When the history of Big East Basketball is written....

[specialisthusky]

Cuse lost to an 11 seed in 2011 and this dope is telling uconn fans we had an easy walk to a NC? What's in the water up there some of these people are delusional.

F cuse

 

[7774]

Cuse lost to an 11 seed in 2011 and this dope is telling uconn fans we had an easy walk to a NC? What's in the water up there some of these people are delusional.

F cuse

Hey, nothing says terrible like winning 10 NCAA tournament games over the course of 2 years.

 

[Huskies4ever]

lets be honest, you guys got ridiculously lucky in 2011. you got 2 legitimate titles and 1 that was gift wrapped. they should put an asterisk next to 2011.

uconn ncaa titles: 1999, 2004, 2011*

*lucked out with an incredibly easy draw, we have to list them as national champs since they beat the teams in front of them, but in reality they were a mediocre team that got hot at the right team and beat a 5 seed, 4 seed, and 8 seed to win the championship. they also got the weakest #2 seed in san diego st, who needed double ot just to get to the sweet 16. in a normal tournament this is a sweet 16 team at best, but sometimes its better to be lucky than good. the national championship game was so god awful and such an embarassing display of basketball between 2 less than stellar teams that we wish we could erase it from the record books completely.

Sounds like sour grapes. That UConn team had a post season run the likes of which few have ever had (5 games in 5 days, NCAA title). Certainly a greater accomplishment than anything a Syracuse team has done or will ever do. Waaaah! Now go find your pacifier.

3-1

 

[Huskies4ever]

all time big east standings

syracuse 361-185
uconn 318-227

uconn is only 43 games behind syracuse, if only the big east would stick around for another 40 years maybe you'd catch us.

See, we spotted you a decade, so those numbers are inflated. What would they be over the last 20 years? You guys have longevity, which is great. Syracuse has a longer history. But not a better one. That is why 3-1 matters.
One program has a longer history, the other is ELITE.

 

[Jerry1714]

all time big east standings

syracuse 361-185
uconn 318-227

uconn is only 43 games behind syracuse, if only the big east would stick around for another 40 years maybe you'd catch us.

oh but right, 3-1 is the only thing that matters, gotcha. and you act like 3-1 is this monumental difference. we're a keith smart missed shot from having 2, and in our "cinderella" run in '96 we ran into 1 of the greatest college hoops team of all time in kentucky who had like 9 pros in the championship game. in your cinderella run in '11 you got an 8 seed in the championship game.


i got no problem listing uconn #1, but the lack of respect you guys show syracuse is a joke. we started this league. uconn wasnt being shown on big monday in the early days, it was syracuse. syracuse-st johns, syracuse-gtown, syraucse-uconn, syracuse-pitt, now syracuse-louisville.....what do all the biggest rivalries in the big east over the years have in common? SYRACUSE. uconn-pitt had a nice little rivalry in the mid 2000s, other than that all syracuse. you can run off all the postseason accolades all you want, uconn has been truly an elite program the last 20 years, but theyre not the face of the big east confernece, syracuse was, is and always will be.

I am sure you "missed" this, but please try to explain how you are ahead given:


NCAA success? Uconn
Big east tournament titles? Uconn
Big east regular season titles? Tied
Weeks ranked #1? Uconn

 

[Waquoit]

lets be honest, you guys got ridiculously lucky in 2011. you got 2 legitimate titles and 1 that was gift wrapped. they should put an asterisk next to 2011.

uconn ncaa titles: 1999, 2004, 2011*
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This is just plain stupid. Lucky draw my anal crevice. In Cuse's championship year they played UConn twice and never had a lead. Not even 2 to nothing. The latest in the either game where it was tied was 8-8. Cuse's best year ever and UConn owned them. If you are giving out asterisks, start at home.

 

[Waquoit]

UConn was clearly the best team in the conference in the 90s, with Syracuse clearly second.

This is misleading. The correct answer is UConn and .... The Big East took turns lining up behing UConn that decade. It was UConn and Nove for a big chunk. And UConn and St. Johns. And UConn and G'Town. And yes, UConn and Cuse.

Saying UConn and Syracuse were the two best teams of the 90's reminds me of when Bob Montgomery said that he and "Carlton Fisk were the best catching tandem in the American League."

 

[Huskies4ever]

I am sure you "missed" this, but please try to explain how you are ahead given:


NCAA success? Uconn
Big east tournament titles? Uconn
Big east regular season titles? Tied
Weeks ranked #1? Uconn

And, of course, factor in All-Americans and NBA players, and it's a landslide.

