Anyone see the fantastic discussion taking place on the Syracuse board?

[BUConn10]

There is currently a heated discussion on the Syracuse board ( http://syracusefan.com/threads/annual-su-uconn-in-msg.77071/ ) regarding whether Cuse should schedule a series with UConn, much like the one they just established with Georgetown.

Just like you would expect, the entire thread is consumed with obnoxious and cocky Cuse fans who sincerely believe they are above playing UConn ever again. My jaw was quite literally on the floor as I skimmed through this thread, i have never seen a more pretentious and downright delusional fan base on a message board. If an outside observer who doesnt follow college basketball took a quick look at this thread, you would think Duke fans were discussing if it was worthwhile to start a home-and-home series with Northern Illinois University.

Their belief that every OOC game Syracuse plays must somehow "benefit" the program goes to show how delusional they are. As if playing UConn would be outlandish for them because it would do nothing for their program, how does that make any logical sense, this holier than thou attitude they possess is comical. They truly think the world sees them standing shoulder to shoulder with the like of UCLA, UK, Duke, UNC, KU, and UConn.

Conference realignment has truly been the single greatest thing to happen to that pathetic program, allowing themselves to space themselves from the single most successful program of the last two decades, in a way forcing the national viewers to forget their massive ineptitude at accomplishing anything nationally relevant. Having to play UConn each year reminds the viewers how far Syracuse has to left to go before it has any chance of even sitting in the same room as the current National Powerhouse programs. The day UConn gets out of the AAC, will be a sad day for the Syracuse fan base, and that simply shows how pathetic and miserable they are as fans, seeing as their own team never wins anything significant, they sit around praying for the demise of those above them, hoping to rise in the ranks simply by default. To be fair, I'd be just as bitter and jealous as them if my "lord and savior", Jim Beoheim, had his career accomplishment of a single NC was matched in the second year of a highly doubted rookie coach's career at a rival university. In fact, this picture posted on the /r/collegebasketball today really sums this situation of delusion nicely:

**There is a reason they were ranked in the Top 10 for most "Delusional Fan Bases in Sports", well deserved**

 

[BUConn10]

I'd also like to say that, whoever is "sdhusky" on the Cuse board, I appreciate your calm, and level headed responses on the thread in question, but I have seen your posts there before and I feel like you are doing nothing but feeding the trolls and often times inciting a feeding frenzy per se, leave those morons to themselves and they will surely get bored, its not like Syracuse ever wins anything of value, which is why they keep themselves occupied in such a manner.

 

[B1GEast]

I'd also like to say that, whoever is "sdhusky" on the Cuse board, I appreciate your calm, and level headed responses on the thread in question, but I have seen your posts there before and I feel like you are doing nothing but feeding the trolls and often times inciting a feeding frenzy per se, leave those morons to themselves and they will surely get bored, its not like Syracuse ever wins anything of value, which is why they keep themselves occupied in such a manner.

sdhusky is our rutgersal

 

[7774]

I'd also like to say that, whoever is "sdhusky" on the Cuse board, I appreciate your calm, and level headed responses on the thread in question, but I have seen your posts there before and I feel like you are doing nothing but feeding the trolls and often times inciting a feeding frenzy per se, leave those morons to themselves and they will surely get bored, its not like Syracuse ever wins anything of value, which is why they keep themselves occupied in such a manner.

Um, why would we want them to get bored? The feeding frenzy and their complete delusion is one of the funniest things on the internet. We've earned it with our play, so enjoy it.

It's great watching them try to think up ways to insult us knowing they can never bring up any actual on the court accomplishment because we own them so completely in that regard.

 

[J187Money]

sdhusky is our rutgersal

No. Because SDhusky has a trophy case full of trophies. RutgersAl has a trophy case full of spiderwebs.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

The fruits are a total joke. It is not even worth our time to be playing them. This is something that fanbase needs to put in their little tiny heads:

4>1

The day we get out of the AAC is the day that fanbase will go on suicide watch.

 

[superjohn]

I have no interest in playing them, I would rather play MSU, IU, Michigan, Kansas, Zona, Florida, Kentucky, UNC, UCLA. It was a fun little rivalry when we were both in the Big East but I would rather play better programs at MSG. No matter what top team we play at MSG it's going be an extremely tough ticket to get I would just rather play top programs instead of Syracuse.

 

[BUConn10]

Um, why would we want them to get bored? The feeding frenzy and their complete delusion is one of the funniest things on the internet. We've earned it with our accomplishments, so enjoy it.

It's great watching them try to think up ways to insult us knowing they can never bring up any actual on the court accomplishment because we own them so completely in that regard.

Haha so true, I love when they argue "Championships aren't everything", or better yet, "college basketball wasn't invented in 1999", meanwhile their first championship came in 2003, and when you compare accomplishments other than NC's you get:

UConn vs Syracuse
NC's = UConn
Final Fours = Tie
Elite Eights = (11 vs 9) UConn
Sweet Sixteens = (17 vs 21) Syracuse
BE Regular Season Championships = UConn
BE Tounament Championships = UConn
Success in the NBA = UConn by a landslide

Where is this lack of history or success outside of the NCAA tournament that I keep hearing about? We should be the ones hoping to never play their underperforming program ever again, for all the syracusefan posters who are surely reading this right now.

 

[Nnocu]

Cuse threads like those just hurt my head.

 

[jrazz12]

Who?

 

[SubbaBub]

They need an intervention. The top 3 reasons they don't want to play.

1. They might lose. They can handle the WTF losses to programs like Vermont and Colgate from time to time, but scheduling a game where they're not the favorite? It's not in their DNA and they avoid it when possible.

