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I cant get excited for these AAC games anymore

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Yankees32123 said:
Why was Tulane invited to join the conference? They are abysmal in both football and basketball. ECU helps football and Tulsa is apparently good at basketball. Why is Tulane here...
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Tulane has been much better than expected in hoops, they lose one marginal player off this year's roster and they have a good recruiting class, I also think they have a very good coach whom they need to sign long term. Because of the quality of their school and location I think Tulane can carve out a good hoops niche for itself.

And speaking of niche's, it doesn't take a genius to see that Orlando Antigua is carving out a great recruiting niche for USF with the Latin player. HUGE potential there.
 
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I expected going from the Big East to the AAC to be unbearable, but the games have been just decent enough to be watchable...for a few years.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
I cant stand the people on the board where if you bring up the slightest question of the team or conference you get attacked especially the posters that offer little to no argument other than you suck bye, questioning your fanhood.

Most posters or Uconn fans that watched the big east in its early days or throughout its evolution probably long like me for the old conference rivalries. I never meant that i was belittling the AAC teams. Its not their fault. I'm simply stating that the likes of UCF, ECU, Tulsa, ect are not as exciting as a conference with Gtwon, Cuse, Nova, Pitt, Louisville. I use to look at the schedule and be so pumped to watch a prime time game on ESPN with Uconn and whoever in the big east. Now im scrambling through the TV guide trying to find which channel is CBS sports 4 is to watch Uconn play.
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Don't take it personally. Just about every day someone starts or hijacks a thread bashing the AAC. We were screwed. probably by our own administrators. This conference is light years from the BE. There is not yet the history with the few competitive teams to feel a sense of rivalry.
But complaining about it gets old. Insulting other teams (you did not) is counter-productive. Especially as we haven't exactly dominated this conference.
We sound like the guy complaining about their wife leaving them, years after the divorce.
Best we can do is win our games and support football
 
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Scheduling well in the OOC is great but it still isn't the same feel, IMO. Playing against good teams in November and December, when college football and the NFL is still going on doesn't have the same intensity as a great games in February and March. Hell, we moved our game with Xavier to mid-Feb for that very reason. Looking down the stretch of our schedule and seeing games on CBSSN against Tulane, Tulsa and UCF is not appealing at all!
 
Tulane is in a position to become a top flight basketball program a la Georgetown.
 
Calipari/Memphis made a conscious effort to schedule a late season, marquee, OOC game...the Memphis vs Gonzaga contest has become a nice little rivalry for us.

UConn might try that...maybe schedule a BE team like Nova or Georgetown.
 
UofMemphis said:
Calipari/Memphis made a conscious effort to schedule a late season, marquee, OOC game...the Memphis vs Gonzaga contest has become a nice little rivalry for us.

UConn might try that...maybe schedule a BE team like Nova or Georgetown.
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See, we just have different standards. We will not "rival" some a WCC team with no championships.
 
pnow15 said:
Tulane is in a position to become a top flight basketball program a la Georgetown.
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This was a left-jab-followed-by-a-right-uppercut of wrongness.

First, there's no way Tulsa is in a position to become Georgetown.

Second, how does someone search their brain for a 'top-flite' basketball program to compare Tulsa to and come up with Georgetown?
 
WestHartHusk said:
See, we just have different standards. We will not "rival" some a WCC team with no championships.
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Exactly, I'm not letting some team that loses to a Canadian university dictate who should be on our non-conference schedule.
 
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Fishy said:
This was a left-jab-followed-by-a-right-uppercut of wrongness.

First, there's no way Tulsa is in a position to become Georgetown.

Second, how does someone search their brain for a 'top-flite' basketball program to compare Tulsa to and come up with Georgetown?
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I was hoping psnow had a left handed delivery on an attempt at sarcasm here. I hope so at least.
 
Someday I'd love to understand how UConn fans mocking garbage programs hurts UConn.

Now message board respect towards second rate programs is a key metric in conference realignment?

That would leave everyone out of the P5.
 
