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Message: [QUOTE="ASweet3781, post: 2532867, member: 1926"] Obviously UConn being terrible for 2 years lessens our interest. But the destruction of the Big East has hurt college basketball. Sorry I could care less about midwest or southern based basketball which is all ESPN can show now. It's bad enough they dominate and own college football. When I was growing up in the late 80s early 90s you had UConn, UMass, Temple, BC, Providence all nationally relevant involved in huge games and deep tournament runs and major rivalries. Even URI made an Elite 8. College basketball was larger than life in the northeast. Not to mention Syracuse, St. John's, and Seton Hall. Or the truly interesting national renegade programs like UNLV/Michigan FAB 5/Georgetown under JT. Right now the only nationally relevant east coast team is Villanova and they are in a conference with Creighton and DePaul on a network most don't even think of checking out. None of the northeast schools matter right now or are in the same league anymore. The blue bloods pretty much own the sport now. Duke, Kentucky, UNC, Kansas, and the schools with good coaches (Michigan State, Gonzaga, Villanova) and whatever southern/midwest based Power 5 cash cow school turns their fortune into a pretty good season (South Carolina last year for example.) It's a bore. [/QUOTE]