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gtcam said:
You need to stop demonstrating to everyone that you only followed college basketball for a couple peak years of the Big East.

If you don't want to continue to come across looking like you have no idea what you're talking about, give watching the present day BE a few years.

but then don't comment about generalities of conferences if you're not familiar with what you're talking about.

Is that you Mr Shaka so Smart? Take it easy Coach - BTW, the NBE is nothing like the real BE
(yeah, I did top 26 so I could include Marquette, so sue me! ;)). Of course you did :cool:
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Too harsh? What can I say, the guy trolls well. :oops:

No, this isn't the BE you remember. However, the "real" BE is gone... thanks to our friends at ESPN and several former members. All we're left with now is one of the top basketball conferences in the country where the geography makes sense, there is stability and little worry of schools leaving, tv coverage is best in the business, and competition is top rate where even our basement dweller school regularly takes down power conference schools. I guess we'll have to make due.
 
Chief00 said:
It definitely “disrespects” the loyal season ticket holders. A poor job of scheduling by both Danny and Dave.
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Speak for yourself. I'm a loyal season ticket holder and I don't feel disrespected. I respect that they are still rebuilding from a disaster. JC had early years where the prime OOC games were Pepperdine and Lafayette.
 
Waquoit said:
Speak for yourself. I'm a loyal season ticket holder and I don't feel disrespected. I respect that they are still rebuilding from a disaster. JC had early years where the prime OOC games were Pepperdine and Lafayette.
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Danny is in year 4, we went to the NCAA tournament and it’s time to step up and schedule elite games as you raised ticket/donations, etc.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe an away Pepperdine game was scheduled in connection with a pit stop to a big time tournament in Hawaii.
 
Chief00 said:
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe an away Pepperdine game was scheduled in connection with a pit stop to a big time tournament in Hawaii.
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The home game of that deal for UConn was the biggest OOC home game in JC's 3rd year. Pepperdine. The next year they played a down Maryland team at home but that was part of the BE/ACC slate. JC's 5th year, the toughest OOC home game was Lafayette. It appears Dan Hurley plays harder OOC games than JC did at similar stages of their UConn career.
 
Waquoit said:
The home game of that deal for UConn was the biggest OOC home game in JC's 3rd year. Pepperdine. The next year they played a down Maryland team at home but that was part of the BE/ACC slate. JC's 5th year, the toughest OOC home game was Lafayette. It appears Dan Hurley plays harder OOC games than JC did at similar stages of their UConn career.
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Pretty ridiculous comparing UConn before 4 National Championships to UConn after 4 National Championships. The work Jim had to do starting in 1986 was much more difficult. Besides the results there was no Gampel
or Werth practice complex. The coaching compensation was likely 5-10% of what it is today. Additionally, comparing a down Maryland team to CCSU, Binghamton, Coppin State etc is silly. Who wouldn’t prefer to see Maryland?
 
Chief00 said:
Pretty ridiculous comparing UConn before 4 National Championships to UConn after 4 National Championships. The work Jim had to do starting in 1986 was much more difficult. Besides the results there was no Gampel
or Werth practice complex. The coaching compensation was likely 5-10% of what it is today. Additionally, comparing a down Maryland team to CCSU, Binghamton, Coppin State etc is silly. Who wouldn’t prefer to see Maryland?
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Our "Maryland" game (a game mandated by the league not the school) this year is on the road, at WVU as part of the Big 12- Big East thing. If it was home this year, it would have been just like then. The following year, when UConn played the ACC on the road, there was no powerhouse to take up the slack, they played Lafayette. Which has been my point here, JC and Dan Hurley have exhibited the exact same scheduling philosophy.
 
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Waquoit said:
Our "Maryland" game (a game mandated by the league not the school) this year is on the road, at WVU as part of the Big 12- Big East thing. If it was home this year, it would have been just like then. The following year, when UConn played the ACC on the road, there was no powerhouse to take up the slack, they played Lafayette. Which has been my point here, JC and Dan Hurley have exhibited the exact same scheduling philosophy.
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You don’t seem to get it - season ticket holders with a few exceptions (mainly you) want a home marque OOC game that's part of the season ticket package. You can call the game whatever you want. When I have some time on my next long flight, I will try to put together a list of such opponents we played at home over the Calhoun years - it’s very long and significant.
 
