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Message: [QUOTE="Horsebrnhil, post: 5319164, member: 14064"] You're correct on some of your point, wrong on others. First, no we didn't play St.Johns or Nova until the Big East, however in the 60's Syracuse WAS a seasonal foe. As to Providence, same can said. PC wasn't a seasonal foe until the Big East as well. A typical schedule would be Yale, Yankee Conference foes, out of conference teams like Holy Cross, (then a New England power), Boston College and Boston University, Canisius, Manhattan, Rutgers. Remember that the NCAA tournament was 32 teams for years, into the 70's. You're correct re:Eastern basketball. Power house teams from Philadelphia's Big 5, Big 10, ACC, Missouri Valley Conference, Big 8, SEC, and the then Pac-8, we're your regular entries into the big dance. Back then there were very few "At large" entries in it. Yes times were WAY DIFFERENT then than now. [/QUOTE]