Rick Pitino endorses Coach Ks merger proposal to create mega basketball conference

Mike Krzyzewski has a solution for the Big East and ACC, amid the formation of super leagues across the country. Join one another. Create one huge basketball conference. “Our conference has been a great one, I think [it] needs to get better,” Coach K said on his radio show this week of the ACC.“We’re down results-wise in both men’s basketball and football — at least the bowl games. “I’d like to see the ACC and the Big East talk and form a mega basketball conference.

Imagine if we had the Big East.” It does make sense, as the SEC and Big Ten have bulked up, adding a number of elite teams following the breakup of the Pac-12.This year, the SEC added Oklahoma and Texas, while the Big Ten brought in UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington.

The Big 12 added Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah. The Big East and ACC, meanwhile, have languished following underwhelming nonconference performances.Most experts project the two to land a combined eight teams — five from the ACC and three from the Big East — to the NCAA Tournament at the moment. St.

John’s coach Rick Pitino likes Coach K’s idea. “I am 100 percent in agreement with him,” Pitino said on Friday.“The problem with the Big East right now and the [schools’] presidents, is they’re just looking at the bottom line and they don’t want to share the revenue because schools in the Big East don’t have football, and they don’t have money.” Combining the Big East and ACC isn’t necessarily simple.

The Big East currently sits at 11 teams and the ACC has 18.A 29-team conference isn’t feasible.

But a league led by Duke, North Carolina, Connecticut, Villanova and Marquette, among others, would be fascinating.Plus, the alliance would give UConn football a home.

The Huskies have flirted with joining the Big 12 because of football, but the conference’s presidents have been hesitant to add them. CHECK OUT THE LATEST BIG EAST STANDINGS AND ST.JOHN’S STATSThis summer, the Bi...