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UConn St John's rivalry

navery12 said:
PositionUConnSt John'sAdvantage
PGSilas Demary JrIan JacksonUConn
SGSolo BallOziyah SellersUConn
SFJaylin StewartJoson SanonSt John's
PFAlex KarabanBryce HopkinsUConn
CTarris Reed JrZuby EjioforSt John's
Bench
GMalachi SmithDylan DarlingUConn
GBraylon MullinsLefteris LiotopoulosUConn
FJayden RossSadiku Ibine AyoEven
FJacob FurphyDillon MitchellSt John's
CEric ReibeRuben PreyUConn

These are definitely 2 of the top 5 teams in the country, but I think UConn has the advantage and matches up pretty well. Maybe a slight advantage to St John's for the starting 5 even though I have it as 3-2 UConn because the gap between Sanon and Stewart is larger than any of the gaps at the other 4 spots. I think our bench is where the advantage comes from, I'm not sold on most of the guys St John's has coming off the bench
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The JStew slander must end!
 
UConnTrumbull said:
I have never seen another fanbase so cocky for accomplishing absolutely nothing in its history
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You must not have been around for the umass years.

They set up a "rivalry" message board. Demanded we create some annual rivalry game (that none of their fans ever ended up going to). And they were in the garbage heap A-10 the entire time.
 
Deepster said:
You must not have been around for the umass years.

They set up a "rivalry" message board. Demanded we create some annual rivalry game (that none of their fans ever ended up going to). And they were in the garbage heap A-10 the entire time.
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Admittedly I was a bit young in that era. But at least umass made a final four. Vacated but still lol
 
nomar said:
I think a team can have multiple rivalries. Look at the NFC East.

It may not be a Sox-Yanks, UNC-Duke type rivalry, but you can still be rivals if there's enough history and intensity.

Other teams went in & out so we don't have a clear #1 rival, but we certainly have a lot of history with Nova, for instance. And certainly with Syracuse as well. If we're not rivals with Cuse, then why are they so obsessed with us? And why is this board so obsessed with their rotting corpse?
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UCONN has proven with its six national championships that it is so far above Syracuse as a basketball program. UCONN fans and certainly Syracuse fans are aware of Syracuse's mediocrity and irrelevance so this board needs to just ignore Syracuse basketball until there is something significant to mention or discuss.
 
Deepster said:
You must not have been around for the umass years.

They set up a "rivalry" message board. Demanded we create some annual rivalry game (that none of their fans ever ended up going to). And they were in the garbage heap A-10 the entire time.
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Yeah, turns out there was never a rivalry with UMass. There was only hate for the Squid.
 
I don't consider them a worthy rival. They are a temporary obstacle while coached by a vampire who keeps buying a different roster each year. They will soon fade back into well-deserved irrelevance.

Best chance for a true rival is Villanova improving or UConn changing conferences.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
You are correct with our never having had a true rivalry (OSU-Michigan; Yale-Harvard) but what we had with Cuse was miles above everything we've had with all current BE schools combined and what we had with Pitt was still ahead of anything we've had with any current BE member.

I know you want to close your eyes and pretend that this is something but when you post that this is a rivalry it becomes time for @CL82 to throw in a "stop trying to make fetch happen" meme.
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I know this might come across as blasphemy but I would like to see Syracuse back in the Big East. I get the vitriol with Cuse leaving the conference, but I don’t think they did to us what BC did, vote against us to join the ACC.
 
I think the rivalry will be good for as long as Rick's around and they have money. If he can leave the program in a good spot when he hangs it up good for us and the BE. We need more of the BE teams to be nationally competitive.
For '25-26 they are loaded with individual talent and people are probably going to tell me I'm crazy but I don't see a legit top ten team. And I'm probably opening myself up for trouble here but I'm not sure UConn is either. UConn's defense needs to move up 50 points in efficiency. Where is that coming from?
 
Found this funny as can be.
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superjohn said:
Again, Georgetown is Cuse's rival. UConn doesn't have a true rival, their "rival" is the other best program for that given time.

If you think UConn playing Syracuse right now would have more juice and be a bigger rivalry game than UConn playing St. John's right now you're out of your mind.
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GTown may be Cuse’s rival by a lot of definitions, but I wonder …
  • who has been mentioned more/has more threads on syracusefan.com over the last 30 years, UConn or GTown? I’d bet us.
  • whose fans and coach do they hate more?
  • who do they root against harder?
  • how frequently does Cuse come up in the BY for no apparent reason?

I kinda think our rivalry with Cuse is laying latent, and could rise like a Phoenix if/when they stop sucking and we play a few times. I’d look forward to that.
 
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