We need to go back to the big east

[CorduroyG]

I dont know all the ins and outs, but i know the move was all about football and money. But leaving the acc destroyed syracuse basketball. We had a good regular season the first acc year, and a miracle final 4 run in 2016. But other than that just a complete and utter disaster.

We’re an east coast team. We have a huge alumni/fan base in the tri state area. What games can we go to??? Nova in philly? Nope. Seton hall in newark? Nope. St johns at the garden? Nope. Jimmy v classic at the garden? Nope. Big east tournament at the garden? Nope.

I cant help but think leaving the big east affected recruiting. We just dont belong in the acc. We had a legacy in the big east. We had TRADITION. That matters. Now we got nothing.

This really sux. Even if we stunk, if we were playing providence and villanova and st johns and uconn and seton hall in february id still watch. Big east tournament id still watch. But virginia? Cal? SMU???? Duke unc ohh great we’ll lose by 30. Wake forest lol. Wheres the acc tournament this year? Who knows and who cares

Im so disgusted. I loved syracuse basketball i loved the big east. And i miss both terribly. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

 

[Cusefan95]

I dont know all the ins and outs, but i know the move was all about football and money. But leaving the acc destroyed syracuse basketball. We had a good regular season the first acc year, and a miracle final 4 run in 2016. But other than that just a complete and utter disaster.

We’re an east coast team. We have a huge alumni/fan base in the tri state area. What games can we go to??? Nova in philly? Nope. Seton hall in newark? Nope. St johns at the garden? Nope. Jimmy v classic at the garden? Nope. Big east tournament at the garden? Nope.

I cant help but think leaving the big east affected recruiting. We just dont belong in the acc. We had a legacy in the big east. We had TRADITION. That matters. Now we got nothing.

This really sux. Even if we stunk, if we were playing providence and villanova and st johns and uconn and seton hall in february id still watch. Big east tournament id still watch. But virginia? Cal? SMU???? Duke unc ohh great we’ll lose by 30. Wake forest lol. Wheres the acc tournament this year? Who knows and who cares

Im so disgusted. I loved syracuse basketball i loved the big east. And i miss both terribly. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

Going back isn’t an option, and would be a disaster. There’s no way to make football viable outside of a conference. Football not being viable means the Dome is a white elephant - a building in a prime real estate area not being used effectively which costs a boatload to maintain. Even if we don’t demo the Dome, drop football, and move basketball to an arena (probably off campus…) - the financial hemorrhaging the loss of football revenues would create would mean we didn’t have the money to compete in basketball.

If we want to kill basketball (and all sports) completely and totally dead - moving back to the Big East is a fantastic first step. It blows my mind how many myopic people still don’t realize this.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

I dont know all the ins and outs, but i know the move was all about football and money. But leaving the acc destroyed syracuse basketball. We had a good regular season the first acc year, and a miracle final 4 run in 2016. But other than that just a complete and utter disaster.

We’re an east coast team. We have a huge alumni/fan base in the tri state area. What games can we go to??? Nova in philly? Nope. Seton hall in newark? Nope. St johns at the garden? Nope. Jimmy v classic at the garden? Nope. Big east tournament at the garden? Nope.

I cant help but think leaving the big east affected recruiting. We just dont belong in the acc. We had a legacy in the big east. We had TRADITION. That matters. Now we got nothing.

This really sux. Even if we stunk, if we were playing providence and villanova and st johns and uconn and seton hall in february id still watch. Big east tournament id still watch. But virginia? Cal? SMU???? Duke unc ohh great we’ll lose by 30. Wake forest lol. Wheres the acc tournament this year? Who knows and who cares

Im so disgusted. I loved syracuse basketball i loved the big east. And i miss both terribly. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

Correlation not causation.

Also, you said “we’re an east coast team”. Last time I checked, the east coast of the US is the Atlantic Coast

We’re in the right conference. Just need better leadership of the program.

 

[Cusefan78]

The problem is we went I the wrong conference. Should have been big10

 

[OrangeXtreme]

The problem is we went I the wrong conference. Should have been big10

Wasn't invited.

And SU Football would have been irrelevant in the Big 10.

How do you compete with 85,000-110,000 seat stadiums and HUGE alumni bases?

But we could win a few Big10 hoops games 47-45.

And like someone said, our Alumni base is scattered up and down the east coast. Not too many SU alums in Iowa or Minnesota.

 

[Irt4su]

We have plenty near SMU and Stanford though

 

[tbonezone]

And SU Football would have been irrelevant in the Big 10.

we are irrelevant in the ACC. we finished dead last this year and have ZERO league championships.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

we are irrelevant in the ACC. we finished dead last this year and have ZERO league championships.

I wonder if Angeli's injury had something to do with that.

 

[MadNY3]

We have plenty near SMU and Stanford though

SU has a good amount of alums in the Bay Area….and probably more in Dallas than they do near Creighton and Butler.

 

[Cusefan0307]

We would have sucked in the big east too with JB getting lazy. These are ridiculous posts.

 

[tbonezone]

I wonder if Angeli's injury had something to do with that.

or the fact that our punter was the only player selected to the all conference teams.

