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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    The Juggler wrote:
    Gary Carter wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    For UConn, all I've known is the Big East. It was the best conference in college basketball, but it's not going to be anymore with all these teams leaving.

    What's a joke is the NCAA.
    sadly it's a business not a sport. I really can't blame ND, Louisville, Rutgers and others for leaving the Big East when you got teams like San Diego State and Tulane and East Carolina and others joining the conference. To me that's not the Big East just like how the ACC is no longer what it is.

    its all about college football $. fuck that.
    Fuck college football. It's ruined everything for college sports.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,914
    will the last regular member of the Big East please turn the light out when you leave. it was a good run.

    it's utterly disgusting the pull that football has on these schools. they really don't care about the other sports or even education anymore. you would have thought maybe after the penn state debacle that there would be more questionning of the power that football has on schools but clearly that's not the case.
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    pjhawks wrote:
    will the last regular member of the Big East please turn the light out when you leave. it was a good run.

    it's utterly disgusting the pull that football has on these schools. they really don't care about the other sports or even education anymore. you would have thought maybe after the penn state debacle that there would be more questionning of the power that football has on schools but clearly that's not the case.


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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    so looks like it's all ending today eh?

    http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... ources-say

    i hope the catholic's keep the name. below is a list of schools i've seen on mentioned on various sites for the new league:

    Providence
    St johns
    Seton hall
    Nova
    Marquette
    Depaul
    Georgetown
    Xavier
    Butler
    Dayton
    Creighton
    Richmond
    Gonzaga


    ....this would actually be a halfway decent league, i guess. figure 3 more would be added too. probably some mid majors though...
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    Shouldn't this thread be dissolved?
    Alright, alright, alright!
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,914
    The Juggler wrote:
    so looks like it's all ending today eh?

    http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... ources-say

    i hope the catholic's keep the name. below is a list of schools i've seen on mentioned on various sites for the new league:

    Providence
    St johns
    Seton hall
    Nova
    Marquette
    Depaul
    Georgetown
    Xavier
    Butler
    Dayton
    Creighton
    Richmond
    Gonzaga


    ....this would actually be a halfway decent league, i guess. figure 3 more would be added too. probably some mid majors though...

    i know espn reported gonzaga's interest but i can't imagine a team in Spokane Wa being in a league with those other teams. that's about an 9 hour trip from Providence RI.

    i think they are better off ading 3 teams and having a 10-team league and play each other twice. more teams just lessens the number of quality games. don't you want Georgetown-Nova twice a year? the original 7 with Xavier, Dayton and Butler or Creighton.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    more info. new league would potentially generate more $ for the schools involoved:

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/colleg ... t=hp_t2_a2
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,911
    The Juggler wrote:
    more info. new league would potentially generate more $ for the schools involoved:

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/colleg ... t=hp_t2_a2


    Crazy. I like the idea of the 7 catholic schools and then a few from the A-10 like Dayton, Xavier, St. Louis, Creighton.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    Indifference71 wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    more info. new league would potentially generate more $ for the schools involoved:

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/colleg ... t=hp_t2_a2


    Crazy. I like the idea of the 7 catholic schools and then a few from the A-10 like Dayton, Xavier, St. Louis, Creighton.

    it's nice to see these original schools show a little backbone finally too. perhaps they were just waiting for all the shoes to drop to the point where they had the votes to dictate a move...not like they have a lot of other choices though
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,911
    The Juggler wrote:
    it's nice to see these original schools show a little backbone finally too. perhaps they were just waiting for all the shoes to drop to the point where they had the votes to dictate a move...not like they have a lot of other choices though


    Yeah, it's about damn time. All the non-football schools have kinda just had to sit back and see what happens with all of this ridiculous conference realignment. Nice to see them band together like this.

    Also- my DePaul Blue Demons won't be a pushover this year. Picked up a surprising road win last night at ASU. I know it's not much, but exciting considering the state of the program the past 4-5 years.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    Indifference71 wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    it's nice to see these original schools show a little backbone finally too. perhaps they were just waiting for all the shoes to drop to the point where they had the votes to dictate a move...not like they have a lot of other choices though


    Yeah, it's about damn time. All the non-football schools have kinda just had to sit back and see what happens with all of this ridiculous conference realignment. Nice to see them band together like this.

    Also- my DePaul Blue Demons won't be a pushover this year. Picked up a surprising road win last night at ASU. I know it's not much, but exciting considering the state of the program the past 4-5 years.

    this rumored league would seem better than what's leftover of the big east too...assuming uconn bolts in year or two.

    good for depaul.

    i always hate watching games in that building they play in though. it's so dark and weird looking on tv.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,911
    The Juggler wrote:
    this rumored league would seem better than what's leftover of the big east too...assuming uconn bolts in year or two.

    good for depaul.

    i always hate watching games in that building they play in though. it's so dark and weird looking on tv.

    Yeah, I think they just have to go with all non-football schools for this new league so they don't have to worry about any more teams leaving and all that shit.

    Oh man, you should try going to a game at Allstate Arena. What a piece of shit that place is. I had season tickets when I was there and a few years after I graduated, but I just couldn't do it anymore. The team sucked, the arena sucked, everything sucked. So depressing to be in a crowd of 2-3K in an arena that could hold 16-17K. They are talking about possibly building their own place in the city near campus which would be great for me since I live in the area.
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    I love Big East basketball (what's left of it).

    Are you fucking kidding me with that shot????
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  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    Newch91 wrote:
    I love Big East basketball (what's left of it).

    Are you fucking kidding me with that shot????


    Yeah, crazy shot. Cadougan (who sucks) is playing out of his mind.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    pureoc wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    I love Big East basketball (what's left of it).

    Are you fucking kidding me with that shot????


    Yeah, crazy shot. Cadougan (who sucks) is playing out of his mind.
    Marquette doesn't make a 3 all game and makes one at the end of the regulation and one in OT. Nuts.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Rebounding is terrible for UConn and will come back to haunt them like tonight.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    giddy up :mrgreen:
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    Syracuse game was fucking awesome
  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Syracuse game was fucking awesome

    Louisville really pissed themselves at the end.
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    Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
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    Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
  • The Juggler
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    :x
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