey... still rocking the old Adidas one because I never liked the design of the UA ones

[Big_Daddy_Bearcat_07]

Can't help but notice that UA logos have been scrubbed from this and just about every marketing image that has been put out lately. When do they announce the next partner on the athletic apparel?

[GoBearcats31]

New court design, as announced by UC

https://gobearcats.com/news/2023/4/4...athletics.aspx
University of Cincinnati Director of Athletics John Cunningham announced on Tuesday a transformative investment from Dave and Wendy Herche to the Day One Ready Campaign to prepare the Bearcats to compete for championships in the Big 12.

https://gobearcats.com/images/2023/4...=80&format=jpg

[Lobot]

Good call. I could have not agreed more on the Miller call. We will see if Miller can recruit some BIG 12 players and get some wins in the BIG 12.

You would think, and I hope, that the recruiting will get a nice positive push going into the Big XII. We'll see but if UConn is any indication, getting away from the AAC should help the boats rise in this regard.

[leeraymond]

I expect we will take our lumps next year but I'm still excited to get into a conference that will test us and show us exactly where we stand. When we get to the point we can hold our own in the Big 12 we are much better positioned to make the tournament and have some success.There is a lot of opportunities for quality wins unlike the AAC. I'm tired of being in a conference where if you don't finish 1 or 2 you are likely out of the tournament. We will quickly see what kind of a coach Miller is.

Good call. I could have not agreed more on the Miller call. We will see if Miller can recruit some BIG 12 players and get some wins in the BIG 12.

[Gmann]

I expect we will take our lumps next year but I'm still excited to get into a conference that will test us and show us exactly where we stand. When we get to the point we can hold our own in the Big 12 we are much better positioned to make the tournament and have some success.There is a lot of opportunities for quality wins unlike the AAC. I'm tired of being in a conference where if you don't finish 1 or 2 you are likely out of the tournament. We will quickly see what kind of a coach Miller is.

[Rufus]

If we're standing pat with the same roster minus the three who have exhausted their availability, and Nolley potentially gone, coupled with this staff's luck with the portal I'm inclined to go with the under on three wins as well, schedule unseen. Either the evaluations of players is severely lacking or we have been terribly stricken with bad luck. It took Dan Hurley 4 years to being UConn out of obscurity with or without unscrupulous method only He and God knows. At the rate we are progressing we are going to dwell at the bottom of the B12 for a long while.

[bearcatbret]

i've seen that quote before, it seems like, months ago. i do agree about how tough the B12 is / will be. But, I think that, at this point, UC and the other newcomers are fully aware of what they're getting into.

Also, Bob has complained about the travel aspects of being in the Big 12. When enough coaches complain, there may be two or three mega conferences that are regionally based.

[red_n_black_attack]

I have not seen Wes accomplish anything so far and losing (possibly) the 2 top scorers spells doom for next year. My over and under on wins in the XII is 3 and I am taking the under.

Until we see how many games we play against WVU, UCF, BYU, and Oklahoma - I can't take the under on 3 until schedule is at least released. Wes won 40 games and got this team to the NIT and surpassed expectations for both last year and this year. Granted the expectations were really low and not to UC standards, but those teams were streaky good and bad. He was two 4 star recruits on the roster (recruited to UC) and one other recruited to UNCG (Hensley), plus two 4 star recruits and a top JUCO PG next year. Wes still played JD too much in my opinion, but got JD to buy into playing off the bench. Next year will be a regression in the win/loss column no matter what happens in the portal. The competition is there. Tell me what you haven't seen from Wes, that you think another coach could've given us?