Big East Glory Days

[CL82]

For fans of the old Big East there is an excellent podcast "Big East Rewind" hosted by ex-Villanova center Chuck Everson
and Syracuse's Sonny Spera. It's a labor of love for the two and features interviews with dozens of coaches, players, etc. who were all part of the Big East especially in 80's and 90's. It's a little light on UConn but is still amazingly nostalgic for everyone who grew up on Big Mondays.

I’ve seen some UConn episodes there. It’s a good watch.

 

[upstater]

Only beat Ewing once in 80-81, his freshman year.
With Corny we were 2-3 against Georgetown

Beat them 63-52 at the Capital Centre in 1982. I think this is the game where Karl Hobbs was mercilessly booed but he dribbled circles around them. May have been Hobbs' finest moment.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Only beat Ewing once in 80-81, his freshman year.
With Corny we were 2-3 against Georgetown

81-82 was Ewing's freshman year. We split with them that year and in 80-81. We beat them twice in 79-80.

 

[Kathy]

81-82 was Ewing's freshman year. We split with them that year and in 80-81. We beat them twice in 79-80.

Did not beat them twice in 79-80. Played them once and lost.

G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	REG		Yale	Ivy	-6.96	W	83	75		1	0	W 1	Hartford Civic Center
2	Tue, Dec 4, 1979	REG		New Hampshire	ECACN	-16.90	W	71	62		2	0	W 2	Hartford Civic Center
3	Fri, Dec 7, 1979	REG	N	Richmond	ECACS	-2.36	W	81	79		3	0	W 3	Jon M. Huntsman Center
4	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG	@	Utah	WAC	5.47	L	66	73		3	1	L 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
5	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	REG		Fairfield	ECACM	-10.88	W	66	57		4	1	W 1	New Haven Coliseum
6	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	REG	@	Rhode Island	ECACN	1.14	L	63	74		4	2	L 1	Keaney Gymnasium
7	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG		Seton Hall	Big East	-2.87	W	89	73		5	2	W 1	Hartford Civic Center
8	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	REG	N	Ohio	MAC	-8.33	W	95	76		6	2	W 2	New Haven Coliseum
9	Sun, Dec 30, 1979	REG	N	Pittsburgh	EAA	5.70	L	72	77		6	3	L 1	New Haven Coliseum
10	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	REG	@	New Hampshire	ECACN	-16.90	L	59	67		6	4	L 2	Lundholm Gym
11	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG	@	St. John's (NY) (17)	Big East	10.43	L	73	83		6	5	L 3	Madison Square Garden (IV)
12	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	REG		Boston College	Big East	5.92	W	83	71		7	5	W 1	Hartford Civic Center
13	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG	@	Massachusetts	EAA	-12.38	W	72	51		8	5	W 2	Springfield Civic Center
14	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	REG		Fordham	ECACM	-5.89	W	66	53		9	5	W 3	Hartford Civic Center
15	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG		McNeese State	Southland	0.02	W	73	69		10	5	W 4	Hartford Civic Center
16	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	REG		Providence	Big East	-0.03	W	74	63		11	5	W 5	New Haven Coliseum
17	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG	@	Syracuse (6)	Big East	16.43	L	89	99		11	6	L 1	Manley Field House
18	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	REG		Manhattan	ECACM	-15.08	W	89	66		12	6	W 1	New Haven Coliseum
19	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG	@	Georgetown	Big East	13.07	L	64	84		12	7	L 1	McDonough Gymnasium
20	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	REG		Massachusetts	EAA	-12.38	W	73	55		13	7	W 1	Hartford Civic Center
21	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG		Rhode Island	ECACN	1.14	L	65	68		13	8	L 1	Hartford Civic Center
22	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	REG		Boston University	ECACN	0.10	W	72	65		14	8	W 1	Hartford Civic Center
23	Mon, Feb 18, 1980	REG		Vermont	ECACN	-6.28	W	89	62		15	8	W 2	Hartford Civic Center
24	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	REG	@	Holy Cross	ECACN	-0.54	W	88	70		16	8	W 3	Hart Recreation Center
25	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG	@	Maine	ECACN	-3.41	W	87	67		17	8	W 4	Alfond Arena
26	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	CTOURN	N	Boston College	Big East	5.92	W	79	68		18	8	W 5	Providence Civic Center
27	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	CTOURN	N	Syracuse (3)	Big East	16.43	L	61	92		18	9	L 1	Providence Civic Center
28	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	NIT		Saint Peter's	ECACM	5.72	L

 

[storrsroars]

only good things about the current big east are john fanta and jonathan the husky.

and that's just simply an undeniable fact.

C'mon man. There was an excellent episode on "Dogs" on Netflix about the lineage of Butler bulldog mascots and their handlers.

You have no heart.

 

[Seamus84]

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Bring back those road uni’s!!!