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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4237289, member: 1559"] I have been to 25+ Big East Tournaments with groups of guys. Typically, we would go to almost all of the tournament games, but that became more difficult when the Big East started having Wednesday games. (Nobody went to the Thursday night 8/9 games back in the day.) We developed different ideas to obtain tickets including becoming Boston College basketball season ticket holders in order to buy tickets from the school as demand was usually pretty low from BC fans. (The BC season tickets were cheaper than the BET ticket books.) When UConn left the Big East, we did not go to the AAC tournament and it is hard to get the tradition going again after 9 years (plus COVID), but I'm going to try to rally the group for next year. Also, recent UConn grads have suffered through the AAC years and really don't understand the UConn/Big East/MSG dynamic, but current students will get it. On a side note, ask any Syracuse fan how they feel about the ACC Tournament vs the Big East Tournament and they will tell you it is no comparison. Walking out of the Garden onto the streets of Manhattan on a Friday or Saturday night after a big win and going to a bar to celebrate is one of the greatest feelings! [/QUOTE]