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March madness round two Sunday

superjohn said:
The same dopes who whine about the Big East sucking root against the Big East in the tournament.
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Wait, you realize we could play against the winner of this game? And it’s literally affecting us this year as opposed to hypothetical money going to our athletic dept?
 
superjohn said:
The same dopes who whine about the Big East sucking root against the Big East in the tournament.
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Yup because that’s totally the same thing. We know you root for all BE teams. That doesn’t make you a “better fan”. I root for one team. Every other game I root for who I like more. I can’t stand Pitino and don’t like SJ. They’re also a way worse matchup for us. I rooted against Louisville in 2014 as well.
 
superjohn said:
The same dopes who whine about the Big East sucking root against the Big East in the tournament.
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Not rooting for St John's to play us I get but not rooting for them to go to the sweet 16 is crazy. It's clearly they have beaten us, if Nova were playing right now everyone would be rooting for them.
 
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About 20% of this board is so invested in the failure of the Big East that they would rather the Big East fail than UConn succeed.
 
KingAG said:
St John’s winning or losing this game has no consequence on the current or future success of UConn basketball. Lmfao. 2 million split 11 ways is how much? Give me a break.
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To answer the question: Roughly $180,000.
 
Mr. French said:
Wait, you realize we could play against the winner of this game? And it’s literally affecting us this year as opposed to hypothetical money going to our athletic dept?
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A UConn St. John's matchup in the elite 8 would be awesome for UConn and the Big East.
 
Scoe said:
Not rooting for St John's to play us I get but not rooting for them to go to the sweet 16 is crazy. It's clearly they have beaten us, if Nova were playing right now everyone would be rooting for them.
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Well I’m rooting for whoever wins this game to beat Duke. So a St John’s V Duke game would not be fun.
 
Mr. French said:
A team I hate who killed us last week and could kill us next week is a team I’m rooting against. Weird concept, I guess.
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No everyone was hoping we’d see Louisville in the 2014 final 4. It’s so dishonest lol
 
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superjohn said:
A UConn St. John's matchup in the elite 8 would be awesome for UConn and the Big East.
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So would UConn KU or UConn Duke. I just don’t care enough about revenue to the school to root for a team I hate, it’s not complicated. You disagree, that’s cool, I have no issue I just don’t get how anyone has an issue with our stance of rooting against a hated rival. I hate Pitino.
 
KingAG said:
Well I’m rooting for whoever wins this game to beat Duke. So a St John’s V Duke game would not be fun.
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Duke would annihilate Kansas, well it's the tournament you play who you gotta play let's just win tonight.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
About 20% of this board is so invested in the failure of the Big East that they would rather the Big East fail than UConn succeed.
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Yea nope. I rooted for Nova to win their game. And would root for them in this instance

I campaigned for Seton Hall to be a tournament team.

Just don’t like SJ. Crucify me.
 
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Mr. French said:
So would UConn KU or UConn Duke. I just don’t care enough about revenue to the school to root for a team I hate, it’s not complicated. You disagree, that’s cool, I have no issue I just don’t get how anyone has an issue with our stance of rooting against a hated rival. I hate Pitino.
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The same guy who told us all year how awful of a matchup SJ is for us suddenly wants us to have to beat them to get to the final 4. All for the BE. Lol
 
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Mr. French said:
So would UConn KU or UConn Duke. I just don’t care enough about revenue to the school to root for a team I hate, it’s not complicated. You disagree, that’s cool, I have no issue I just don’t get how anyone has an issue with our stance of rooting against a hated rival.
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The revenue is not what I care about but a few bucks is always nice. The perception would be awesome for the league. Two Big East teams battling for a chance at the final 4 and the committee having to put them in the same region to keep them both out of the final 4. It would be great for the league. I also would love playing St. John's on a neutral floor with tournament refs instead of facing Duke with tournament refs.
 
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KingAG said:
Which would still not impact the current or future success of UConn basketball.

That’d pay for a bench player
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It's not used in isolation. If we have 800k allotted for a player (maybe a subpar starter), suddenly we have 1.3mil (a real player). Or it could be the difference in winning a bidding war for 2.5 mil vs. another team bidding 2 mil for a starting PF.

But either way, we're close but not at the full revenue sharing amount for the university and we have one of the most expensive coaching staffs in the country. Every dollar literally counts.
 
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There's bitterness because St John's has beaten us. I admit I have been bitter against St John's don't lie.
 
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