The Catholic league is...

[MCNPA]

The Catholic "Basketball schools" are very, very, overated. They didn't fear being stuck in a league with SMU, Houston, East Carolina, UCF and USF, they feared LOSING to those schools on a consistent basis.

The basketball league with UCONN, Memphis, Temple, Cincy, USF, UCF, Houston, SMU, East Carolina, Tulane will be the superior basketball league, if it ever happens. Throw in UNLV, Tulsa, and San Diego State an you really have a strong basketball league.

I'll take East Carolina and Tulane over Seton Hall and Depaul any day of the week.

You've got to be crazy. The new bball only league will be good. Butler who is a lock to be included beat Indiana today. VCU with Shaka Smart, another likely invite beat up on Alabama today. The league will have programs with a lot of history and a new breed of good coaches. To downplay is foolish. These schools looking to be added have strong attendance numbers and track records of success that will only be bolstered in a new league which should allow many of these schools to improve their recruiting. If you don't like seeing Brad Stevens, Chris Mack or Shaka Smart now, it'll be worse when their recruiting improves in a new league.

It will be a much better league than I think some are expecting.

 

[Bob123]

Personally, I love the possibilities for the new league...especially if they get back the name that is rightfully theirs, and MSG. If done right, the new league could really thrive. Uconn, Cinci, Temple, etc would jump at the opputunity to be a part of it, the league they are in right now is disgusting.

BTW nyc,
Thamel said 1.6 to 3 mill per school annually for the new league.......

 

[upstater]

Personally, I love the possibilities for the new league...especially if they get back the name that is rightfully theirs, and MSG. If done right, the new league could really thrive. Uconn, Cinci, Temple, etc would jump at the opputunity to be a part of it, the league they are in right now is disgusting.

BTW nyc,
Thamel said 1.6 to 3 mill per school annually for the new league.......

Chicken feed. A glorified A10. The best team in that conference, G'town, went 18 years between F8s.
No thanks.
The days of UConn feeding the parasites are over.

 

[MCNPA]

Chicken feed. A glorified A10. The best team in that conference, G'town, went 18 years between F8s.
No thanks.
The days of UConn feeding the parasites are over.

The Big East gave birth to Uconn. Uconn now a thankless offspring? The Big East gave Uconn everything it has today. It was football and greed that lead to the demise. To blame the basketball schools is misguided. They wanted this held together. Football schools have forced the hand of the remaining 7 basketball schools. As the saying goes, "if you"re not part of the solution, you're part of the problem". I think the 7 basketball schools just decided to look for a solution. To call them "parasites" is blasphemy after becoming big and powerful off the Big East's teet.

 

[metsfan2323]

I think the 7 basketball schools just decided to look for a solution.

To call Depaul, Seton Hall and Providence "basketball schools" is blasphemy. Even St John's has stunk for the better part of 10 years.

 

[Bob123]

Chicken feed. A glorified A10. The best team in that conference, G'town, went 18 years between F8s.
No thanks.
The days of UConn feeding the parasites are over.

It's too bad so many of you guys are such big headed fans.
Herbst was about to get on her knees to try keeping the "parasites" in the current BE, the day news broke about the "parasites" leaving. The 7 catholic schools wouldn't have left if they were not leaving for a much better situation.
Memphis hasn't beat a ranked team since Calipari was there...And I'd love to know what you guys expect Uconn to be now that Calhoun isn't around and are in a mess of a conference. Times are changing.

 

[MCNPA]

To call Depaul, Seton Hall and Providence "basketball schools" is blasphemy. Even St John's has stunk for the better part of 10 years.

Not being real good For a decade or more is not a crime. There were decades they were better than Uconn. SJU's history goes back over 100 years. I agree SJU has stunk because of awful hires. Just remember that Jim Calnoun's don't grow on trees. Uconn. Very lucky to have hired the right guy. The Big East was built by top notch coaches. it started with PJ, Louie, JT3' Rollie, Boeheim, then Calhoun and others. Like I said though, truly great coaches aren't common.

 

[Fishy]

The Catholic seven is not a particularly good league. Georgetown is good, Marquette is good, Nova might be falling off a table and the rest of them are down - some have been down so long that they don't remember where up is.

Very difficult to form a solid foundation when four of the seven schools have been and continue to be chronically mismanaged. Being free of the football schools is not going to magically change their stars - dregs is dregs is dregs.

 

[upstater]

It's too bad so many of you guys are such big headed fans.
Herbst was about to get on her knees to try keeping the "parasites" in the current BE, the day news broke about the "parasites" leaving. The 7 catholic schools wouldn't have left if they were not leaving for a much better situation.
Memphis hasn't beat a ranked team since Calipari was there...And I'd love to know what you guys expect Uconn to be now that Calhoun isn't around and are in a mess of a conference. Times are changing.

