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[StongingtonBob]

UMess playing in yet another huge venue: the 2,532 seat Daskalakis Athletic Center.

Didn't the wife ever tell you it's not the size that counts

 

[Huskymaniac]

Didn't the wife ever tell you it's not the size that counts

Maybe, unlike for you, his wife doesn't need to tell him that.

Funny stuff about the NIT here. Not sure what it has to do with Baylor and Tennessee. I do remember having an oddly familiar discussion in 1997 with a bitter umess fan name Carl Lavin. UConn was in the NIT that year and I was making the argument that going deep in the NIT meant the team was better than many of the NCAA tournament teams. He was arguing that only final four appearances mattered, UConn was never going to get to the final four and UConn was on its way down. Two years later we were national champions. Then umess fans said it was a fluke and we would never even get back to the final four again. In 2001 they said, see we were right because UConn is back in the NIT and Calhoun is washed up. In 2004 we won it again. In 2007 it looked like, finally, Calhoun was washed up and UConn was dead. Amherst rejoiced. In 2009 we made it to the final four, AGAIN! In 2010 Calhoun was definitely washed up and UConn was back in the *tee hee* NIT again. In 2011 we won the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP...AGAIN!

Now it is 2012 and a umess fan is trying to tell us how great the NIT is. I would agree, if it meant that your team actually had a chance to build on that. If you guys win the NIT you will probably lose your coach. I would rather be a UConn fan right now!

 

[Yonick]

Trying to make Uconn look bad? I was responding to rediculously arrogant taunts about Umass not playing basketball anymore. Okay, Scott Drew and Bruce Pearl are the devil, Uconn never did anything wrong and we will clearly perish tonight without Yonick's support.

You just don't get it Clothy. First, yes some taunted UMass about not having a basketball team. What you fail to grasp is you started it (forget about Tenn. and Pearl) by coming here with a blatent lie regarding Wiggins. You deserved what you got.
You cannot stay off a UConn board because you are infatuated with UConn's program. But, your jealousy of UConn's success forces yourself to throw out cheap comments.
Remember when I said we laugh at you because of our success and UMass failures. Just check out the posts since your stupid answer to me.
You make an @$$ of yourself over here.

 

[StongingtonBob]

Nice comeback victory without the support of Yonick! Please buddy, root for Stanford/Nevada next Tuesday!

 

[mauconnfan]

Trying to make Uconn look bad? I was responding to rediculously arrogant taunts about Umass not playing basketball anymore. Okay, Scott Drew and Bruce Pearl are the devil, Uconn never did anything wrong and we will clearly perish tonight without Yonick's support.

Okay congrats on the win......but as far as "taunts" where the duckk are you dipstick? You're on the UConn board numbnuts and noone cares about Umass so what would one expect? Please think about it Clothdude before you embarrass yourself......3 National Championships and 4 FF's in 14 years how you feeling abou that pal?...I mean the only one you sniffed Calimari screwed up ........NIT man NIT........relax

 

[Yonick]

Nice comeback victory without the support of Yonick! Please buddy, root for Stanford/Nevada next Tuesday!

Yeah, like mau has said, between our posts, congrats on the win, but it's hard to root for UMass considering everything mau has said above, and your lies regarding Wiggins, which were unprovoked by anyone on this board.
To get back to civil talk, I watched CSI between 8-9 (one of the few TV programs I watch) I checked on the score at intermissions, and turned it on @ 9PM to watch the final 3 minutes.
My comment is, Drexel's gym is very small. I know they had a higher seed than UMass, but the NIT is all about money. Why wasn't the game scheduled at Mullins.
In D-1 football a school needs a 30K seat stadium with an average of 20K per game to maintain it's status. Most schools in D-1 meet this criteria. A few MAC schools don't, but the NCAA turns it's back.
Point being, their should be simliar requirements in hoops for D-1. Drexel's gym is a glorifyed HS gym. Seton Hall's is too, but the BE forces them to play in Newark's new arena. I would think if a school wishes to be D-1 they should have a 6k seat gym with minimum average attendance of at least 4,500. Otherwise drop down to D-2

 

[StongingtonBob]

Yeah, like mau has said, between our posts, congrats on the win, but it's hard to root for UMass considering everything mau has said above, and your lies regarding Wiggins, which were unprovoked by anyone on this board.
To get back to civil talk, I watched CSI between 8-9 (one of the few TV programs I watch) I checked on the score at intermissions, and turned it on @ 9PM to watch the final 3 minutes.
My comment is, Drexel's gym is very small. I know they had a higher seed than UMass, but the NIT is all about money. Why wasn't the game scheduled at Mullins.
In D-1 football a school needs a 30K seat stadium with an average of 20K per game to maintain it's status. Most schools in D-1 meet this criteria. A few MAC schools don't, but the NCAA turns it's back.
Point being, their should be simliar requirements in hoops for D-1. Drexel's gym is a glorifyed HS gym. Seton Hall's is too, but the BE forces them to play in Newark's new arena. I would think if a school wishes to be D-1 they should have a 6k seat gym with minimum average attendance of at least 4,500. Otherwise drop down to D-2

I don't understand your question or your preoccupation with size. Anyways, since the home team gets all, if not, a large portion of the gate sales, the size of the venue doesn't really matter. Niether school has corporate sponsorship, such as the Cintas Center in Cincinnati. The revenue comes from ESPN and their sponsors. Since the NIT is still a national tournament featuring good basketball teams, they air this on their flagship station. All occuring at times they won't be competing with the NCAA on CBS. The womens NCAA takes the back seat for now on the ESPN 2 because the market is bigger form mens cbb regardless of which tournament. The Pru had a Devils home game scheduled for Saturday so we got the SHU gym.

I really don't know what you're getting at but I'm sure it's a subtle dig at Umass or Umess, if that pleases you. But this raises a question of my own, why aren't you playing anymore at the XL Center. Is the Connecticut market shrinking or something?

 

[Yonick]

I don't understand your question or your preoccupation with size. Anyways, since the home team gets all, if not, a large portion of the gate sales, the size of the venue doesn't really matter. Niether school has corporate sponsorship, such as the Cintas Center in Cincinnati. The revenue comes from ESPN and their sponsors. Since the NIT is still a national tournament featuring good basketball teams, they air this on their flagship station. All occuring at times they won't be competing with the NCAA on CBS. The womens NCAA takes the back seat for now on the ESPN 2 because the market is bigger form mens cbb regardless of which tournament. The Pru had a Devils home game scheduled for Saturday so we got the SHU gym.

I really don't know what you're getting at but I'm sure it's a subtle dig at Umass or Umess, if that pleases you. But this raises a question of my own, why aren't you playing anymore at the XL Center. Is the Connecticut market shrinking or something?

If I were to dig UMass/UMess it wouldn't be so subtile. I just believe that if a school wishes to be D-1 in hoops, some guidelines, like football has, should be required. No need to try to make this a preoccupation with size. Either you are sufficent with a commitment or you aren't. Many hoop teams will have 800, or so, in the gym for a regular season game. Including Quinnipiac & SHU. That shouldn't be D-1
As far s UConn and the XL center, that's a rumor only. I'm not even sure how that started. Regarding the CT market, only a UMass/UMess fan like yourself would hope that this hoop market shrinks. Now go out and find Wiggins barber so you can expand the CT rumor market.