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alexd. said:
Too bad about the snow????? What the hell does that mean???...Were you even at the game?? Basically a sell out. Great crowd. None of the BE conference games come close t0 drawing 16K these days.

Save Depaul???....SH and SJU home game have this kind of energy? That's BS.
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Actually every Big East game at Creighton draws 17K.

You might mean none of the AAC conference games come close to drawing 16K these days. Yeah, thats what you mean.
 
John said:
Creighton. Big East. My God, how did it come to this.
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That was my first reaction too....but hey, take them any day of the week over former members USF, Rutgers, Virginia Tech.....at least these guys actually give a chit about hoops.
 
BigEast said:
That was my first reaction too....but hey, take them any day of the week over former members USF, Rutgers, Virginia Tech.....at least these guys actually give a chit about hoops.
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Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountains. Like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the west.
Behind the hills, into shadow. How did it come to this?


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BigEast said:
Actually every Big East game at Creighton draws 17K.

You might mean none of the AAC conference games come close to drawing 16K these days. Yeah, thats what you mean.
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WTF is a Creighton? Sounds like a dessert from Carbone's.....mmmmmm Carbone's
 
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The only similarity between the New "Big East" and the real Big East is the name. C'mon Creighton? Butler? Depaul? Certainly they are decent bb programs but they are not UConn, Syracuse, and Pittsburgh of old. Till the new Big East shows they can play in March, I am not buying what they are selling. Clearly an AAC team has shown they can win it all (oh God, it hurts to call UConn an AAC team...)

When the old Big East broke up everyone involved lost. The energy today showed that...
 
gtcam said:
Maybe I'm reading this wrong but are you implying that Gtown and UConn were middle of the pack OBE teams and the game would not be marquee?
As a Cinci fan, would you be looking forward to a match vs Gtown?
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Both would be in the middle of the pack this season. 12-7 and 13-5 coming into the game.
 
BigEast said:
That was my first reaction too....but hey, take them any day of the week over former members USF, Rutgers, Virginia Tech.....at least these guys actually give a chit about hoops.
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Except they didn't replace USF, RU and VT....they were meant fill the void left by UCONN, Cuse and/or Louisville. No contest.
 
kobe said:
Both would be in the middle of the pack this season. 12-7 and 13-5 coming into the game.
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Seriously. I don't quite get the frustration around what you said. The OBE was deep, and both UConn and Georgetown are underperforming as of right now.
 
alexd. said:
Except they didn't replace USF, RU and VT....they were meant fill the void left by UCONN, Cuse and/or Louisville. No contest.
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Apples and oranges. Wasn't a straight up replacement. There were 15 teams before the split. They built a 10 team conference with 7 of the previous members and 3 new teams. Was just about getting the best 3 basketball focused universities....not replacing Pitt, or USF, or Syracuse. Certainly there have been some legendary programs, but I think all three of these new schools have made excellent contributions already. Already more than a decade of Rutgers.
 
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Big East circa 2012: Current Records

1. Villanova 17-2 (KenPom: 1)
2. Louisville 16-3 (KenPom: 3)
3. West Virginia 16-3 (KenPom: 6)
4. Pittsburgh 16-3 (KenPom: 44)
5. Providence 16-3 (KenPom: 45)
7. Notre Dame 14-5 (KenPom: 27)
6. UConn 14-5 (KenPom: 31)
8. Cincy 14-6 (KenPom: 33)
9. Seton Hall 13-6 (KenPom: 39)
10. Syracuse 13-7 (KenPom: 38)
11. Marquette 12-7 (KenPom: 116)
12. Georgetown 12-8 (KenPom: 47)
13. DePaul 7-12 (KenPom: 161)
14. St. John's 7-12 (KenPom: 244)
15. Rutgers 6-14 (KenPom 277)
16. USF 4-17 (KenPom: 264)
 
tzznandrew said:
Big East circa 2012: Current Records

1. Villanova 17-2 (KenPom: 1)
2. Louisville 16-3 (KenPom: 3)
3. West Virginia 16-3 (KenPom: 6)
4. Pittsburgh 16-3 (KenPom: 44)
5. Providence 16-3 (KenPom: 45)
7. Notre Dame 14-5 (KenPom: 27)
6. UConn 14-5 (KenPom: 31)
8. Cincy 14-6 (KenPom: 33)
9. Seton Hall 13-6 (KenPom: 39)
10. Syracuse 13-7 (KenPom: 38)
11. Marquette 12-7 (KenPom: 116)
12. Georgetown 12-8 (KenPom: 47)
13. DePaul 7-12 (KenPom: 161)
14. St. John's 7-12 (KenPom: 244)
15. Rutgers 6-14 (KenPom 277)
16. USF 4-17 (KenPom: 264)
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Ive got to admit while im still a diehard fan between the breakup of the big east,the awful american conference and the sporadic tv schedule i simply dont watch as many uconn games as i used to. I really really miss the big east. Wild horses couldnt drag me away from the tv when uconn was on.
 
