The Big East Conference

booomm11

Solat13 wrote:

I'm a Philly guy so I root for Nova, but I'll definitely be following the Cuse the next few years since they signed two guys from my high school who are freshman now: Rick Jackson and Scoop Jardine.

Your a Neumann guy? what year? we can't keep our philly kids, becuse there so nationally recruited.

Solat13

booomm11 wrote:

Your a Neumann guy? what year? we can't keep our philly kids, becuse there so nationally recruited.

1995 - I was there when Rashid Bey was carrying the basketball team before they went went into the tank and started "recruiting" to keep up with the Catholic league.

LONGRD

Steve Dunne wrote:

dude you just kicked me in the jimmy w/out even knowing it. i had tickets to the wednesday game of the big east tournament on the wednesday that mcnamara hit the 3 to beat cincy. i left my tix in my car at the train station that morning. got down to nyc, had to take another train back, then back to nyc. by the time i got to the Garden, the SU dance team came running out screaming in excitement. i asked one of them what happened, and they were just screaming. i wanted to puke right then and there. i've never gotten over it.

damn that totally sucks! McNamara was fun to watch. His shots are unpredictable, never knew if it's gonna go in or not.

Anyways, I think this season's tournament will be a great one.

booomm11

Solat13 wrote:

1995 - I was there when Rashid Bey was carrying the basketball team before they went went into the tank and started "recruiting" to keep up with the Catholic league.

That southern division is no joke. You have to recruit, if you wanna keep up with St. Joe's and Roman.

xavier mcdaniel

so now that we have this thread, what big east school did you go to or what big east school do you root for or follow the most?

LONGRD

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

so now that we have this thread, what big east school did you go to or what big east school do you root for or follow the most?

Syracuse...but went to college in Massachusetts. I root for the 'Cuse when John Wallace and co. went to the Championship in '96 or '97 (not too positive) because I grew up about 30 minutes away.

xavier mcdaniel

I live 20 minutes away from St. John's. Grew up on the later years of Lou Carnaseca's tenure (1986-1992). Went there during Felipe Lopez's final year and when Fraschilla turned it around and when Jarvis won with Fraschilla's recruits before turning the program into what it was in 2004.

AmentsChick

Solat13 wrote:

I'm a Philly guy so I root for Nova, but I'll definitely be following the Cuse the next few years since they signed two guys from my high school who are freshman now: Rick Jackson and Scoop Jardine.

Yesterday you told me you were a "Boston guy"!

Solat13

AmentsChick wrote:

Yesterday you told me you were a "Boston guy"!

No, I think my exact words were Boston is my town and it's the only place I could live other than Philly or Seattle ... lol.

BetterThanYou

LongRd. wrote:

I follow the 'Cuse for college basketball. They're having another rough year, just got beat by UConn by 2 points after beating Villanova the previous game.

they still a young team though.

next year, bud. with rautins and devo redshirting this season, next year will be impressive. and with the way things are going now, i highly doubt anyone (greene) will be going pro after one season in college.

nfanel

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

so now that we have this thread, what big east school did you go to or what big east school do you root for or follow the most?

well i guess from all of my crying earlier it's obvious... but i went to/cheer for villanova.

BetterThanYou

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

so now that we have this thread, what big east school did you go to or what big east school do you root for or follow the most?

SU, all my life. born and raised in/around syracuse, so it's natural that i cheer for that team. my uncle and i have season tickets every year for the football program. sadly, it's been very lacking the past few seasons, but i stick by them, through thick and thin. nothing annoys me more than fair-weather fans. greatest moments as far as games i've attended...for basketball, when patrick ewing was at the charity stripe and someone threw an orange and hit the back of the backboard. john thompson was furious. also, sherman douglas' last game at the dome, putting an exclamation point on his dome career with a reverse slam. and also, attending carmelo anthony's last game at the dome. we were up in the nosebleeds for that one, but it was still a great game to have been at. for football: rushing the field after upsetting va. tech. that was fantastic. but my favorite of all time (b'ball or f'ball) was the road trip to boston to see coach p. pull a major upset thanksgiving weekend, tearing apart boston college in their last regular season game as a big east member, taking away the chance of leaving the league as big east champs. i really hate boston college for their turncoat ways, and wish nothing but bad luck to all of their sports programs.

xavier mcdaniel

BetterThanYou wrote:

SU, all my life. born and raised in/around syracuse, so it's natural that i cheer for that team. my uncle and i have season tickets every year for the football program. sadly, it's been very lacking the past few seasons, but i stick by them, through thick and thin. nothing annoys me more than fair-weather fans. greatest moments as far as games i've attended...for basketball, when patrick ewing was at the charity stripe and someone threw an orange and hit the back of the backboard. john thompson was furious. also, sherman douglas' last game at the dome, putting an exclamation point on his dome career with a reverse slam. and also, attending carmelo anthony's last game at the dome. we were up in the nosebleeds for that one, but it was still a great game to have been at. for football: rushing the field after upsetting va. tech. that was fantastic. but my favorite of all time (b'ball or f'ball) was the road trip to boston to see coach p. pull a major upset thanksgiving weekend, tearing apart boston college in their last regular season game as a big east member, taking away the chance of leaving the league as big east champs. i really hate boston college for their turncoat ways, and wish nothing but bad luck to all of their sports programs.

