Then you haven't been going long enough. I went the first year at MSG and almost every year thereafter. I was there when UCONN sucked. I was there when UCONN beat SU in the finals. With the good natured heckling on the way out from UCONN fans, my retort, which brought unanimous if begrudging agreement, was that UCONN had a great year, SU has a great program. UCONN has of course grown into a stellar program and for the last half of the Big East, was its standard bearer in many ways. However, at least on the SU side, until you guys got all high and mighty and obnoxious, it was a friendly and respectful rivalry. On the other hand, every SU fan HATES Georgetown, at a DNA level. It goes back to Manley Fieldhouse, thugs like Michael Graham, a bad guy at the helm couching everything in racist terms, fights on the court and in the stands, etc.
SU never had that with UCONN. Now, we just expect hard fought tough games, and whoever wins, wins. Some of us even root for UCONN in non-conference play. No true SU fan ever roots for Georgetown, and we laugh at and mock their failures.
If you missed out on early SU-Georgetown, you really missed out on basketball mixed with hate. That's what makes a rivalry.
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