I always find this humorous because I don't remotely consider PC a rival or an institution that I have distain for. I consider rivals Pitt and SU, for the simple fact that UCONN has been battling them for Big East supremacy and the reputation as the best in the Big East nationally. Just because UCONN may lose to Rutgers, the Hall or PC once a year or every other year or so doesn't make them hated rivals it makes them competitors that have scholarship athletes that have talent and can on occasion rise up and beat what has become a much more highly regarded program. Once upon a time PC was a rival as was UMass, that time is in the rear view mirror. It's like saying Iowa State is a rival of Kansas because they beat the Jayhawks occasionally and are in close geographic proximity, it's a bit absurd.
Arguing about what school is better is pretty funny, I personally could give a shit, I don't care if any school is ranked better or worse as long as I've got a gig that I enjoy and I've figured out a way to make a decent wage. I know plenty of dudes that have gone to directional schools that make bank so I think that school rankings are meaningless unless it's an Ivy or schools like U of Chicago, MIT, RPI, etc. that get you into a consideration set of an employer the minute your get out and I don't believe that UCONN or PC are such school unless there is a specialty that one school is known for (i.e. I think UCONN has a good school of education).
Sean hold your powder hoss, Cooley can recruit, can he coach, we'll see, the last few games aren't a great endorsement of the in game ability, but anyone can have a bad few games. I'd welcome more folks to the nationally relevant party, because I think that at the end of the day a UCONN kid will be much different than a PC kid. The UCONN kid is going to be about having high standards and meeting very high expectations, the PC kid is about reaching new heights and blazing a new trail to success.