WestHartHusk said:
See, we just have different standards. We will not "rival" some a WCC team with no championships.
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where did I say you would be? I seem to remember saying you might try scheduling a BE team like Nova or Georgetown as a late season, marquee, OOC game.

reading is fundamental.
 
metsfan2323 said:
Well since Cincy was a Big East team you can use your imagination. BTW USF, also a Big East team.
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So was DePaul and we all know what a snoozefest those games usually were.
 
Fishy said:
This was a left-jab-followed-by-a-right-uppercut of wrongness.

First, there's no way Tulsa is in a position to become Georgetown.

Second, how does someone search their brain for a 'top-flite' basketball program to compare Tulsa to and come up with Georgetown?
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Typical Fishy act like the smartest guy in the room but cannot even read and comprehend what others write.
 
I'm neither excited about the Tulane-Tulsa game nor am I watching it, but I am certainly hoping Tulane wins and I'm rooting for them.

Tulsa can't be allowed to run away with the conference regular season.
 
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All I can say it is like the AHL coming to Hartford after the NHL it can't be the same.
 
Who Ha said:
All I can say it is like the AHL coming to Hartford after the NHL it can't be the same.
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Well not really we still have the same program that has 3 (4?) more titles than Cuse but were forced to sit at the kiddy table due to greed and grudges held by a certain "catholic school"
 
upstater said:
I'm neither excited about the Tulane-Tulsa game nor am I watching it, but I am certainly hoping Tulane wins and I'm rooting for them.

Tulsa can't be allowed to run away with the conference regular season.
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It's better for us that Tulsa wins that game. You want their RPI to be as high as possible when we play them in February. Moreover, Tulsa's schedule is extremely back loaded - they still have to play Cincinnati, SMU twice, and @ UConn. There is no way they're running away with the conference.
 
FartMan69 said:
Well not really we still have the same program that has 3 (4?) more titles than Cuse but were forced to sit at the kiddy table due to greed and grudges held by a certain "catholic school"
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Do you remember Montclair State? No, UCONN has more going for it. My point is they were a power. Five more years in this league and we will be a Wikipedia program, unable to compete with the big boys
 
Who Ha said:
Do you remember Montclair State? No, UCONN has more going for it. My point is they were a power. Five more years in this league and we will be a Wikipedia program, unable to compete with the big boys
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Oh believe me I know how screwed we are without a p5 life boat. My point was no matter what UConn basketball will exist in some form where is my hockey team left me high and dry when i was a kid.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
think scheduling a good OOC schedule is crucial and they have been doing that. But they need to get some games with the old BE rivals like Cuse, Gtown, Nova, St Johns, Pitt ect
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You can forget Cuse..they would rather fill up on cupcakes like Kennesaw State and Hampton to build their resume.
 
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Fishy said:
This was a left-jab-followed-by-a-right-uppercut of wrongness.

First, there's no way Tulsa is in a position to become Georgetown.

Second, how does someone search their brain for a 'top-flite' basketball program to compare Tulsa to and come up with Georgetown?
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First of all the school was Tulane, a strong academic school with a large black community in New Orleans a la DC area. A conference which includes the national champion. Jazz, smoking hot woman, great food. Why shouldn't Tulane recruit some of the best basketball players, most of whom are black?
 
Yankees32123 said:
Why was Tulane invited to join the conference? They are abysmal in both football and basketball. ECU helps football and Tulsa is apparently good at basketball. Why is Tulane here...
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because they thought that 2 teams starting with Tul would be cool.
 
Yankees32123 said:
Why was Tulane invited to join the conference? They are abysmal in both football and basketball. ECU helps football and Tulsa is apparently good at basketball. Why is Tulane here...
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So I could screw up Tulsa/Tulane creating a chat room.
 
Two of the AAC's basketball arenas hosted the ABA. Larry Brown must be having a blast.
 
jleves said:
I guess when we are left with getting into a pissing match with a memphis fan about our conference things have hit rock bottom. Let's hope it's the bottom cause this really sucks.
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There is no rock bottom. Have we not learned this by now?
 
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