Positives of playing in the big east

[Fishy]

The big east ain't great. But I've seen some posts, many that I agree with, that claim it can be an advantage to be able to work on some of the things we need to fix while not worrying about playing our starters 35 minutes a game.
We've earned enough quad 1 wins to help us in march.

Can we find some hidden positives about playing these upcoming games?

Some of you want Millender, Furphy and Koroma to get some run. There may be some games where you feel we can do that. Would that add to our strength?

there are a number of games that will definitely test us even though they may not give us the quad #s.

What do you LIKE about playing in this conference? Be specific

1) MSG
2) It's not the American.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I prefer being in the new BE to the freakin’ AAC. But that being said, I only get really excited for games against former BE schools. My endless sentimental side would give anything to bring back Cuse and BCU etc and tell the add ons to go find their own league. Since that will never happen, we need to try to go where the $$ is before the whole thing implodes.

If it all implodes my Dad and I are gonna resort to talking about politics every day instead. I can't afford that

 

[superjohn]

Meaning, who's "situation" would you rather be in? Zags in a weird Pac w/o football, or Cuse in the ACC w/football. Or a similar situation with us in the BE w/no football.

Of course you'd not want to be either today.

The ACC of course

 

[RuffRuff]

Yes, a championship program does need highly skilled and athletic players. BUT, It is always comes down to the coach. Look at the following formerly successful programs that have become mediocre/not so great after the very successful coaches have left: 'Bama Football (Sabin) , Tennessee WBB (Summit), UCLA MBB (Wooden), Indiana MBB (Knight), Dolphins (Shula), Steelers (Noll). True that some programs do retain their championship identities simply because they have found really good coaches to replace the former great coach (Packers for one example). It will be interesting to see what happens to UConn WBB when Geno retires.

Geno's successor is a fascinating selection.

Chicken or egg a bit. If a program becomes prestigious under one coach, it tends to be able to lure strong coaches to follow. That school also has the ability to recruit kids given the brand, at the college level.

 

[FriarJ]

Gonzaga is a one-trick athletic department. We are more than that.

Their Woman's basketball is strong. Not UConn strong (Nobody is) but very good. But other sports like Soccer and Baseball don't compete nationally as well as Seattle U for instance which is a similar size school.

 

[GampelGladiator]

Having at least two chances each year to beat PC!