Memphis deserved a little more respect...

[BlueAndGray]

For going undefeated in C-USA every year...

 

[caw]

For going undefeated in C-USA every year...

No they didn't. Just because UConn is playing like crap doesn't mean the crap beating them is any good.

 

[BlueAndGray]

No they didn't. Just because UConn is playing like crap doesn't mean the crap beating them is any good.

It won't just be uconn who drops a game here and there to former C-USA members. Cincy and Louisville will too. Watch.

 

[TRest]

It won't just be uconn who drops a game here and there to former C-USA members. Cincy and Louisville will too. Watch.

This year has no relationship to any other year. We may not be a tourney team this year.

 

[metsfan2323]

Give Houston and SMU credit for capitalizing on the upgrade to the AAC and improving their programs. They are not the same teams that played in CUSA.

UCONN did not join CUSA 2.0, the CUSA schools upgraded to the Big East 4.0 now named the AAC.

Everyone gave the C7 credit for adding adding basketball powers like Xavier, Creighton, and Butler but it turns out that Memphis, SMU, and Houston are just as good.

The silver lining from the two losses is that this conference season will clearly not be boring, every game will be a dog fight just like every Big East game was a dog fight.

I'm glad to see this basketball board humbled, It had been quite obnoxious with all of the "this league is beneath us" nonsense.

 

[kobe]

LOLOL! Memphis was our (Cincinnati) whipping boy back in C-USA. They were truly a nobody in the conference until UC, UofL and Marquette left.

The Conference USA Memphis played in is nothing compared to the current American. You guys lost two road games, big deal...

 

[Huskyforlife]

LOLOL! Memphis was our (Cincinnati) whipping boy back in C-USA. They were truly a nobody in the conference until UC, UofL and Marquette left.

The Conference USA Memphis played in is nothing compared to the current American. You guys lost two road games, big deal...

PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[zls44]

, It had been quite obnoxious with all of the "this league is beneath us" nonsense.

Two losses does not change the unimpeachable fact that the league is beneath UConn. The last twenty years dictate that.

 

[BlueAndGray]

LOLOL! Memphis was our (Cincinnati) whipping boy back in C-USA. They were truly a nobody in the conference until UC, UofL and Marquette left.

The Conference USA Memphis played in is nothing compared to the current American. You guys lost two road games, big deal...

Well, to Memphis' defense, when Louisville, Cincy, and Marquette were in C-USA, that was one of the lowest stretches in Memphis history. I believe their coach was Tic Price. They were abysmal. Then they hired Calicheater to fix it and it took him a good while to fix it. But once he had, the good teams had left for the big east so memphis had no other choice but to beat up on what CUSA had become. When Memphis has been at their best, Cincy was Memphis' whipping boy. Through the 80's when Keith Lee was with Memphis along with other players, Memphis ran through Cincy and the Louisville/Memphis game was a premiere game every year. Memphis actually played Cincinatti for about 4 years after Cincy had left C-USA and Memphis won every matchup. In fact, Cincy's win over Memphis yesterday was their first win in about 5 tries against Memphis. And I believe as this league develops barring anymore realignment, Memphis will more than likely get the best of Cincy most of the time.

Source: I've been a college basketball nut for 55 years

 

[mauconnfan]

Well, to Memphis' defense, when Louisville, Cincy, and Marquette were in C-USA, that was one of the lowest stretches in Memphis history. I believe their coach was Tic Price. They were abysmal. Then they hired Calicheater to fix it and it took him a good while to fix it. But once he had, the good teams had left for the big east so memphis had no other choice but to beat up on what CUSA had become. When Memphis has been at their best, Cincy was Memphis' whipping boy. Through the 80's when Keith Lee was with Memphis along with other players, Memphis ran through Cincy and the Louisville/Memphis game was a premiere game every year. Memphis actually played Cincinatti for about 4 years after Cincy had left C-USA and Memphis won every matchup. In fact, Cincy's win over Memphis yesterday was their first win in about 5 tries against Memphis. And I believe as this league develops barring anymore realignment, Memphis will more than likely get the best of Cincy most of the time.

Source: I've been a college basketball nut for 55 years

When I was a bit younger oops I took a liking to the Larry Kenon FF team……….

 

[BlueAndGray]

When I was a bit younger oops I took a liking to the Larry Kenon FF team……….

Ahh! The Larry Finch and Larry Kenon Memphis State Tigers! They were a Bill Walton game of his life away from having a national title down on Beale Street. (One that wouldn't have been taken away by sanctions!)

 

[kobe]

Well, to Memphis' defense, when Louisville, Cincy, and Marquette were in C-USA, that was one of the lowest stretches in Memphis history. I believe their coach was Tic Price. They were abysmal. Then they hired Calicheater to fix it and it took him a good while to fix it. But once he had, the good teams had left for the big east so memphis had no other choice but to beat up on what CUSA had become. When Memphis has been at their best, Cincy was Memphis' whipping boy. Through the 80's when Keith Lee was with Memphis along with other players, Memphis ran through Cincy and the Louisville/Memphis game was a premiere game every year. Memphis actually played Cincinatti for about 4 years after Cincy had left C-USA and Memphis won every matchup. In fact, Cincy's win over Memphis yesterday was their first win in about 5 tries against Memphis. And I believe as this league develops barring anymore realignment, Memphis will more than likely get the best of Cincy most of the time.

Source: I've been a college basketball nut for 55 years

Congrats, Memphis beat us when we were in major rebuilding mode. Cincinnati would have beaten down Memphis like Saturday for the past 3 years but for some reason Memphis had no interest in extending the series once Cincinnati got good again.

LOL. Memphis even with those 4 wins over basically a JUCO team, still trails the all-time series by 6 games. Face it, you were our whipping boy since the 90's and it will only continue in the American. Unless you get rid of the AAU coach Pastner, enjoy the beatdowns from the Bearcats. Some things never change.

 

[BoatShow]

The Boneyard: where opposing teams fans come to bicker.

 

[donyell34]

Yes! We have been humbled.

 

[Pudge]

Two losses does not change the unimpeachable fact that the league is beneath UConn. The last twenty years dictate that.

But ... the LEAGUE left us. What exists today has no resemblance to what we loved. Have you seen Kirstie Alley lately? I used to think that babe was something too.

Life provides opportunities. I think ours is coming.

 

[zls44]

Well, to Memphis' defense, when Louisville, Cincy, and Marquette were in C-USA, that was one of the lowest stretches in Memphis history. I believe their coach was Tic Price.

Source: I've been a college basketball nut for 55 years

Who can't even remember who the team's coach was in the 90's. Not 1930, the 90's.

But ... the LEAGUE left us. What exists today has no resemblance to what we loved.

...which means the league isn't below UConn because? Because they left? They're not directly correlated. You can have both be accurate (which is this case).

 

[mauconnfan]

Who can't even remember who the team's coach was in the 90's. Not 1930, the 90's.



...which means the league isn't below UConn because? Because they left? They're not directly correlated. You can have both be accurate (which is this case).

But Pudge is 100% correct about Kirstie Alley ……… you'd be happy if, like the league with UConn, she left you!