2. They hate being reminded that they were the third best program in BE history. Playing us just reminds them.

3. They are stuck in 1985 which not only explains their fetishes for a tiny catholic school that hasn't been relevant since the first Thompson retired and is funny because Cuse wasn't the top program in 1985 either.

 

[muhmitchell]

thx tcf/upstater

 

[Orc]

If you're a Syracuse fan, you'd be jealous of Uconn too. Just about every bad thing you could think of happened to Uconn
and they were all hoping and praying that those would all cause the demise of Uconn. Sadly for them it didn't happen and we continue to win titles after titles.

 

[61cygni]

A wonderful consequence of 4 titles: We can spot them the Helms and come out on top.

 

[amory]

 

[Huskyforlife]

thx tcf/upstater

Please someone post this on their board, I really want to see their reaction

 

[uconNYC]

Serious question - when did the SU rivalry pickup? In 90s I remember SJU, Villanova and Georgetown were always the big games and Pitt was the main opposition in the early to mid 2000s. Seems it has more to do with conference realignment than anything that happened on the court bar 1-2 games like the 6OT one.

 

[amory]

If you're a Syracuse fan, you'd be jealous of Uconn too. Just about every bad thing you could think of happened to Uconn
and they were all hoping and praying that those would all cause the demise of Uconn. Sadly for them it didn't happen and we continue to win titles after titles.

Those tools talk about how bad they want our program to wither and die in the AAC more than they talk about wanting to win another title. And then they turn around in the same post and talk about how we're a mid major and not worth their time.

They're mentally challenged.

 

[caw]

I can see part of their argument, but I also see why it's flawed. The not wanting to play at UConn part. Storrs isn't some bastion of high school basketball talent. That said neither is Central NY. The problem with that assessment is that it is basing it on a bad/faulty premise. Nobody cares where the game would be played (in terms of recruits. The fact is it would be hyped for at least a full week, if not longer by ESPN and most high school recruits would tune in to watch the game. Most college basketball fans for that matter. It's not the 80's or even 90's or even the 00's where there is still somewhat limited TV access, relative to now. Everyone would tune into a Cuse/UConn game and both teams would get a boat load of exposure. Any time two top ten historic programs play the exposure will be incredibly high.

Now their argument would then shift to not needing exposure an not helping UConn but the thing is most rational basketball fans and programs view UConn as a top 5-10 program at the lowest. Their is a reason UConn is playing Duke/Texas/Florida/etc. UConn will fill the spot with a top team regardless, so it doesn't hurt UConns exposure to not play Cuse. It solely deprives fans of a good game.

The final reason they don't want to play is because Boeheim had a history of avoiding tough OOC games if possible. It obviously hasn't worked to their favor in the NCAAT an they might want to rethink that.

I would like to see it at least every few years, even if only in NYC. It could be fun to try and set up a two games over 4 years one at Barclays and one at MSG. I'd prefer a 1-1-1 but I dot they would come to Storrs or Hartford and that UConn would go to CD. Maybe when the nose picker retires their next coach will have some balls.

 

[djct1999]

who cares. syracuse is the fat chick that popular girls are friends with because she has a car and is down to do anything. seriously, for this board and who we are, that program is junior varsity.


think about it, if we never win another title and they continue at the rate they are going, they can match us in 120 years. good luck with that.

 

[arnie3]

The games go back to the 50's. It was an out of state barometer rather than a rivalry. It would serve no purpose at this point for UConn to renew this because the "Cuse are in limbo. JB has had a great run, but they will not be in the top 6 of the pre-season ACC poll. They have been ranked in the pre-season 25 polls but that is mainly because they are almost always ranked in the pre-seaon polls, not based on ability. Because of JB's age, this is a bell-weather season for them. No one knows what their future will be like. They have great name recognition, but they are living in the past. That's why a renewed rivalry with the Hoyas is so fitting. Two teams whose fanbase is stuck in the 80's. Really, UConn can do better.

 

[tcf15]

How it feels upon reaching the end of that thread:

 

[prankster]

Who has more championship rings than Jim Boeheim?

This Guy!

 

[sdhusky]

The final reason they don't want to play is because Boeheim had a history of avoiding tough OOC games if possible. It obviously hasn't worked to their favor in the NCAAT an they might want to rethink that.

Look - if I had to win a Dec game against a patsy or an Jan game against an inferior league team, there is no coach I would rather have than JB.

He is absolutely masterful at winning those games. He has a system in place that absolutely maximizes their results in those kind of games.

The problem is when the tourney comes, he can only play one way. I remember Calhoun saying that to win a championship, you need a team that can play more than one way.

We saw it this March - one game Brimah would look amazing, the next he would sit. Ollie would go small. Ollie would put Samuel for energy. He pushed buttons. He adjusted lineups and went after match ups.

NBA stuff.

It's a bit over JB's head. But JB is one of the greatest regular season coaches in college BB history. So, he has that going to him. Which is nice.

SU fans are the ultimate zero sum game fans. They think UCONN's success comes at their expense. I think UCONN fans realize winning at the highest level means you beat the best. If its Duke or MSU or KY or SU, it doesn't matter. To win a NC, you have to play great teams and win.

That being said, Sherm Douglas, Stevie Thompson, Pearl Washington were some of the most exciting players to ever play in the BE. I loved watching those guys. I loved beating those guys.

 

[noeynox]

This Ain't Hard Fellas. Of Course Then View gTown As Their Biggest Rival. They Each Have One Title And,The Battle Is On To See If Either Can Ever Get A Second one.