 

[AlaskaSU]

Going back isn’t an option, and would be a disaster. There’s no way to make football viable outside of a conference. Football not being viable means the Dome is a white elephant - a building in a prime real estate area not being used effectively which costs a boatload to maintain. Even if we don’t demo the Dome, drop football, and move basketball to an arena (probably off campus…) - the financial hemorrhaging the loss of football revenues would create would mean we didn’t have the money to compete in basketball.

If we want to kill basketball (and all sports) completely and totally dead - moving back to the Big East is a fantastic first step. It blows my mind how many myopic people still don’t realize this.

Many Big East teams have fine basketball teams and lower division football teams. We gave up 77 points to a football team that did not make the playoffs. In the ACC we cannot recruit the way we did in the Big East. It is embarrassing to be a Syracuse fan in the ACC.

 

[AlaskaSU]

Correlation not causation.

Also, you said “we’re an east coast team”. Last time I checked, the east coast of the US is the Atlantic Coast

We’re in the right conference. Just need better leadership of the program.

Causation, not coincidence.

 

[OrangeinBoston]

I dont know all the ins and outs, but i know the move was all about football and money. But leaving the acc destroyed syracuse basketball. We had a good regular season the first acc year, and a miracle final 4 run in 2016. But other than that just a complete and utter disaster.

We’re an east coast team. We have a huge alumni/fan base in the tri state area. What games can we go to??? Nova in philly? Nope. Seton hall in newark? Nope. St johns at the garden? Nope. Jimmy v classic at the garden? Nope. Big east tournament at the garden? Nope.

I cant help but think leaving the big east affected recruiting. We just dont belong in the acc. We had a legacy in the big east. We had TRADITION. That matters. Now we got nothing.

This really sux. Even if we stunk, if we were playing providence and villanova and st johns and uconn and seton hall in february id still watch. Big east tournament id still watch. But virginia? Cal? SMU???? Duke unc ohh great we’ll lose by 30. Wake forest lol. Wheres the acc tournament this year? Who knows and who cares

Im so disgusted. I loved syracuse basketball i loved the big east. And i miss both terribly. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

Football drives the bus.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

We gave up 77 points to a football team that did not make the playoffs.

We only gave up 38 to a team that played for the National title.

 

[SwagSocks]

I wonder if Angeli's injury had something to do with that.

Barley beat UConn with Angeli

 

[Acesn8s]

If I had my way there would be a Big East Football resurgence and Syracuse would be in it, if I had my way I would also hop into bed with Ana de Armas every night neither of which are every going to happen so I guess our coaching has to be better and we have to get a hell of lot more out of the players we recruit. That scenario seems much more plausible at this point.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Barley beat UConn with Angeli

Don't worry about it.

If the Anti-Angeli crowd get their wish, Angeli will suck next year, Fran will get fired, and SU will be on Coach #6 in the Post-Pasqualoni Era in 2027.

Coach P was 107-59-1.

The "Post P Five" are currently 104-153.

 

[Blanko97]

No

 

[Cusefan0307]

Recruiting is not an excuse this year. We got the guys we wanted. It’s on the coach.

 

[Newhouser]

JB destroyed Syracuse basketball. Any league would have been a challenge when we let JB stay on and not work, and cared more about his feelings than the program when replacing him.

 

[Marsh01]

we would have gotten mauled in the big east as well

 

[Lukeyloo]

While I'll preface this by saying financially we cant go back, but moving to the ACC is the worst thing that could have happened to the bball program. We had an identity in the Big East, we had a rivalry that was the second biggest rivalry in the sport, we knew who we were. In the ACC we're just another middling-to-bad program that has no identity.

 

[Col. Bleep]

I dont know all the ins and outs, but i know the move was all about football and money. But leaving the acc destroyed syracuse basketball. We had a good regular season the first acc year, and a miracle final 4 run in 2016. But other than that just a complete and utter disaster.

We’re an east coast team. We have a huge alumni/fan base in the tri state area. What games can we go to??? Nova in philly? Nope. Seton hall in newark? Nope. St johns at the garden? Nope. Jimmy v classic at the garden? Nope. Big east tournament at the garden? Nope.

I cant help but think leaving the big east affected recruiting. We just dont belong in the acc. We had a legacy in the big east. We had TRADITION. That matters. Now we got nothing.

This really sux. Even if we stunk, if we were playing providence and villanova and st johns and uconn and seton hall in february id still watch. Big east tournament id still watch. But virginia? Cal? SMU???? Duke unc ohh great we’ll lose by 30. Wake forest lol. Wheres the acc tournament this year? Who knows and who cares

Im so disgusted. I loved syracuse basketball i loved the big east. And i miss both terribly. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

Nice point that unfortunately will never happen.
Syracuse just doesn't fit in the ACC.

And one thing missing...we had one of the greatest rivalries in sports.
Last night they talked up Duke-UNC.
Syracuse-G-town was right there with them.
We may still play them...but it's not close to the same since we're in different conferences.

 

[OrangeinBoston]

Nice point that unfortunately will never happen.
Syracuse just doesn't fit in the ACC.

And one thing missing...we had one of the greatest rivalries in sports.
Last night they talked up Duke-UNC.
Syracuse-G-town was right there with them.
We may still play them...but it's not close to the same since we're in different conferences.

Who cares about Georgetown? That's when dinosaurs walked the earth.

I'm far more interested in football rivalries with Clemson & Miami, LAX rivalries with Virginia, UNC, Duke, etc.