And if you're a Cuse fan who wants to belittle the 2011 title (which is ignorance and jealousy), we have 2 other title teams that could trump anything a Cuse team has ever done.

 

[CTBasketball]

Syracuse was the face of the conference? Not really. I'd say definitely UConn and possibly Georgetown. I mean, if you put Syracuse in a conference like the America East, they'd probably finish mid-pack due to their lackluster results against mid-major teams in big-time games.

 

[Pudge]

In the 45+ years I've watched Championship basketball in March, there have been occasions that a fluke team, rather than one of the Nations finest, won the NC. Carmelo Anthony & that march through the Big 8/12 certainly qualifies. Not a dominant team at all. So, when you are addressing a UConn 2011 - which beat darn fine San Diego State, Arizona & Kentucky teams, you are seriously in quicksand not mentioning the bizarre SU path through Albany.

Face of the Conference? My lasting memory is all the SU fans rushing out of MSG after their BET losses. They weren't hoop fans; they're like these mopes who bandwagon once in awhile only to disappear when their team of thugs goes down.

 

[tzznandrew]

lets be honest, you guys got ridiculously lucky in 2011. you got 2 legitimate titles and 1 that was gift wrapped. they should put an asterisk next to 2011.

uconn ncaa titles: 1999, 2004, 2011*

*lucked out with an incredibly easy draw, we have to list them as national champs since they beat the teams in front of them, but in reality they were a mediocre team that got hot at the right team and beat a 5 seed, 4 seed, and 8 seed to win the championship. they also got the weakest #2 seed in san diego st, who needed double ot just to get to the sweet 16. in a normal tournament this is a sweet 16 team at best, but sometimes its better to be lucky than good. the national championship game was so god awful and such an embarassing display of basketball between 2 less than stellar teams that we wish we could erase it from the record books completely.

So, you're three seed with a transcendent player--which did not win the BET championship but did tie for the regular season--playing in Boston and Albany, counts, and is legitimate, and UConn's three seed with a transcendent player--which did not win the regular season but did win the BET championship--playing in D.C. and Anaheim, doesn't count, and is illegitimate.

Good to see how your rules go.

 

[Huskies4ever]

So, you're three seed with a transcendent player--which did not win the BET championship but did tie for the regular season--playing in Boston and Albany, counts, and is legitimate, and UConn's three seed with a transcendent player--which did not win the regular season but did win the BET championship--playing in D.C. and Anaheim, doesn't count, and is illegitimate.

Good to see how your rules go.

These are Syracuse fans. Their best years were the 70's, 80's, 1 NCAA Championship, and 3 Elite Eights over the last 20+ years. They don't match up with us, although they find any ludicrous way to try to inflate their chests, which makes them look silly.

 

[B1GEast]

 

[corduroyg]

LOL at you guys comparing 2011 to 2003. In 2003 we beat a 1 seed, 1 seed, and 2 seed (that was the most dominant team in the tourny at the time and who nobody thought cuse would beat) to win the title. you beat a 5 seed, 4 seed, and 8 seed. COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ZenConn]

When it comes to boobies, 2 is definitely better than 3. When it comes to NC's, 3 is definitely better than 2.

Insert movie snapshot of Total Recall (original) one the line below ....

 

[7774]

LOL at you guys comparing 2011 to 2003. In 2003 we beat a 1 seed, 1 seed, and 2 seed (that was the most dominant team in the tourny at the time and who nobody thought cuse would beat) to win the title. you beat a 5 seed, 4 seed, and 8 seed. COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How could a 2 seed be the most dominant team in the tourney? Based on your logic it would have to be one of the 1 seeds, since you're arguing that seeding equates exactly to how good a team is.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

LOL at you guys comparing 2011 to 2003. In 2003 we beat a 1 seed, 1 seed, and 2 seed (that was the most dominant team in the tourny at the time and who nobody thought cuse would beat) to win the title. you beat a 5 seed, 4 seed, and 8 seed. COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And LOL at anyone suggesting that a team that wins 11 consecutive neutral court games in March/April (including Georgetown, Pitt, Syracuse, Lousville, San Diego State, Arizona, Kentucky, and Butler) was just "lucky."

