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What CBB fan base do you have tons of respect for?

HuskyFich said:
do you actually choose to support UConn because your tax dollars go there?

I know plenty of super intelligent Duke fans living here in NC. Duke fans are actually pretty tolerable outside of the Storrs/NYC area where they have to hate UConn to support Duke apparently. UConn owns Duke, and Duke fans know this.

But, Duke UNC conversations are the most wildly disrespectful conversations I have ever seen between fans. Friday night pregames were better than anything you could buy on Pay Per View.
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i support UConn because it's the flagship public school in the state i grew up in. I wasnt paying taxes, my parents were and still are, but when it came time for college i didnt want to go to UConn so i went to a DIII school that wouldnt interfere with my fandom. likewise, if i grew up in NC, i would 100% have either been a UNC or NC St fan, depending on where i lived within the state. And as a lifelong UNC/NC St fan there is no way in hell i'd consider going to Duke unless i got a full ride, but in that case i'd just go to an ivy league school.

unfortunately, syracuse it the only private school i could understand state residents rooting for because the NY university system doesnt support high major sports.
 
I actually respect the passion PC fans have. It would've been easier for them to be quiet and irrelevant like SHU, but instead they're always punching above their weight class. Woulda thought the Cooley experience neutered them a bit, but their feisty response shows how much they care and respect themselves.

I still don't consider them a rival, in the sense that rivals have to be relative in stature. But I'll acknowledge their games mean more than your average BE matchup, because of their fans.
 
August_West said:
Honestly I like Kentucky fans. They bleed their own shade of blue, they are passionate and quite amusing on the intertronz
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We were at a Charlie Pappas in Houston the day before the Butler game. In comes about 25 UK goobers in their blue T-shirts talking way too loud, every other word profane. You can have 'em.
 
Huskyforlife said:
I actually respect the passion PC fans have. It would've been easier for them to be quiet and irrelevant like SHU, but instead they're always punching above their weight class. Woulda thought the Cooley experience neutered them a bit, but their feisty response shows how much they care and respect themselves.

I still don't consider them a rival, in the sense that rivals have to be relative in stature. But I'll acknowledge their games mean more than your average BE matchup, because of their fans.
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I'm commenting because I still feel weird giving someone the 'smiley face with Heart eyes" emoji. Well said
 
having been to a couple FF's with them - UK travels so well its hard to not respect them. hate 'em, but dang they brought it.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
I actually respect the passion PC fans have. It would've been easier for them to be quiet and irrelevant like SHU, but instead they're always punching above their weight class. Woulda thought the Cooley experience neutered them a bit, but their feisty response shows how much they care and respect themselves.

I still don't consider them a rival, in the sense that rivals have to be relative in stature. But I'll acknowledge their games mean more than your average BE matchup, because of their fans.
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Excellent post. I agree. PC has good fans for them.
 
superjohn said:
I love the new Kansas hatred/rivalry but the Kansas fans I know are good fans and know their stuff.
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That was before we surpassed them in titles. I might’ve agreed with you even just one year ago, but since we took #5 they have gone out of their minds. They denigrate UConn at every opportunity on every platform because their weenie is smaller. How can you respect that?
 
August_West said:
That was before we surpassed them in titles. I might’ve agreed with you even just one year ago, but since we took #5 they have gone out of their minds. They denigrate UConn at every opportunity on every platform because their weenie is smaller. How can you respect that?
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No they haven't. A handful of twitter people did, not the real fans. I looked at the board. There is no mention of UConn at all. None of them care about UConn. Judging them by those few Twitter fans is like judging us by Mr. (who might be you for all I know).

I didn't list KU. They have great fans, but I'll admit it's easy for them. They don't really face adversity. There have been no lean times for most of them (unless missing the tournament in 1988-89 the year after a NC win is "adversity").
 
August_West said:
That was before we surpassed them in titles. I might’ve agreed with you even just one year ago, but since we took #5 they have gone out of their minds. They denigrate UConn at every opportunity on every platform because their weenie is smaller. How can you respect that?
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Thing is we surpassed them in titles in 2014. They were lucky to be tied for a year.
 
Waquoit said:
Thing is we surpassed them in titles in 2014. They were lucky to be tied for a year.
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Nobody cared then either.
 
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superjohn said:
Oh they absolutely cared and care that we have more titles again.
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You should see every time the blueblood argument ( not started by UConn fans just generic College hoops talk) comes up on Twitter or Reddit. Kansas fans the only ones in there without any provocation losing their minds saying NOT UCONN NOT UCONN NOT UCONN. Its hilarious.
 
