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[QUOTE="Chuck, post: 4943881, member: 1646"]
I think there are degrees.  I was rooting for Marquette and Creighton.  I don't really care that much about them and don't know any grads.  It helps the Big East and UConn if they do well and I get no pain from rooting them on.  I cannot root for Providence because of two people I know that are just insufferable about the school.  I've realized that if I don't poke them after UConn success, it bothers them even more than bragging.  If Syracuse was still in the Big East, I wouldn't root for them either.

I'm shocked someone mentioned an OSU fan rooting for Michigan.  I know grads from both and I think they take as much pleasure in the pain of the other's losses as they do their own team's victories.  It's not like the Big Ten needs more money or press.

One of my kids is looking at big schools right now.  She is looking at UConn along with other ACC and Big Ten schools.  I think I could root for all she's looking at (including former rival Pitt) although UConn will still take precedence.  Syracuse? BC?  Nope.  I'd let them go if it was right for them, but I'd still root against them.
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