If we had a team as good as Villanova's

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Yeah. We not even in the tourney right now.

Our Region is getting picked apart just like College football in the Northeast was killed.

Its only a matter of years before people stop watching college basketball in the Northeast and the rest is history. Sad Sad Sad

We won last year! and in 2011. Good Lord!

 

[ecasadoSBU]

But what has the northeast ever won other than Uconn? Syracuse in 2003 with in ineligible players? 4 Uconn championships since CCNY.

Its not about winning it all. Its about have teams late in the tournament every year. Teams that draw attention. Teams that make people watch games in the Northeast Corridor. A corridor that has massive TV competition from Pro sports and all sort of entertainment. duck. I get pissed off just talking about it.

How can our college administrators be so shortsighted and sell their soul for short term gains, and long term losses. duck* duck* duck*

 

[zls44]

The prep/HS talent in the Northeast has rarely been better. Lots of great great prospects. The sport isn't dying- its that the Big East is a house of cards.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

We won last year! and in 2011. Good Lord!

Dude, I said this a thousand times before. Connecticut alone is not enough to make the region watch College basketball. You need at least 5-6 teams playing each other every year that are on the running for the championship. For example: Syracuse, Connecticut, Providence, Villanova and any other team (st. john's, GT, Temple). That will keep people interested. Who the ** wants to watch a Kentucky team or a team from the Midwest every day on TV... a team you can't relate and you can't watch live even if you wanted to...

The breakup of the Big East is gonna have a more long lasting impact on the region than many of us think

 

[caw]

With Butler still playing, the BE so far is 5-4 with zero wins against teams higher than an 11 seed. Xavier has played 11 and 14.

They have not exactly shown well by having PC (6-11) and Nova (1-8) majorly upset by seeding and having Georgetown (4-5) and Samson Johnson (9-8) lose their toss up games.

Butler losing to ND would be understandable at least.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

The prep/HS talent in the Northeast has rarely been better. Lots of great great prospects. The sport isn't dying- its that the Big East is a house of cards.

May I ask where are those players going?

 

[zls44]

How can our college administrators be so shortsighted and sell their soul for short term gains, and long term losses. duck* duck* duck*

Ask Pittsburgh.
Ask Providence.
Ask Syracuse.


Those three are the problem trio.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Its not about winning it all. Its about have teams late in the tournament every year.

Huh?? Since 1999, we've done this...
Champs - 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014
Final Four - 1999, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2014
Elite Eight - 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014
Sweet Sixteen - 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014

 

[zls44]

May I ask where are those players going?

To schools that play on real TV networks.

 

[TRest]

Yeah. We not even in the tourney right now.

Our Region is getting picked apart just like College football in the Northeast was killed.

Its only a matter of years before people stop watching college basketball in the Northeast and the rest is history. Sad Sad Sad

Dear lord.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Dude, I said this a thousand times before. Connecticut alone is not enough to make the region watch College basketball. You need at least 5-6 teams playing each other every year that are on the running for the championship. For example: Syracuse, Connecticut, Providence, Villanova and any other team (st. john's, GT, Temple). That will keep people interested. Who the ** wants to watch a Kentucky team or a team from the Midwest every day on TV... a team you can't relate and you can't watch live even if you wanted to...

The breakup of the Big East is gonna have a more long lasting impact on the region than many of us think

Okay, but there is nothing Uconn can do about the NE region sucking. I agree it is pretty bad right now.

 

[Ripper32]

It's sad that such a great conference was blown up because the Catholic basketball oriented schools wouldn't budge to add football members.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Huh?? Since 1999, we've done this...
Champs - 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014
Final Four - 1999, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2014
Elite Eight - 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014
Sweet Sixteen - 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014

bro. you are living in the past. we are talking about now and the future of CBB in the northeast

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

bro. you are living in the past. we are talking about now and the future of CBB in the northeast

The past!!! It was motherf***ing last year. Literally 12 months ago.

 

[Ripper32]

The Pac 12, Big 12 and ACC have a stranglehold on the glitz factor. It's going to be tough to overcome.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Okay, but there is nothing Uconn can do about the NE region sucking. I agree it is pretty bad right now.

I Agree. I'm not blaming UConn at all. Connecticut is more like a victim in all of this movement.

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For those folks that are old enough:

How strong was college basketball in the Northeast prior to the creation of the Big East in the 80s? Did people watch it? Did it have a mainstream following?

 

[ecasadoSBU]

The past!!! It was motherf***ing last year. Literally 12 months ago.

Yeah but unfortunately. ESPN and the Power-5 are quick to make people forget that. Its crazy how on a yearly basis they re-write which conference is the most powerful, which one gets the most bids... things move very quickly in the CBB landscape. Everyone is quick to point out that conference is weak, this conference is strong, this conference is the best... etc.

 

[caw]

bro. you are living in the past. we are talking about now and the future of CBB in the northeast

No bro you are living in the past, so some NE teams lost, that was soooo yesterday (or earlier today). Get over it already.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

No bro you are living in the past, so some NE teams lost, that was soooo yesterday (or earlier today). Get over it already.

I hope this is just and off year and that the Northeast bounces back next year. It would be sad to see this happen more often

 

[ecasadoSBU]

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[upstater]

bro. you are living in the past. we are talking about now and the future of CBB in the northeast

Why complain now? BC, PC, StJ, Hall, Pitt haven't done anything for decades.

Gtown has been to 1 F4 in 28 years!

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Why complain now? BC, PC, StJ, Hall, Pitt haven't done anything for decades.

Gtown has been to 1 F4 in 28 years!

Exactly. It's been Uconn and some degree Syracuse for the last 20 years.

 

[A10 fan]

Pitt and Cuse made their move to protect football. Football is always going to be the first priority with them. The hybrid model was going to fail eventually. UConn recognized that, which is why they moved up in football. The BE was shortsighted not to add Penn State during the 80's. It was Penn St. going to the Big 10 that destabilized everything. With Penn St. in the fold, it would have been easy to start the football league. No league with PSU in it was ever going to be marginalized. You would have added the rest of the eastern football schools (WVU, Rutgers, etc), and maybe a school or two from bordering regions. None of the core schools would have ever left.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Why complain now? BC, PC, StJ, Hall, Pitt haven't done anything for decades.

Gtown has been to 1 F4 in 28 years!

This is the first time in years not a single team from the Northeast makes it to the second weekend of the tournament. again, is not necessarily about winning titles. Its about having multiple teams from the region go deep into the tournament (Sweet 16, Elite 8, F4)... Teams that get a lot of press time and TV airtime when it matters the most to keep our top HS players at home. This is what gets me worried. Our region has a lot of great talent rising, yet they are not staying at home. it sucks

 

[jleves]

Pitt and Cuse made their move to protect football. Football is always going to be the first priority with them. The hybrid model was going to fail eventually. UConn recognized that, which is why they moved up in football. The BE was shortsighted not to add Penn State during the 80's. It was Penn St. going to the Big 10 that destabilized everything. With Penn St. in the fold, it would have been easy to start the football league. No league with PSU in it was ever going to be marginalized. You would have added the rest of the eastern football schools (WVU, Rutgers, etc), and maybe a school or two from bordering regions. None of the core schools would have ever left.

How in the same post can you say the hybrid model was never going to work and then the Big East with Penn St even though they had a bunch of catholic schools with no football, making it a hybrid model, would have been fine?