I miss the Big East

[rpmfla]

I guess it is my advanced age influencing my feelings, but I really wish that Syracuse had never left the Big East. They had awesome rivalries, exciting games, and were considered an upper echelon league for basketball. It sucks that football controls college sports.

 

[Scotch]

I guess it is my advanced age influencing my feelings, but I really wish that Syracuse had never left the Big East. They had awesome rivalries, exciting games, and were considered an upper echelon league for basketball. It sucks that football controls college sports.

If we were good I bet you wouldn’t care as much. Those early games against Duke were awesome. The fact that we have been mediocre during our time in the ACC isn’t the ACC’s fault.

 

[44cuse]

I think that was the general sentiment of everyone at the time. I'm in the same boat as you really missing the Big East (the old Big East). The Garden and the NE-centric nature of hoops. But the landscape changed and the right decision was made. And that kind of sucks. But...it would (and I still believe will) suck a lot less if we were really good in the ACC. Which I think we will be.

44cuse

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

We'd be getting murdered this year in the Big East.

Marquette (ranked) is drilling Seton Hall tonight at their place. Ville or ND would be cellar dwellers in that league this season.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

I think the right hire will put us up there with Duke and UNC. We are the perfect long term 3rd major program for this conference. Things are going to look a lot more promising once we no longer have to sit through Daddyball.

 

[rpmfla]

It isn't about winning or losing for me. I just grew up in upstate NY with the Cuse being my team and watching all of the legendary Big East match ups against long time rivals. The ACC will always be about Duke, North Carolina, etc. (the long time ACC teams), so to me Syracuse will always be an outsider. I still get more excited when they play Georgetown (though they haven't done too well against them).

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

It isn't about winning or losing for me. I just grew up in upstate NY with the Cuse being my team and watching all of the legendary Big East match ups against long time rivals. The ACC will always be about Duke, North Carolina, etc. (the long time ACC teams), so to me Syracuse will always be an outsider. I still get more excited when they play Georgetown (though they haven't done to well against them).

I think being the big fish in that league for years was why it was good if we played Nova it would be where the 76ers play not their campus arena, Uconn usually the mall not gampbell though towards the end they tried to flip that, St Johns games always MSG never Carnesecca.

I disliked the watering down with all the AAC schools like USF after Miami broke the league up even if many were good at hoops it was just too weird a schedule.

I do not think we would have spent the last 8 or 9 seasons at the top with Villanova if we hadn't left. The thought of slugging it out in the middle with Georgetown St Johns and Depaul makes me cringe. If you aren't Nova you don't want to be in that league. And as you mention we have played very poorly against Georgetown last few years.

 

[sufandu]

If we were good I bet you wouldn’t care as much. Those early games against Duke were awesome. The fact that we have been mediocre during our time in the ACC isn’t the ACC’s fault.

I know I would still care even though I understand why it had to happen. As much fun as playing Duke or UNC was or may be, there will never be the mutual interest to make it a rivalry like we used to have.

 

[orangefog]

There is something to be said for being part of the beginning of something, and we will never be that in the ACC. We need sustained success in the ACC to ever feel a true part of the ACC, but we may never truly feel a part of the ACC. We were a crucial part of the beginning of the Big East. We had early success in the Big East, we fought along with Georgetown, St. Johns and Villanova to gain credibility for the new conference. Then Seton Hall came along and Providence and then Pitt. Finally, UConn decided to join the party and live off of the hard work of all of the other teams before them. With the ACC, we certainly bring credibility to the conference with our history, but it isn't ACC history. Hopefully we get on track and start adding to the history of the ACC.

 

[baggerbob]

There is something to be said for being part of the beginning of something, and we will never be that in the ACC. We need sustained success in the ACC to ever feel a true part of the ACC, but we may never truly feel a part of the ACC. We were a crucial part of the beginning of the Big East. We had early success in the Big East, we fought along with Georgetown, St. Johns and Villanova to gain credibility for the new conference. Then Seton Hall came along and Providence and then Pitt. Finally, UConn decided to join the party and live off of the hard work of all of the other teams before them. With the ACC, we certainly bring credibility to the conference with our history, but it isn't ACC history. Hopefully we get on track and start adding to the history of the ACC.

We will never be considered as part of the ACC, they are a good old boys league. No matter how long we are in the league we will always be outsiders.

 

[orangefog]

We will never be considered as part of the ACC, they are a good old boys league. No matter how long we are in the league we will always be outsiders.

It seems that way, but if we can get to sustained success in both basketball and football, then they will have to accept us, and we won't give a crap, because we are winning.

 

[Dcuse]

I miss Syracuse Orange basketball. I don’t care what conference.