The Big East gave birth to Uconn. Uconn now a thankless offspring? The Big East gave Uconn everything it has today. It was football and greed that lead to the demise. To blame the basketball schools is misguided. They wanted this held together. Football schools have forced the hand of the remaining 7 basketball schools. As the saying goes, "if you"re not part of the solution, you're part of the problem". I think the 7 basketball schools just decided to look for a solution. To call them "parasites" is blasphemy after becoming big and powerful off the Big East's teet.

UConn had a good history before the BE, and has been around a long time. From the moment UConn joined, it held its own (its first couple of years saw it land the best recruiting classes with Chuck Aleksinas, Mike McKay and Corny Thompson, who was a top 5 player). Then they went into a 4 or 5 year funk. After that Calhoun arrived. so since it's inception, Uconn had about a 5 year down period. Other schools, like G'town, were wandering the desert for 18 years between 1988 and 2006. Who held it together during this time? UConn. All those NCAA credits UConn racked up and shared with you, the Catholic schools were going nowhere during this period, and doing nothing. Blame it on football, but you're wrong, because almost immediately after forming, the football question came up when Penn State was looking to join. When you invite football schools like BC, Syracuse and Pitt to the league, what in the world do you expect? If it weren't for your constant NO, NO, NOs to football, the league would have had PSU, Maryland, Miami, Cuse, BC, WV, Rutgers, Pitt in it. Heck, you guys said no to Kansas 2 years ago when it looked like the B12 was imploding. That's how stupid you are.

The BE's teet? UConn brought home the bacon! Year after year.

 

[FriarJ]

I was honestly rooting for UConn to land on their feet, they are part of the BE, they did great by the conference, others may not have won as many games or been able to keep hall of fame coaches on their bench, but without every single member this conference and everything about it never happens.

But after reading the bile and crap on this thread, I think UConn' arrogant fans are getting exactly what they apparently deserve. Good Luck, you will need it.

 

[upstater]

I was honestly rooting for UConn to land on their feet, they are part of the BE, they did great by the conference, others may not have won as many games or been able to keep hall of fame coaches on their bench, but without every single member this conference and everything about it never happens.

But after reading the bile and crap on this thread, I think UConn' arrogant fans are getting exactly what they apparently deserve. Good Luck, you will need it.

Hats off to you too. We will do well. Watch. While you fade into obscurity.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Hats off to you too. We will do well. Watch. While you fade into obscurity.

What do you call the place they are currently residing in?

 

[upstater]

What do you call the place they are currently residing in?

Better than where they're headed.

 

[ctchamps]

I don't wish them anything but good luck. I hope they do well and we do better. Even with all the different interests that couldn't pull together enough to keep things going, it was a great run for quite some time and UConn reached the pinnacle of success in that conference. I'm going to miss it.

 

[RU2014]

Your program is one bad coach away from being irrelevant. Don't let Ollie fall on his face. UConn in that league after a few bad seasons will be in a worse place than they were in the Yankee Conference.

 

[Fishy]

Your program is one bad coach away from being irrelevant. Don't let Ollie fall on his face. UConn in that league after a few bad seasons will be in a worse place than they were in the Yankee Conference.

You were one bad coach away from being irrelevant two decades ago.

Unfortunately, you went and had about five bad coaches since then.

The grownups are talking basketball here...a Rutgers fan has no place at the table.

 

[Fishy]

I don't wish them anything but good luck. I hope they do well and we do better. Even with all the different interests that couldn't pull together enough to keep things going, it was a great run for quite some time and UConn reached the pinnacle of success in that conference. I'm going to miss it.

I wish them all the luck in the world - I'll watch that league.

But it's not inaccurate to say that the league, with currently projects to have four pretty bad Big East programs, is not very good.

 

[RU2014]

You were one bad coach away from being irrelevant two decades ago.

Unfortunately, you went and had about five bad coaches since then.

The grownups are talking basketball here...a Rutgers fan has no place at the table.

Do us a favor, can the last team out the conference hit the light switch?

 

[upstater]

Your program is one bad coach away from being irrelevant. Don't let Ollie fall on his face. UConn in that league after a few bad seasons will be in a worse place than they were in the Yankee Conference.

Says the guy whose team never made a BCS bowl, never even got a NCAA tourney bid while in the NCAA, never won a dang thing ever, and is now going to become a punching bag for banal midwesterners. Do you even realize that B1G fans are livid at your inclusion?

 

[RU2014]

Says the guy whose team never made a BCS bowl, never even got a NCAA tourney bid while in the NCAA, never won a dang thing ever, and is now going to become a punching bag for banal midwesterners. Do you even realize that B1G fans are livid at your inclusion?

Do you even realize that every decent football team in the ACC will leave if they ever added UConn?...... exhibit A- LOUISVILLE

 

[WestHartHusk]

If conferences were about wins Rutgers would be in the MAAC. Congratulations on the happenstance of geography. Now please go back to your board and try to convince yourself that this time you will contribute anything to a conference athletically.

