Hard to say who our main rival is. Even back in the 90s and 2000s I would say Syracuse, but you could say Pitt for the 2000s as UConn and Pitt had some heated battles. But those were never long lasting or vitriolic like the rivalry of Duke-Carolina, Kentucky-Louisville, or Xavier-Cincinnati in basketball. I always had tough time with this question because for my other favorite teams the NY Giants, NY Yankees, and the former Hartford Whalers, all three teams had heated rivals. But UConn in the 90s and 2000s were just better than everyone else in the Big East so they seemed to have strong rivalries with other teams but never a main rival.I posted a thread recently about Cuse no longer being a real rival of ours. There was mixed reaction as to be expected.
Which BE team is our biggest rival and why?
what?UCLA doesnt have a rival either, especially now with their move to the BIG
who's their rival in bball? usc is a football rival and so is Cal but they both suck at bball. 11 chips to 0 isnt a rivalry. i woulda said Zona for bball but they will be in different conferences.what?
Agreed. I feel Creighton has the most potential in the future if they remain competitive. But also think that if St. John's won one against us this year it would've been more heated, with the Pitino Hurley thing and the battle for MSG, etc. etc.No one. I don't despise anyone the way I did in the old Big East. Nova was the best shot, but with Jay Wright gone, I don't see it anymore. There's not enough history for it to be any of the newer teams. Maybe in 10 years I'll feel differently about Creighton.
lolwho's their rival in bball? usc sucks. 11 chips to 0 isnt a rivalry.
I think you have to give more than a small nod to Pitt. We lost our two greatest rivals when they went to the ACC. We really have no one currently that compares to those two schools. It could've been Nova, but I think most on this board, myself included, respected Jay Wright too much to hate Nova.In the 50s and 60s -- URI
In the 70s - UMess
In the 80s - BCU
In the 90s - UMess
In the 00s - Syracuse 9 (small nod to Pitt)
Currently - None.
My money is on St. Johns. You can feel something bubbling here. Pitino had Louisville become our 3rd biggest rival behind Cuse and Pitt. I can see St. Johns becoming our biggest rival in the Big East as long as he's there.No true rivalries and interest now and it changes from year to year depending on how good we are vs. the teams we are playing. While not exactly a regional rival but close to it, Syracuse (where i just came back from visiting family today) were the games i think most UConn fans looked forward to the most compared to teams closer geographically like PC. BC, St. John’s. I know the BY likes to dump on Cuse, but those were often exciting games. Maybe PC or the Johnnies can become that rival.
I can't call PC "the" rival even though I want to. The geography would make them the best candidate but they don't win anything. The fact that we're their super bowl every year but they're just an annoying gnat to us disqualifies them. I don't think any of us hate PC, but we all hated Syracuse. I hate playing PC but that's because they play a scrub style of ball. Until our fans start viscerally hating them I can't consider them our biggest rival, but I truly hope that changes.
UConn fans and Creighton fans got into it a few years ago after we lost to them in the BET. They're already a bigger rival.
I was wondering who voted for Georgetown!I see a lot of PC fans have invaded our site as usual