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My bad...I tried so hard to forget that disaster...Nate???
My bad...I tried so hard to forget that disaster...Nate???
Nope. Cincy-Memphis-Temple is a better core than the A10. Our bottom feeders would be better than the A10s as well.
Cincy and Memphis are better than any school currently in the A10--you can debate Xavier or Butler. Temple is there as well.Exactly! Let's hold the name "UConn" out of each and see where this goes:
Cincy better than Xavier (or at least equal)
Temple better than Butler
Memphis better than Dayton (or LaSalle, or Charlotte, or Richmond, or VCU)
Southern Methodist better than above
UCF better than above
Houston equal to above
Tulane equal to St. Joe's, the Bonnies, or UMass
USF equal to the above
ALL are better than GW, Rhode Island, or Fordham.
I know that we don't like the names on the sheet, but the fact of the matter is that they are better than the A-10's basketball conference. The only way that changes is if the A-10 adds the C-7. Without the C-7, our hoops are better.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/standings
Cincy and Memphis are better than any school currently in the A10--you can debate Xavier or Butler. Temple is there as well.
VCU is better than UCF, Houston, etc. But after that, the drop-off is precipitous.
I know. You have really bashed the non-football schools for a while. VCU has been to the NCAAs 5 times since 2004. They've beaten Duke, Kansas, Georgetown and a number of other very good programs along the way. They have a Final Four in the 64+ era. They have a young exciting coach that followed a young exciting coach that followed a young exciting coach.VCU better than Houston?
I don't see it that way.
I know. You have really bashed the non-football schools for a while. VCU has been to the NCAAs 5 times since 2004. They've beaten Duke, Kansas, Georgetown and a number of other very good programs along the way. They have a Final Four in the 64+ era. They have a young exciting coach that followed a young exciting coach that followed a young exciting coach.
Houston hasn't been to the S16 since I was born (mid-1984). They've been to the NCAAs 1 since the SWC died. They're not a great program.
I don't know why it's so hard for you to accept that basketball only schools can be really good and successful at basketball, and at times, better than their football playing peers.
Since 2000, I'd rather be Georgetown, Villanova, or Marquette than every football playing school other than UConn, Syracuse, and Louisville. Maybe Pitt.
It seems like people are denigrating Seton Hall, PC, St. John's, Villanova, Marquette for successes in the late-70s through the 80s, and then, at the same time, suggesting that Houston will be very good because they were good in the 1980s. You may not be doing this personally. But forgive me for not being impressed with what Houston did in 1982-84. They were great teams then. But they also had Drexler and Olajuwon, and haven't had anyone like that in 25 years.Read Jacobs' article about the irrelevance of non-BCS schools in basketball. There are 400 mid-majors out there, and VCU, G Mason and Butler are the ones who made it. If you're born in 1984, you missed Houston's heyday. They were really something to behold back then. They also have the best college basketball team of the last 30 years with UNC '82.
During this period, Houston generated more buzz than any college basketball team since (with the possible exception of Duke '99, but that was all hype anyway).
VCU meanwhile has always been in small conferences and never showed the big school brawn that Houston once showed. That's why I rate their future as being much higher.
It seems like people are denigrating Seton Hall, PC, St. John's, Villanova, Marquette for successes in the late-70s through the 80s, and then, at the same time, suggesting that Houston will be very good because they were good in the 1980s. You may not be doing this personally. But forgive me for not being impressed with what Houston did in 1982-84. They were great teams then. But they also had Drexler and Olajuwon, and haven't had anyone like that in 25 years.
Gonzaga came out of nowhere in 1999. Have they made a Final Four? No. But they are consistently a very good team.
I didn't mention GMU because they've only done it with one coach. Butler was very good in the early 00s with a different coach. So was VCU. Xavier has been very good under many coaches.
I just think these schools will keep being good, especially if their in a league with schools like Georgetown, Marquette, and Villanova who also have a history of success.
The comparison of these other teams to Houston is not a good one for me. It's a big school in a big city and it has shown to be capable of great things. if you noticed, I consistently singled out Georgetown as the one school that has a record and history of success, a school that is unlike PC, SH and St. John's. The problem is that I believe that these schools are all about to be hit hard by the ACC. The ACC is about to suck all the east coast talent away from these schools. Until now, there was a reason for the Maurice Harkless's of the world to go to SJU, because they could prove themselves against the best. But now, as the ACC is about to lock down college basketball, the next Maurice Harkless is better off at Boston college, or Pitt, or Wake Forest, or Virginia Tech.
I agree with this point with the exception of St. John's. St. John's is a Steve Lavin successful year away from being a player again in NYC. For whatever reason, that school has always had part of the NYC psyche attached to it. Obviously, the Big East had a large amount to do with that, but the city looks fondly upon St. John's. I would lump them in there with GTown.
However, I think you are spot on with the Providence and Seton Hall analysis. They are really going to struggle going forward without the brand name of "Big East" on their jerseys...
I know NYC has better ball than Philly, but the best Philly ballers never go to St. Joe's or even Temple. And Temple was as good as you can get in the A10. I see St. John's in a similar fashion. That school is in a big struggle funding wise and academically. G'town is a great school, and has a national rep with or without bball. It has certain in-built advantages over all those other schools except for Villanova (which has a kind of mind-meld with the mainline).
True about the Philly analysis, but unlike Philly, St. John's doesn't have at least two other teams in the city drawing attention away from them (Temple, Nova, St. Joe's). And again, St. John's is still viewed positively in the city, and again likely due to such a long history in the Big East. Lavin is a very good basketball coach, and don't be shocked if they are back to being vintage St. John's in a couple of years (especially after not having to play UConn, Cuse, Pitt, ND, Ville, Cincy)...
Nope. Cincy-Memphis-Temple is a better core than the A10. Our bottom feeders would be better than the A10s as well.
Could be. I'm dubious, but it's possible. This would hurt UConn bigtime. I think UConn and Ollie will be working NYC and LA for a long time.