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We used to have quite a rivalry with St. Bonaventure, too.
And don't we continue to play them maybe 5-6 times per decade?
We used to have quite a rivalry with St. Bonaventure, too.
It takes 2 to tango. I hope SU is not in a dancing mood.They are really late to the table with this; SU already has agreements in place with Nova, St John's and Georgetown.
It will be interesting to see if anything happens on this front. With 3 games against former BE schools, the ACC-B1G challenge and the annual preseason tournament SU plays in, there isn't a lot of room for another tough game on the schedule, especially one that requirements playing in an area Syracuse historically does not recruit.
But the alums in the NE area would appreciate it. If it happens, I would think it would be a 1-1-1 deal like Georgetown, with the 3rd game in MSG.
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I don't think we play them even 3 times a decade. And never at their place.And don't we continue to play them maybe 5-6 times per decade?
They are really late to the table with this; SU already has agreements in place with Nova, St John's and Georgetown.
It will be interesting to see if anything happens on this front. With 3 games against former BE schools, the ACC-B1G challenge and the annual preseason tournament SU plays in, there isn't a lot of room for another tough game on the schedule, especially one that requirements playing in an area Syracuse historically does not recruit.
But the alums in the NE area would appreciate it. If it happens, I would think it would be a 1-1-1 deal like Georgetown, with the 3rd game in MSG.
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"Cuse fan base is nothing but envious, what would playing us do for them is something they might have the nerve to think or bring up if it happened..."
-Right because Syracuse is the school asking for the series, not the other way around.
"Cuse was UConn's greatest rival from our fan base's point of view. But their fans never could embrace UConn. It bothered them that we superseded them on the national scene...
"I don't see what Syracuse brings that Georgtown or UL or even Nova wouldn't."
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Agree with all of that. If Calhoun was still on the bench JB might have some motivation based on friendship. But, with him gone why help them gain legitimacy. They are in a horrible conference and will slip into obscurity.And this is why we should only schedule these teams OOC. I'm still hoping UConn can stay relevant and have a shot at #16 in the ACC (assuming PSU, Texas, WVU are off the table), but for now, Georgetown, Nova, St. John's and BC gives us all of the NE coverage we need. Absolutely nothing to gain by playing UConn.
Now, if we meet in some pre-season tourney that's okay. But I wouldn't outright schedule them if I were JB.
Cheers,
Neil
Grant the no quarter. Watch them die on the vine.
yeah, every school in the country is now coveting ucon over cassel jrI know you like to down play Ollie's history, but Sam Cassel Jr said that his Dad's admiration for Ollie had a lot to do with his commitment.
yeah, every school in the country is now coveting ucon over cassel jr
Rutgers beat us in 03... dream big?We did beat UofL and they did pretty good last year, iirc.
UL pulled out of the Cassell thing. Plus you needed him BADLY. I assume Boat leaves next year, Napier is gone; Samuel would be your only true PG (Purvis obviously is more of a 2)We did beat UofL and they did pretty good last year, iirc.
Exactly.UL pulled out of the Cassell thing.
UConn is going to be like Memphis they will recruit decently, but their conference is going to be mediocre and they will have to schedule up in the non-conference because their conference schedule will have maybe 5 of 16 games versus NCAA competition. The rivalry is over and we may play them in the Garden, but we will never play in CT again unless we are in the HOF tipoff tournament at the Mohegan Sun. I get you aren't the indicative of your fanbase but I have only been mistreated at two places during my time following Syracuse 1. Morgantown for a football game where the WVU fans are just classless to visitors and 2. at UConn. UConn fans hate Syracuse fans and as a result treated me ridiculously. I get every fanbase has morons and I am sure UConn fans have been treated horribly at Syracuse, but the demand to play UConn is ridiculously low in my mind. I would rather play 1. St. John's 2. Georgetown 3. Villanova 4. UConn of our former rivals, and we aren't going to schedule 4 former Big East schools a year therefore I hope we never play UConn again in the regular season. The ACC isn't likely to expand in the foreseeable future thus the two schools shouldn't play in the regular season. If Blumenthal didn't personal name several ACC officials by name in the lawsuit I think UConn is in the ACC right, but he did so we won't be playing anymore.
LOL- Ollie knows cassel sr so cassel jr must be awesome
Washington, Texas, Stanford, Maryland are all decent games but not anything to be envy of. Kansas and Florida are good series and they will help your SOS. Florida knows the SEC sucks outside of Kentucky and they always play good teams in non-conference games. UNLV won a NC in 1990 and made to other 2 Final Fours in 1987 and 1991 and what happened to them. UConn is going to be like Memphis and that isn't an insult Memphis has done real well for not being in a good league.Like Memphis?
Like Memphis if they had 3 recent NC's and the most expensive BB facility in the universe and if they had tons of NBA players.
Will UCONN take a step back? definately. No Calhoun insures that.
But the UCONN brand means something in BB nationally. We're getting OOC games with people like Kansas, Florida, Texas, Stanford, Maryland, Indiana, Washington. Don't think Memphis ever did.
If it turns out that the Dome is rocking and jammed to the rafters for games with Fl St or Clemson or Miami or Wake Forrest etc, then you probably won't play any games with UCONN.
UConn is going to be like Memphis and that isn't an insult Memphis has done real well for not being in a good league.