OT: Big East Basketball Not Scoring For Fox/Fox Sports 1

[HuskyBballFan]

The Big East is #2 in conference RPI with 3 teams in the top 25; looking at 5-6 bids. Doing fine thx. We don't need a borderline top 100 team

No doubt the Big East is a better league this year and there's lots of basketball yet to be played before we start comparing bids. But there is a very real possibility that the Big East (with Seton Hall sputtering) could end up with 5 bids and the AAC, even with both Memphis and Uconn being way down, could end up with 4.

 

[Jerry1714]

You're definitely doing great this year. I'm glad you guys can have some good years before the power conferences create their own version of the NCAA tournament and render your teams irrelevant.

Sad that doing "great" is having a team ranked outside the Top 25, but that is PC basketball for you.

 

[tcf15]

The Big East is #2 in conference RPI with 3 teams in the top 25; looking at 5-6 bids. Doing fine thx. We don't need a borderline top 100 team

 

[Inyatkin]

About the clearest example of trolling you'll ever find. Go online, say ridiculous things (i.e., Providence is better than UConn) and await the outraged responses.
He is good at it, I guess.

 

[UConn990411]

The Big East is #2 in conference RPI with 3 teams in the top 25; looking at 5-6 bids. Doing fine thx. We don't need a borderline top 100 team

You're a miserable troll.

How is it that someone has nothing better to do with his life than bitterly post on a rival's message board? It's sad, really.

 

[seanmc94]

How badly do you still wish it was 1997?

Clinton was in the White House, Men in Black was a hit, Jamirouqi was FIRE, the internet was becoming a "thing" and PC basketball was relevant.

Man those were the days

I know, we had an up and coming young coach, a team heading to the tourney led by a conference POY candidate senior and a mercurial PG...those were the days

 

[ConnHuskBask]

@tcf15 Brilliant, lol.

I had a shirt after they won in 2011, that was similar. A foam finger with 3 rings. I don't wear it anymore because it's outdated and I don't want people thinking we only have a measly 3 chips.

I'd definitely rock that though.

 

[mauconnfan]

The Big East is #2 in conference RPI with 3 teams in the top 25; looking at 5-6 bids. Doing fine thx. We don't need a borderline top 100 team

You already have one and their coach was sick the other night. The BE is the AAC like it or not. Bunch of teams with ZERO shot of the 2nd weekend at best.

 

[mauconnfan]

I know, we had an up and coming young coach, a team heading to the tourney led by a conference POY candidate senior and a mercurial PG...those were the days

You have to admit the talent is low when that's the best you can offer.

 

[Jerry1714]

I know, we had an up and coming young coach, a team heading to the tourney led by a conference POY candidate senior and a mercurial PG...those were the days

Crazy it has been 18 years since then.............

I hope you guys finally break the streak this year, because getting to 20 years with 0 NCAA wins may cause the students to stop showing up and the country to forget PC has a basketball program. Oh wait.....

 

[upstater]

You already have one and their coach was sick the other night. The BE is the AAC like it or not. Bunch of teams with ZERO shot of the 2nd weekend at best.

I watched a PC game on FS2 this year. So did 432 other people.

 

[mauconnfan]

I mean once in a while he shows a small bit of promise. Then he goes back to being a dope who actually believes calling us a "borderline top 100 team" suddenly takes away the fact we won a NC last year and 4 in the last 15. That can't be as good as 15 NIT appearances though can it - WTF was I thinking?

 

[Stainmaster]

What expectation do you guys have coming here? Do you suddenly think we'll say "Wow, Providence is superior to UCONN! You guys were right all along!"?

Keep dreaming and enjoy fading into oblivion soon.

 

[FriarJ]

What expectation do you guys have coming here? Do you suddenly think we'll say "Wow, Providence is superior to UCONN! You guys were right all along!"?

Keep dreaming and enjoy fading into oblivion soon.

I don't have any of those expectations and never have. I came on this thread to talk about Fox Sports.

 

[alexd]

Yes, but remember, PC was a regular in the NIT back when the NIT meant something.

 

[Stainmaster]

I don't have any of those expectations and never have. I came on this thread to talk about Fox Sports.

I was referring to the other guy. My apologies.

 

[zls44]

Like I have mentioned many times in other threads, it was about the best landing the C7 could have possibly hoped for.

Wait, wait, wait...are you forgetting about how the C7 got all snooty (snooty? snotty.) when Tulane got invited and decided to break off? They could have stuck with what was left and still been on ESPN- still had people watching their games.

Don't act like you were forced to go to Fox...you guys chased after a guaranteed $4 million/year, which is about $2.5 million more than the AAC makes (EXCEPT UConn, which has several contracts that push it to basically the same total, not that its ever stopped y'all from acting like you make way more). Nobody made you go to Fox. Providence saw $4 million/year and ran to it, even if it meant inviting a school in Nebraska, even if it hurt your overall exposure, even if it was structured on a lie.

The C7 made that massive mistake all on your own. Own it. You've got $4 million a year though!

