Poll on the Syracuse Board

[SoFla Steve]

The jealousy and envy are palpable.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

To be fair, were the roles reversed half this board would probably vote for a #1 Syracuse losing an 8/9 game over UConn winning the NIT after missing the big dance.

Obviously I pose a hypothetical, as that situation appears highly unlikely if not impossible for the foreseeable future ...

 

[OceanDoggie]

They can't get their heads straight. Stuck in the past. So far gone, and Tobacco Road doesn’t respect their program.

 

[Sibeerian]

It's amazing how so many old-time Big East rivals have fallen on hard times.

 

[SoFla Steve]

To be fair, were the roles reversed half this board would probably vote for a #1 Syracuse losing an 8/9 game over UConn winning the NIT after missing the big dance.

Obviously I pose a hypothetical, as that situation appears highly unlikely if not impossible for the foreseeable future ...

I don't know that I would, but the question appears to be divisive, hence, the roughly 50/50 split in votes.

 

[2014DualCs]

It's a sad state of affairs over in the cuse camp

 

[huskyjawz]

To be fair, were the roles reversed half this board would probably vote for a #1 Syracuse losing an 8/9 game over UConn winning the NIT after missing the big dance.

Obviously I pose a hypothetical, as that situation appears highly unlikely if not impossible for the foreseeable future ...

Fair? This is the boneyard!

 

[HuskyBoi]

This is a new low for the Canadians that I didn't know can be reached

 

[NJHusky]

And they are talking up the NIT.....

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Like how they are talking up the NIT, that's how far they've fallen off

 

[Connecticut13]

I'm confused. Are they already resigned to being in the NIT? There's still the ACC tournament. Sad state of affairs for that program if their thinking about us rather than about trying to win their conference tournament and getting into the NCAA Tournament.

 

[HuskyBoi]

And they are talking up the NIT.....

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In two more years, a thread will be named

The CBI is a very good and tough tournament

 

[SoFla Steve]

And they are talking up the NIT.....

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I saw that one, too! Syracuse may be orange, but the flag they're waving is white.

 

[HooperScooper]

It's amazing how so many old-time Big East rivals have fallen on hard times.

 

[GlastonTim]

Like how they are talking up the NIT, that's how far they've fallen off

Well, isn’t an NIT banner right up there with a Helms one?

 

[c29328]

I would absolutely vote for Cuse losing over NIT. The answer might have been different in 1990 but not now. I may be a bad person.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Meanwhile I’m hoping for Duke to lose every game they play. But at least I stay on brand…

 

[Hi-Low]

Is Cuse even a NIT lock? Assuming they make the NIT they have zero chance of winning more than 1 game

 

[John]

Like how they are talking up the NIT, that's how far they've fallen off

actually, despite the thread title, the vast majority of the posters there say they have no interest in the NIT, that if it comes to that they'd rather the season end so Red can hit the portal early.

 

[HeGotGame]

Is Cuse even a NIT lock? Assuming they make the NIT they have zero chance of winning more than 1 game

Yes. And wrong.

 

[runner11]

Funny how those clowns put up 80 pages of comments in their BY Hilarity Thread and then just a page or 2 in the past 18 months.

 

[Chin Diesel]

It's amazing how so many old-time Big East rivals have fallen on hard times.

Ya hate to see it (But at least you get to see it from the rear view mirror).

 

[Vowelguy]

The jealousy and envy are palpable.

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Who the hell cares about winning the NIT? I mean it's nice. If you're in the NIT, you'd like to win, but it's sort of a ho-hum thing. I get far more joy in seeing the teams I don't like choke.

I'm sure Cam agrees with me.

 

[huskeynut]

My brother-in-law and his wife are both Syracuse grads and fans. Him more so than her. He is not a fan of anything UConn. So you can imagine some of the "discussions" that have occurred over the years.

I'm always happy when the Cuse is irrelavant. As is my wife!!!

 

[alexd]

They all realize that 5 > 1 ...by A LOT

 

[Palatine]

Syracuse is in okay shape. I think Red is a good coach. And I saw they were playing man-to-man defense the other night.

But that choice is silly, no one wants to be in the NIT.

 

[John]

Syracuse is in okay shape. I think Red is a good coach. And I saw they were playing man-to-man defense the other night.

But that choice is silly, no one wants to be in the NIT.

been watching a lot of Cuse this year because daughter might be going there next year - the team got a lot better via subtraction when Red kicked Benny Williams out of the program. Problem now is they have no real paint presence, and there's way too much hero ball with Mintz.

 

[80shusky]

I'm always curious why people don't want their team to play in the NIT if it is an option. If you are going to return a good portion of your roster next year it seems to me playing in a single elimination tournament with likely fairly evenly matched teams would be good experience for your team.
If you aren't returning most of your roster I could see skipping it.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

To be fair, were the roles reversed half this board would probably vote for a #1 Syracuse losing an 8/9 game over UConn winning the NIT after missing the big dance.

Obviously I pose a hypothetical, as that situation appears highly unlikely if not impossible for the foreseeable future ...

Don’t disagree with this. To the folks that remember the good times, winning the NIT probably barely registers. It’s just less sad than not winning the NIT.

 

[SellersElbow]

Is Cuse even a NIT lock?

They're guaranteed in just based on name recognition.

There's not a lot of NIT picking that goes into selection for that tournament