From the days of Earl and Tim Coles to Kemba, Bazz and Boat the Big East games against the better teams were WARS. They were as intense as a tourney game and often far more physical. I miss them very much.

Who else remembers Kemba passing the ball to himself off the backboard against GTown at the XL Center? Or Nadav and Co. beating GTown and Cuse back to back? THAT was college basketball at its finest.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Ive got to admit while im still a diehard fan between the breakup of the big east,the awful american conference and the sporadic tv schedule i simply dont watch as many uconn games as i used to. I really really miss the big east. Wild horses couldnt drag me away from the tv when uconn was on.
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Uconn is uconn. You need to check yourself.
 
dwalks93 said:
but they are not UConn, Syracuse, and Pittsburgh of old. Till the new Big East shows they can play in March, I am not buying what they are selling. Clearly an AAC team has shown they can win it all (oh God, it hurts to call UConn an AAC team...)

When the old Big East broke up everyone involved lost. The energy today showed that...
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in fairness, Pitt and Cuse never really won in March either
 
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UC990411 said:
in fairness, Pitt and Cuse never really won in March either
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The New Big East has had teams seeded 1,2, 3,4, 6, 6, 6, and 9 in two years. ZERO of those teams defeated a single digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. NONE. ZIP. NADA. UConn defeated 5 in one tournament, Louisville defeated 1, Memphis defeated 1 and Cincinnati defeated 1.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Ive got to admit while im still a diehard fan between the breakup of the big east,the awful american conference and the sporadic tv schedule i simply dont watch as many uconn games as i used to. I really really miss the big east. Wild horses couldnt drag me away from the tv when uconn was on.
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It's had a dramatic effect on my interest in college sports as a whole. When we were in the Big East, I would catch any college bball/football game between two programs that were at all noteworthy. I would have an encyclopedic knowledge of the players on Kansas State, and Iowa, East Bumf--- U, etc.

Now to watch two random ACC teams or B1G or whatever just makes me bitter. So I don't follow the rest of the landscape. I don't even know who's ranked #1 right now without looking it up (I used to look forward to the rankings every Monday).

I still catch every UConn game, and go to the home games, but my enthusiasm for NCAA sports besides UConn has completely shriveled up and died.
 
I don't miss most BE fans dropping "knowledge."
 
UCHuskies08 said:
It's had a dramatic effect on my interest in college sports as a whole. When we were in the Big East, I would catch any college bball/football game between two programs that were at all noteworthy. I would have an encyclopedic knowledge of the players on Kansas State, and Iowa, East Bumf--- U, etc.

Now to watch two random ACC teams or B1G or whatever just makes me bitter. So I don't follow the rest of the landscape. I don't even know who's ranked #1 right now without looking it up (I used to look forward to the rankings every Monday).

I still catch every UConn game, and go to the home games, but my enthusiasm for NCAA sports besides UConn has completely shriveled up and died.
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Beyond UConn, I DGAS.
 
That game felt like old days. It felt great. There was hype, there was history, there was rivalry and there was respect. KO hyped the team up by talking about Ray against AI, about beating the twin towers, about John Thompson. There's very little of that inside the AAC conference games. They all feel like UConn vs. DePaul did 4 years ago. I will forever be mad over the break up of the best conference in college sports. I don't know how we replicate the feeling of old BE conference games. Maybe time will create those feelings and rivalries once again .... but it aint never gonna be the same.
 
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Jerry1714 said:
Sounds like Gtown, Cuse and Nova will all be on future schedules. No interest in PC, does nothing for recruiting and they have not won an NCAAT game in two decades, they do not really add much outside of local interest.
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Yeah, I know, but damnit! the Dunk is 20 minutes from my house. I miss that game, although they gave us fits.
 
kobe said:
The New Big East has had teams seeded 1,2, 3,4, 6, 6, 6, and 9 in two years. ZERO of those teams defeated a single digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. NONE. ZIP. NADA. UConn defeated 5 in one tournament, Louisville defeated 1, Memphis defeated 1 and Cincinnati defeated 1.
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AAC National Titles: 1
NBE National Titles: 0

That's all that needs to be said.
 
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