 

[Pudge]

My experience is that a company like Fox could pull the PLUG with those numbers. Think about it. It's really not that long a deal in the grand scheme. If ESPN is full, where will the BE go? The Pac12 will have a landing spot (time element). The content people may be all full.

 

[zls44]

My experience is that a company like Fox could pull the PLUG with those numbers. Think about it. It's really not that long a deal in the grand scheme. If ESPN is full, where will the BE go? The Pac12 will have a landing spot (time element). The content people may be all full.

Fox won't pull the plug on it, but if they get part of the Big Ten (they will be a major player in chasing that), then bye-bye to all that Big East promotion. All those slots are instantly Big Ten slots and instantly improve their ratings.

Their urgency in chasing the Big Ten is accelerated by how bad the Big East is. So they have themselves to thank for that, too. Enjoy FS2!

 

[CallMeBruce]

Not even remotely, totally depressing. Although it will all come down as usual to how both conferences perform in March.

Which in Providence's case, means no wins since 1997.

 

[uconngb]

I'd rather be a message board loser on my own team's board than a guy who spends hours trolling his rival's board.

Did you just call Providence a rival?!?!? Now you've done it.....they'll never leave!

 

[Durks07]

you guys are the basketball version of the girl who leaves her husband and then continues to obsess about him. The NBE is fine without UConn. I'm sure you are fine with your new rivalries with East Carolina, Tulane and Central Florida. Move along.

No sean, we're the girl who leaves her husband and then laughs about him with all of our friends! But, even if we play along with your little analogy, aren't you the "husband" who constantly has to write and visit to tell her that you're not obsessed with her anymore?

The Big East is #2 in conference RPI with 3 teams in the top 25; looking at 5-6 bids. Doing fine thx. We don't need a borderline top 100 team

Neither did we, but we had to play Providence all those years just the same.

 

[B1GEast]

it's about content, the NBE is quality sports programming whether or not the eyeballs are there. trust me, when the BE championship rolls around, people will tune in

 

[seanmc94]

I mean once in a while he shows a small bit of promise. Then he goes back to being a dope who actually believes calling us a "borderline top 100 team" suddenly takes away the fact we won a NC last year and 4 in the last 15. That can't be as good as 15 NIT appearances though can it - WTF was I thinking?

I'm sorry if the truth hurts; but we are dealing with THIS year. The thread is about ratings and performance THIS year. If we are talking last 20 years; I'd trade with UConn in a second. THIS year? I wouldn't trade you a bucket of warm piss for your season.

 

[seanmc94]

No sean, we're the girl who leaves her husband and then laughs about him with all of our friends!

All your friends? Like Tulane, CFU and Houston?

 

[Jerry1714]

it's about content, the NBE is quality sports programming whether or not the eyeballs are there. trust me, when the BE championship rolls around, people will tune in

Trust me they will not, they did not last year.

The Championship game ratings was down 80% in 2014 from 2013.

The entire NBE tournament in 2014 ratings were beyond terrible.

 

[Jerry1714]

Sean, do you realize PC is Tulane, Houston and UCF?

 

[zls44]

I must have forgotton Providence's long history with Creighton and Butler and Xavier and DePaul.

Don't you get it? UConn fans KNOW there's little shared history between UConn and the AAC teams. Providence fans point to a long history with 3 or 4 Big East programs and just ignores that they have almost no history playing the rest of them. They think it's still 1975 and DeGregorio is walking through that door.

 

[FriarJ]

Wait, wait, wait...are you forgetting about how the C7 got all snooty (snooty? snotty.) when Tulane got invited and decided to break off? They could have stuck with what was left and still been on ESPN- still had people watching their games.

Don't act like you were forced to go to Fox...you guys chased after a guaranteed $4 million/year, which is about $2.5 million more than the AAC makes (EXCEPT UConn, which has several contracts that push it to basically the same total, not that its ever stopped y'all from acting like you make way more). Nobody made you go to Fox. Providence saw $4 million/year and ran to it, even if it meant inviting a school in Nebraska, even if it hurt your overall exposure, even if it was structured on a lie.

The C7 made that massive mistake all on your own. Own it. You've got $4 million a year though!

F'Yeah we left that trash of a conference and if the BE played football so would you. I'm damn glad we left. I could care less that some bar in Florida does not have FS1 up on their screens, or some casual fan instantly turns on ESPN. I live in Seattle and I get to watch EVERY PC game on TV without buying a special college basketball package or firing up my laptop. BE ratings are up 60% over last year and if the teams can perform in March they will be higher. The BE's future is bright, and recruiting backs this up. PC is in a league that with a little luck they can challenge for the title year after year and make the NCAA's.

Let me say this so I'm clear. Neither I nor any of the other PC fans miss not seeing any of our non-conference games on ESPN, nor the 2-3 times we managed to make it to ESPN2 or U.

 

[zls44]

I'm sorry if the truth hurts; but we are dealing with THIS year. The thread is about ratings and performance THIS year. If we are talking last 20 years; I'd trade with UConn in a second. THIS year? I wouldn't trade you a bucket of warm piss for your season.

Taking 1 season over 20 is the same sort of short-sighted idiocy that leads to stuff like "Yeah, let's go to Fox!"