August_West said:
You should see every time the blueblood argument ( not started by UConn fans just generic College hoops talk) comes up on Twitter or Reddit. Kansas fans the only ones in there without any provocation losing their minds saying NOT UCONN NOT UCONN NOT UCONN. Its hilarious.
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I'm not on twitter or reddit but I saw long threads on the Kansas message board where they were extremely upset and trashing our program. I have a Kansas friend who doesn't like it at all that we continue to have more titles than them but he takes it as Kansas needs to win more of them.
 
superjohn said:
I'm not on twitter or reddit but I saw long threads on the Kansas message board where they were extremely upset and trashing our program. I have a Kansas friend who doesn't like it at all that we continue to have more titles than them but he takes it as Kansas needs to win more of them.
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That’s how most fans handle it. The Twitter and Reddit crowd is the bottom 1/2 of 1%. We haven’t played them in so long, I think the fact that we expected to last year and will this year has upped the intensity a bit.
 
Yardigan said:
That is exactly what they do in RI
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Not “exactly”, two points. They have the cities name on their chest and before they became yuppie they spent 60+ years as a school for blue collar kids from RI. That’s why the school was started by the Dominicans, to serve underprivileged young men in Providence and RI. That is why it’s in the states fabric passed down generationally instead of URI. That and they won.
 
Jaydumo20 said:
I've spoken to a bunch of IU bball fans over the years and have usually found that they are good people with which to talk hoops. Usually a knowledgeable fan base, rarely dismissive or condescending and quite complementary of our program. Also, I feel a kinship to them as the school's bball program is always a huge source of pride for the state.

I'm interested to see what y'all say.
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Clemson, a fun bunch, really good fans and polite and respectful, for the most part, to visitors. Of course they feel their team will destroy you so it is easy to be decent. Worse fans I ever saw were West Virginia. I felt I was lucky to get out of their stadium just slightly bloodied.
 
ucp990411 said:
The only fan base that I have any respect for is the fan base that roots for the defending national champion UConn Huskies.
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I agree 100 percent. I may be a singular being but when I speak, I feel like I’m representing all of us. We or me is definitely the most respected fan base ever.
 
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CL82 said:
What did they win exactly?
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More games than URI. @FriarJ didn't say it, but RI is unique in that there is no place in it more than an hour from Providence. It's a city-state.
 
HuskyHawk said:
More games than URI.
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Ah, well there you have it. They really should have a banner made up or something.
 
CL82 said:
What did they win exactly?
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Not that you give 2 craps, so I’m not sure why I’m bothering but I was referring to the 60’s and 70’s when they became the state’s team. This was a discussion I was having with @Yardigan as I took exception to his characterization of PC fans being like Duke fans.
 
FriarJ said:
Not that you give 2 craps, so I’m not sure why I’m bothering but I was referring to the 60’s and 70’s when they became the state’s team. This was a discussion I was having with @Yardigan as I took exception to his characterization of PC fans being like Duke fans.
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Ah, they won games in the 60s and 70s. That's nice.
 
CL82 said:
Ah, they won games in the 60s and 70s. That's nice.
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As I suspected, nothing of substance or relevance to what my post was about. Just trolling.
 
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FriarJ said:
As I suspected, nothing of substance or relevance to what my post was about. Just trolling.
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What? I asked what Providence "won" and you advised me that it was some games in the 60s and 70s. I think that's very nice for you.

(So, in your opinion, a PC fan coming on a Connecticut board to brag about PC is being trolled by Husky fans? Interesting take.)
 
CL82 said:
What? I asked what Providence "won" and you advised me that it was some games in the 60s and 70s. I think that's very nice for you.

(So, in your opinion, a PC fan coming on a Connecticut board to brag about PC is being trolled by Husky fans? Interesting take.)
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Listen, I’m very sorry I engaged you. it went exactly as I expected. Let’s carry on with our days and just end this nonsense. Later.
 
FriarJ said:
Not that you give 2 craps, so I’m not sure why I’m bothering but I was referring to the 60’s and 70’s when they became the state’s team. This was a discussion I was having with @Yardigan as I took exception to his characterization of PC fans being like Duke fans.
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If Kim English is good and you get good solid point guard play I think Providence has a chance to be really good this season, like Sweet 16 good.
 
superjohn said:
If Kim English is good and you get good solid point guard play I think Providence has a chance to be really good this season, like Sweet 16 good.
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Well, those certainly are the question marks and what is keeping them down in any pre-season rankings. Looking forward to finding out what we have in those two areas. Can’t remember a coach coming into the BE more of an unknown in many years. Probably since Rick Barnes. PC has taken a massive gamble, which is interesting because they have shown they can afford top 10 coaches pay. The AD seems certain that he’s got the right guy. We will all find out together.
 
superjohn said:
If Kim English is good and you get good solid point guard play I think Providence has a chance to be really good this season, like Sweet 16 good.
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Really, I think they have as good a chance anyone.
 
FriarJ said:
Listen, I’m very sorry I engaged you. it went exactly as I expected. Let’s carry on with our days and just end this nonsense. Later.
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Lol I just wasn't sure what Providence had won. Thank you for clarifying.
 
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