Storrs South said:
As someone who has been very critical of UConn's schedule, VU's suffers the same issue: none of these games are at home, at the least the one's against marquee opponents.

They do get a game at MSG against Cuse (infinitely better than Newark and while SBU will be better than Cuse, it means more to fans) and the MTE happens to be in CT, but Battle 4 Atlantis is the premiere MTE in CBB today so can't complain about that.
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I don’t need to tell you why NEWBIE teams don‘t get big name opponents at home, right?
 
Waquoit said:
The home game of that deal for UConn was the biggest OOC home game in JC's 3rd year. Pepperdine. The next year they played a down Maryland team at home but that was part of the BE/ACC slate. JC's 5th year, the toughest OOC home game was Lafayette. It appears Dan Hurley plays harder OOC games than JC did at similar stages of their UConn career.
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That is a laughable comparison, truly laughable. You want to defend a crap tactic schedule, go ahead. But keep in mind that UConn wasn’t recognized as a power then. We played mainly a regional schedule outside the league, and there was no such thing as power conferences as we know them today. And that is just the beginning of the differences.
 
freescooter said:
That is a laughable comparison, truly laughable. You want to defend a crap tactic schedule, go ahead. But keep in mind that UConn wasn’t recognized as a power then. We played mainly a regional schedule outside the league, and there was no such thing as power conferences as we know them today. And that is just the beginning of the differences.
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Part of me hopes you break both your hands so you can't type anymore
 
freescooter said:
I don’t need to tell you why NEWBIE teams don‘t get big name opponents at home, right?
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The following is a list of BE home games with high major opponents. Seems a bit of a down year, but most teams have 2. Most schools should have at least one between the Gavitt Games and BE/B12 challenge... but UConn got screwed out of one of those so probably why they missed out on at least 1 good high major. This doesn't count strong mid-major conference opponents like AAC/A10/or good programs from Ivy, etc.


Georgetown
Syracuse
TCU

Seton Hall
Texas
Rutgers

Villanova
Big5 games make it more difficult, especially with home and homes set up with UCLA and A10 opponents filling schedule.

Providence
Texas Tech

Creighton
Iowa State
Arizona State

Marquette
Illinois
UCLA

Xavier
Ohio State
Cincinnati (Assuming move to B12, so included it)

Butler
Michigan State
Purdue

UConn
None

DePaul
Rutgers

St. Johns
Pitt
Kansas *technically a neutral site at UBS Arena
 
MU in MKE said:
The following is a list of BE home games with high major opponents. Seems a bit of a down year, but most teams have 2. Most schools should have at least one between the Gavitt Games and BE/B12 challenge... but UConn got screwed out of one of those so probably why they missed out on at least 1 good high major. This doesn't count strong mid-major conference opponents like AAC/A10/or good programs from Ivy, etc.


Georgetown
Syracuse
TCU

Seton Hall
Texas
Rutgers

Villanova
Big5 games make it more difficult, especially with home and homes set up with UCLA and A10 opponents filling schedule.

Providence
Texas Tech

Creighton
Iowa State
Arizona State

Marquette
Illinois
UCLA

Xavier
Ohio State
Cincinnati (Assuming move to B12, so included it)

Butler
Michigan State
Purdue

UConn
None

DePaul
Rutgers

St. Johns
Pitt
Kansas *technically a neutral site at UBS Arena
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As Chief has been saying, our results in this area are very much subpar and poor.
Given that we play in two buildings and many fans attend games in only one building: A best practice goal should be two games - one in each building.
 
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Quick intel on LIU. As I mentioned before, they have an interesting makeup of the team as their top three frontcourt players are not only their best three players, but arguably the three best frontcourt players in the NEC, according to Three Man Wave:

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Based on that, LIU will be an interesting matchup, with their size similar to what we might see from Seton Hall.

Side note, props to Amity High's Tyler Thomas making TMW's preseason all-NEC team.
 
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