 

[upstater]

Do you even realize that every decent football team in the ACC will leave if they ever added UConn?...... exhibit A- LOUISVILLE

Hopefully, that's true.
As for Exhibit A, I don't think you know what Exhibit means.
Oh, and Louisville?? You mean that football team UConn just beat on the road?

 

[caw]

The Big East gave birth to Uconn. Uconn now a thankless offspring? The Big East gave Uconn everything it has today. It was football and greed that lead to the demise. To blame the basketball schools is misguided. They wanted this held together. Football schools have forced the hand of the remaining 7 basketball schools. As the saying goes, "if you"re not part of the solution, you're part of the problem". I think the 7 basketball schools just decided to look for a solution. To call them "parasites" is blasphemy after becoming big and powerful off the Big East's teet.

I'm pretty happy that UConn was in the BE. The BE was a fantastic conference. I wouldn't say it gave birth to UConn though. Or at least, if it did, UConn grew up and became the daddy and breadwinner of that league (basketball speaking) pretty quickly (see below).

It's too bad so many of you guys are such big headed fans.
Herbst was about to get on her knees to try keeping the "parasites" in the current BE, the day news broke about the "parasites" leaving. The 7 catholic schools wouldn't have left if they were not leaving for a much better situation.
Memphis hasn't beat a ranked team since Calipari was there...And I'd love to know what you guys expect Uconn to be now that Calhoun isn't around and are in a mess of a conference. Times are changing.

Ehh, Hoard reported Herbst didn't beg for nothing from the C7.

I was honestly rooting for UConn to land on their feet, they are part of the BE, they did great by the conference, others may not have won as many games or been able to keep hall of fame coaches on their bench, but without every single member this conference and everything about it never happens.

But after reading the bile and crap on this thread, I think UConn' arrogant fans are getting exactly what they apparently deserve. Good Luck, you will need it.

You guys will need as much help as UConn, if not more. And I wish you luck. If you think this is bile, go read your own board about what you guys are saying about UConn. Seriously, more hate going on there, by a ton.

Let's all be honest here. If UConn wasn't as stellar as it was in basketball, the BE is regarded as one of the worst basketball leagues, of the top 6, in the US the past 20-25 years. One year wonder Melo is all that stands between the BE and zero National Championships since pre-Calhoun, without UConn. I love how fans of other teams joke that UConn fans think basketball started in 1990, but the truth of the matter is, if UConn/Calhoun wasn't carrying the Big East all those years, the BE would have had the same basketball rep as it had football rep. UConn has more than paid back the C7 and other founding members for including it in the BE.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

To call Depaul, Seton Hall and Providence "basketball schools" is blasphemy. Even St John's has stunk for the better part of 10 years.

When did St John's stop stinking? When they got blown out by Gonzaga in the NCAAs two years ago?

 

[RU2014]

Hopefully, that's true.
As for Exhibit A, I don't think you know what Exhibit means.
Oh, and Louisville?? You mean that football team UConn just beat on the road?

In 30 years, after UConn completes its descent into the abyss of irrelevance, do you think people will talk about your NCAA championships with wonder the way they talk about CCNY's NCAA championship?

 

[mauconnfan]

Do you even realize that every decent football team in the ACC will leave if they ever added UConn?...... exhibit A- LOUISVILLE

Enjoy the basement in the B10 duckkface..........Penn State and Iowa are the worst you face and only chances to win, and that's not a good bet either. You want irrelevant, check that mirror........

 

[caw]

In 30 years, after UConn completes its descent into the abyss of irrelevance, do you think people will talk about your NCAA championships with wonder the way they talk about CCNY's NCAA championship?

I'll tell you what, when Rutgers win something that is the equivalent of a NCAA championship, you can talk, should I make it easier and say something equivalent of an NIT championship?

 

[caw]

Enjoy the basement in the B10 duckkface..........Penn State and Iowa are the worst you face and only chances to win, and that's not a good bet either. You want irrelevant, check that mirror........

Yeah, but they are used to it...nothing has really changed, just the names on the other side of the scoreboard.

 

[upstater]

In 30 years, after UConn completes its descent into the abyss of irrelevance, do you think people will talk about your NCAA championships with wonder the way they talk about CCNY's NCAA championship?

I don't think UConn is going to become Rutgers in 30 years.

 

[Fishy]

Sometimes, I like to gather up the lil Rutgers' fans and tell 'em stories of the things I done seen.

Stories of the big fancy basketball tournament held at the end of every season. Stories about parades and trophies and confetti. Stories of them big bowls in warm stadiums on New Year's Day. Big stories of big things that big boy schools get to do.

And they just stare in wide wonder, dreaming that maybe, just maybe, they might see such things with their own eyes. And for a moment, there's something in those eyes instead of shame and sorrow.

And then, they blink and they're Rutgers again.