The New Big East

[jibsey]

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[caw]

Take out UConn and UL and it's not terribly different from the old BE. Cuse, ND and Pitt also have a history of flaming out early.

 

[Durks07]

Take out UConn and UL and it's not terribly different from the old BE. Cuse, ND and Pitt also have a history of flaming out early.

True, but the other three had enough cache (real or imagined), that people usually expected them to perform well. Look at what the NBE has. It isn't going to trick people for much longer. Baylor took a blowtorch to whatever illusion they were trying to pull.

 

[zls44]

The 1 for overrated

 

[noeynox]

But, but, but.... they have good conference RPI. They really took it on chin this tournament.

 

[Tenspro2002]

What else is new: everyone associated with the Big East, old (Cuse, Pitt) or new (Xavier, PC, Nova, Creighton) flamed out early, with the exception of us and Louisville.

Maybe the American really did get the best of the dissolution of that conference (for this year anyway).

 

[Devland]

And teams like Providence would have been NIT. They made the NCAA's because the cream was scraped off the top of the conference.

 

[metsfan2323]

The depth of the C7 league will have them battle tested come tournament time.

 

[BugsyCT]

What did they really expect? The lost all their power teams and brought in a bunch of mid-majors. It's barely a shadow of what it once was.

 

[UCHuskies08]

Can we now refer to that current conference as the "Little East," so we can always know that when someone says the "Big East" that they're referring to the glory days of a conference that no longer exists after between torn apart?

 

[noeynox]

What did they really expect? The lost all their power teams and brought in a bunch of mid-majors. It's barely a shadow of what it once was.

Providence won the Big East tournament, Villanova won the regular season title. Nuff said. Those two things were unheard of in the Real Big East.

 

[huskiesnyc]

They are in such denial. They need to stop making fun of our league and focus on getting one just "ONE" team out of the round of 32. Seriously it amazes me that they don't realize just how mid major they are..

 

[mauconnfan]

Hope Creighton has a huge recruiting class coming in……..

 

[BoatShow]

Can we now refer to that current conference as the "Little East," so we can always know that when someone says the "Big East" that they're referring to the glory days of a conference that no longer exists after between torn apart?

The D3 conference ECSU and WestConn play in is the Little East. They are probably really similar though.

 

[zls44]

The depth of the C7 league will have them battle tested come tournament time.

The CBI, right?

 

[seanmc94]

He who laughs last...

 

[storrsroars]

Hope Creighton has a huge recruiting class coming in……..

Seton Hall does. I guess they're seeing their opportunity and running with it.
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[phillionaire]

He who laughs last...

well we're still dancing so i don't think we've laughed yet

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Did you guys watch Memphis vs. Virginia?

 

[noeynox]

Did you guys watch Memphis vs. Virginia?

The Virginia team you called the worst 1 seed in recent memory? Memphis will always be at a disadvantage when facing a team with a coach that well um coaches. Pastner reminds me of a lazy gym coach who empties out a bag of BALLZ and declares that today is "open gym".

Let's face it, I'd like to see our conference mates do well, but really I only care about UConn. The Big East however, fell flat on its face. Creighton had the typical Creighton NCAA run. PC made their bi-decade appearance a short one, and Jay Wright should spend more time on strategy than with his tailor.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Virginia is the worst 1 seed in memory.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Virginia is the worst 1 seed in memory.

Other than Gonzaga last year, you're probably right.

 

[noeynox]

Uva Reminds Me Of Our 89-90, Squad. All They Do Is Win. All People Do Is Talk About How They Are Not Any Good. They Ran Roughshod Over The Greatest League In Histor Wire To Wire.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The 1989-1990 UConn team had 3 future NBA players on it. This UVA team does not have any.

 

[dogfan96]

Uva Reminds Me Of Our 89-90, Squad. All They Do Is Win. All People Do Is Talk About How They Are Not Any Good. They Ran Roughshod Over The Greatest League In Histor Wire To Wire.

I don't know what it will take for people to see that UVA is very good.