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UConn St John's rivalry

superjohn said:
Sure but by that standard the NY Giants are rivals with everyone in the NFC East. The Yankees have fought it out with the Rays just as much as they've fought it out with the Red Sox since the Rays have been a team. I'm sure the Rays consider the Yankees a rival but the Yankees already have a rival and it's the Red Sox.
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I think you're both right!
 
Tiamat7 said:
Depending on Hopkins' recovery, his matchup with Karaban could certainly be even or in Hopkins' favor. I remember Hopkins destroying Alex back in the day. Yes, I realize Karaban has greatly improved.

Reibe and Prey could be even. Hoping Reibe is ready, but he's still a fresh. Prey showed potential this year, and he'll have an off season of Pitino drills...
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Yes. Also, Furphy may be much better than anticipated if one is to believe the chatter around him. It wouldn’t be the first time a foreigner exceeded expectations by miles.
 
Uconn vs St Johns is absolutely a big rivalry now. St johns is very good and they are feeling their oats and Pitino is gonna maul the portal every year to make sure tbey stay near the top.
Throw in us being top 10, MSG, and the coaches not liking each other, two original BE teams and its got all the ingredients
 
UconnU said:
I feel bad. It’s not just the state of the basketball program, it’s the state of the city. Place is a ghost town, last time I was there it reminded me of Gary Indiana where the infrastructure is all still there but there are no people. Modern day Syracuse makes Hartford seem vibrant.
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everyone hangs out indoors at the Destiny USA mall. The actual Downtown of Syracuse is dead
 
The Viking said:
Uconn vs St Johns is absolutely a big rivalry now. St johns is very good and they are feeling their oats and Pitino is gonna maul the portal every year to make sure tbey stay near the top.
Throw in us being top 10, MSG, and the coaches not liking each other, two original BE teams and its got all the ingredients
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Will the guy in the red jacket be there?
 
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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Homer much?

We’re gonna crush you. We have the way more talented roster, the better coach and our team will actually play defense.
 
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St Johns said:
Homer much?

We’re gonna crush you. We have the way more talented roster, the better coach and our team will actually play defense.
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Yup, I'm the homer, the guy who said it's really close and both are top 5 teams. Not you who can't acknowledge UConn has a good roster and coach
 
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Deepster said:
Aren’t you the same guy that sold me your weekend Big East tourney tickets every Thursday for the last 20 years?
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I'm think he's the guy who over the past quarter century said:

"Jarvis has been a better coach than Calhoun since they were both in Boston"

"Jarvis sucked, but Norm Roberts is the best recruiter there is. We'll rule the Big East for the next decade."

"We made a mistake with Roberts but Hewitt nearly won a national title at Georgia Tech. At St John's he'll win a few of them."

"We never should have hired Hewitt but Steve Lavin is young, smart, he can recruit. We will be back on top in a year or two."

"Lavin wasn't cut out for this and we knew it from the start but Chris Mullin understands the program and will connect with top recruits. We will be the best team in the conference for as long as he wants to coach."

"Loved Chris as a player but he really never should have been a coach. Anderson's a veteran who wins. Now we are set for many title runs."

"I don't know why we thought Anderson could do anything but now we have Pitino. He will be playing chess whole everyone else is playing checkers. He will never lose a game against a lower ranked team the way other coaches do."
 
St Johns said:
Homer much?

We’re gonna crush you. We have the way more talented roster, the better coach and our team will actually play defense.
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I want to know, what does it feel like playing in the second weekend? Every time this question pops to my mind, I go looking for a St. John's fan to give me the answer.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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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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