I think that's the one thing anyone in the conference can agree on is the BC defection. I remember how badly they were heckled and booed during their last Big East tournament.

BetterThanYou

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

I think that's the one thing anyone in the conference can agree on is the BC defection. I remember how badly they were heckled and booed during their last Big East tournament.

i don't know how true the rumors are, but they've been floating around for about a year now that SU is going to have a few games between BC sometime in the next few football seasons. i'm torn: one side of me would love to see SU thrash them again (even though it's highly unlikely with the state of the current program), and the other side of me says "fuck them, they skirted out of the conference...let's not give them anything."

also, i see SU has Penn State on it's home schedule this year. i can't wait for that game. if SU didn't exist, Penn State would be the school i cheer for. i love paterno, and am eagerly looking forward to seeing him coach a game in person. let's hope nothing bad happens to him to keep him away from the dome on gameday.

booomm11

i'm currently a student at Temple, but their athletic program has gone to shit. Ever since Lynn Greer and Pepe Sanchez left.....hahha!!! I'll always support the big five( Temple, Nova, St. Joes, LaSalle, Penn) becuse it's Philly basketball. Nova is def my favorite team of the bunch. Growing up watching Kittles, Lawson and them guys. Then I played with and against, kyle Lowry, Shane Clark, and Bilal Benn(transferd to Niagara).

fanch75

UL seems to be pulling it together. But then again I thought that a few weeks ago and then they go and lose to Seton Hall.

So, yeah.

inmyrvm

i haven't been on here in a while and just found this so........

P-I-T-T LET'S GO PITT!!!!!!!

BRING BACK THE COLORS AND THE SCRIPT!!!!!!! WE DON'T WANT THE OTTERDOG!!!!!!!!

Steve Dunne

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

I think that's the one thing anyone in the conference can agree on is the BC defection. I remember how badly they were heckled and booed during their last Big East tournament.

agreed...can't stand them...they will play us again someday...and they will get their due...

edit...8 in a row...yeah!!! payin' back the irish last night!!!

xavier mcdaniel

and so much for that big east tournament appearance, way for st. john's to totally evaporate in the second half. 25 percent from the floor is not going to get it done.

LONGRD

'Cuse defeated #8 Georgetown (#1 in Big East) today, 77-70 at Carrier Dome.
I had lost hopes for team after they lost to bottom-feeder, South Florida(2-11 in conference) and previously a 2-point lost to UConn.
It's so unpredictable in this conference.

xavier mcdaniel

jeez, that was a rough one for st. john's. they couldn't even break 20 points in the first half against villanova. there goes the big east tournament probably.

chikevin

as a depaul grad i was really hoping their inclusion in the big east would help recruiting...esp. with the university being in such a big city.

as with the cubs (and i'm a white sox fan), there's always next year.

Steve Dunne

Cuse blowin up GTown in the loud house was pretty cool...nice to see GTown is beatable. Paul Harris is for real.

Craig Austrie hit the biggest shot of his life down at USF to save the huskies. I almost threw my tv out the window right before overtime.

The saga continues...

xavier mcdaniel

if syracuse can win at louisville, that'll go a long way towards getting them in the big dance.

Steve Dunne

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

if syracuse can win at louisville, that'll go a long way towards getting them in the big dance.

yes they need a couple more wins to assure themselves of a spot. and they need to do well in the Garden next month to get some momentum.

tough shake for the johnnies.

nfanel

Steve Dunne wrote:

Cuse blowin up GTown in the loud house was pretty cool...nice to see GTown is beatable. Paul Harris is for real.

Craig Austrie hit the biggest shot of his life down at USF to save the huskies. I almost threw my tv out the window right before overtime.

The saga continues...

georgetown was beatable last monday, too, if the refs didn't want them to win.
yup, still bitter.

Steve Dunne

nfanel wrote:

georgetown was beatable last monday, too, if the refs didn't want them to win.
yup, still bitter.

you have every right to be. but did you see that the big east issued a statement saying the ref was correct to 'use his judgement' in making the call? gimme a break. bad call. at least they rebounded (literally) against st. john's...much to xman's demise!

xavier mcdaniel

it's amazing they're still considered a big east team, they're brutal. at least jay wright's antics towards the refs was somewhat entertaining.

Steve Dunne

chikevin wrote:

as a depaul grad i was really hoping their inclusion in the big east would help recruiting...esp. with the university being in such a big city.

as with the cubs (and i'm a white sox fan), there's always next year.

i wish dave leitao stuck with them...he was perfect for them for the long haul. although UVA is a damn good school.

BetterThanYou

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

if syracuse can win at louisville, that'll go a long way towards getting them in the big dance.

i don't see them getting in unless they win the big east tournament. and the way this team is jeckyl/hyde-ing this season, i don't know if i want them in the big dance.