 

[caw]

LOL at you guys comparing 2011 to 2003. In 2003 we beat a 1 seed, 1 seed, and 2 seed (that was the most dominant team in the tourny at the time and who nobody thought cuse would beat) to win the title. you beat a 5 seed, 4 seed, and 8 seed. COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No more ludicrous than anything you have posted. LOL at you talking about seeding.

Here's a question, what was the seed of the team that terrified Cuse fans the most in 2003?

Answer: 5 seed. UConn would have curb stomped Cuse and Boeheim would have been at zero NC's. Cuse got lucky not to face UConn that year.


Sidenote:

2011 was a very interesting tournament. UConn was the only team in the final four that didn't beat a #1 seed to make the final four.

UConn took out a 14, 6, 2 (three highest seeds it could have played in the first three rounds as a #3), 5, 4, 8 but you really need to look at it closer as to why UConn didn't play a #1.

• Arizona (#5) took out #12 Memphis, #4 Texas, #1 Duke by 16.

• UK (#4) took out #13, #5, #1 OSU by 2, #2 UNC by 7

• Heck, even Butler beat #9, #1 Pitt by 1, #4, #2 Florida by 3, before playing an easy #11.

• Of course #11 VCU beat #6, #3, #10, #1 Kansas by 10.

 

[7774]

And LOL at anyone suggesting that a team that wins 11 consecutive neutral court games in March/April (including Georgetown, Pitt, Syracuse, Lousville, San Diego State, Arizona, Kentucky, and Butler) was just "lucky."

9 neutral court, 2 road games. Good thing we had all that luck.

 

[Huskies4ever]

LOL at you guys comparing 2011 to 2003. In 2003 we beat a 1 seed, 1 seed, and 2 seed (that was the most dominant team in the tourny at the time and who nobody thought cuse would beat) to win the title. you beat a 5 seed, 4 seed, and 8 seed. COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Waaaahhhhh!! Again, you are comparing our weakest championship team to you're only one. Go back home with your tail between your legs.

 

[Huskies4ever]

What's up with these Cuse fans?

"But, but, but, but, we were great in the '80's and good every subsequent decade. Therefore, we are the face of the Big East."

Since 1990, UConn has been the only elite team from the conference. Minus a decade, the Cuse is 2 decades behind us. We've carried this league.

 

[Gurleyman]

We played SDSU 90 miles from their campus in 2011 (plus a virtual road game vs Arizona - easy weekend trip down I-10 for those folks). Syracuse got to play 90 miles from its campus in 2003.

In fairness to corduroy here, he actually did raise one good point (even a stopped clock...) A 2-seed can indeed be the most dominant team in a tournament. We proved that in 2004.

But the best thing about our titles is we won them with different people and different styles: there was a masterpiece in 1999, an offensive clinic in 2004, and a defensive clinic in 2011. A little bit of everything - shows we weren't just a one trick pony who caught a break one time.

 

[Huskies4ever]

U guys are the best athletic program known to man.....great thread btw, has a maac team ever won a championship? You got the chips and everything but damn....it must suck to know your team will never be relevant or win big again

Has a Big East team leaving for the ACC done anything? No. Good luck becoming irrelevant on Tobacco Road.

 

[7774]

We played SDSU 90 miles from their campus in 2011 (plus a virtual road game vs Arizona - easy weekend trip down I-10 for those folks). Syracuse got to play 90 miles from its campus in 2003.

In fairness to corduroy here, he actually did raise one good point (even a stopped clock...) A 2-seed can indeed be the most dominant team in a tournament. We proved that in 2004.

But the best thing about our titles is we won them with different people and different styles: there was a masterpiece in 1999, an offensive clinic in 2004, and a defensive clinic in 2011. A little bit of everything - shows we weren't just a one trick pony who caught a break one time.

The funny thing about the 2 seed comment is he's really just undermining his main point. He's saying we got lucky because we played lower seeded teams, while at the same time saying that a team's seed is not necessarily indicative of how good that team is at the point when the tournament starts.

 

[specialisthusky]

The funny thing about the 2 seed comment is he's really just undermining his main point. He's saying we got lucky because we played lower seeded teams, while at the same time saying that a team's seed is not necessarily indicative of how good that team is at the point when the tournament starts.

Similiar to how they have a 4 page thread ragging on ray lewis who they find guilty of murder despite the court not finding him or the other two guys tried as such while at the same time declaring bernie fine innocent because he was never found guilty by the court.

They are very very delusional out there. Great comedic relief on slow days though.