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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 3188629, member: 780"]
Actually I have heard Boeheim reluctantly agreed to playing the games against GU. He said he understood the ADs objective in scheduling it (its a money grab that takes advantage of those with their brains stuck in the old Big East.) The subtext of his comments was that he would prefer not to play them. So you are wrong about your wild-azzed guess on what his reaction might be on a phone call.

You are also wrong about the impact of playing locally. That’s more old school thinking. Kids now watch these games on TV and location of the game has little impact.

If we have to play old Big East rivals, we should play one a year rotating between GU, Villanova, SJ, UConn and Seton Hall. Last I checked they were all in areas we recruit.  We have no DC players on the current team. In fact, I’m pretty sure that Philly has been much more important.

Georgetown needs this game a lot more than SU does. The Verizon Center is half empty even for important Big East games. You might want to tamper your enthusiasm for their resurgence based on two games. At one point they trailed Mt St. Mary’s by 19 and Georgia State by 8 this year.

If you are interested in getting attention in DC and MD, SU should play MD. Terp fans in DC outnumber GU fans by about 20 to 1 conservatively.

There’s no good reason to play this game but the money. And that’s why it is played. It’s a distraction from getting prepared for the ACC season. And as a result, it’s a bad idea.
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