(04-10-2024 07:03 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 07:12 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Fake Big East (AKA C7) - Current non football league that :

a)bought the name
and
b) consists of one good team (used to be Villanova and currently Yukon) and
c) nine posers that act like they're Ewing and Pearl Washington.

The same "fake" Big East has sold old out 11 consecutive sessions at Madison Square Garden (19,812) while early round tickets for this season's ACC tournament could be had for $1 on Stubhub.

He’s not an ACC fan, why you bringing Washington DC into this?!?! Nobody wants to go there!

Let’s think about this.

Should the Big 12 have invited UConn in 2021, either in addition to or instead of Cincy, UCF, or Houston?

Hindsight is 20/20, but I'd argue that UConn's value has increased over the last two years.

(04-11-2024 06:37 AM)random asian guy Wrote:  Let’s think about this.

Should the Big 12 have invited UConn in 2021, either in addition to or instead of Cincy, UCF, or Houston?

Hindsight is 20/20, but I'd argue that UConn's value has increased over the last two years.

Yeah, let's think about this.

Hmmm... do we want our football programs to have exposure for recruiting in Ohio, Florida, Texas or ... Connecticut ????

That's a hard one.

(04-11-2024 06:55 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  

(04-11-2024 06:37 AM)random asian guy Wrote:  Let’s think about this.

Should the Big 12 have invited UConn in 2021, either in addition to or instead of Cincy, UCF, or Houston?

Hindsight is 20/20, but I'd argue that UConn's value has increased over the last two years.

Yeah, let's think about this.

Hmmm... do we want our football programs to have exposure for recruiting in Ohio, Florida, Texas or ... Connecticut ????

That's a hard one.

The Big 12 is already in Texas so Houston is no added exposure.

(04-09-2024 07:12 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 06:54 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 04:24 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  How come being in the fake Big East hasn't reinvigorated DePaul like it has Yukon after Yukon got it's a$$ kicked in the AAC???

Fake Big East? Was the Big East of the 80s the fake Big East?

Big East of the 80s and their current conference membership:

Boston College (ACC)
Providence (Big East)
UConn (Big East)
Syracuse (ACC)
St. John’s (Big East)
Seton Hall (Big East)
Pitt (ACC)
Villanova (Big East)
Georgetown (Big East)

DePaul (bless their hearts) and Marquette have, believe it or not, been in the league for almost 20 years.

If anything, West Virginia, USF, Miami, and even Louisville and Cincinnati were “fake” Big East schools who used the league for a couple of hours just to jump ship to a P5. (Or not so much in USF’s case.)

Today’s Big East will still be around in ten years. It’s questionable with many other conferences.

Fake Big East (AKA C7) - Current non football league that :

a)bought the name
and
b) consists of one good team (used to be Villanova and currently Yukon) and
c) nine posers that act like they're Ewing and Pearl Washington.

A conference that has had multiple teams win multiple national titles in the last decade is clearly not a one team conference.

Are you trying to fault the Big East for not having two different teams win the national title in the same exact year? We would need some big rule changes to the tournament to allow ties and split titles for that to happen.

(04-11-2024 08:51 AM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(04-11-2024 06:55 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  

(04-11-2024 06:37 AM)random asian guy Wrote:  Let’s think about this.

Should the Big 12 have invited UConn in 2021, either in addition to or instead of Cincy, UCF, or Houston?

Hindsight is 20/20, but I'd argue that UConn's value has increased over the last two years.

Yeah, let's think about this.

Hmmm... do we want our football programs to have exposure for recruiting in Ohio, Florida, Texas or ... Connecticut ????

That's a hard one.

The Big 12 is already in Texas so Houston is no added exposure.

Stunning news.

(04-11-2024 09:39 AM)ABAB_Up_down Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 07:12 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 06:54 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 04:24 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  How come being in the fake Big East hasn't reinvigorated DePaul like it has Yukon after Yukon got it's a$$ kicked in the AAC???

Fake Big East? Was the Big East of the 80s the fake Big East?

Big East of the 80s and their current conference membership:

Boston College (ACC)
Providence (Big East)
UConn (Big East)
Syracuse (ACC)
St. John’s (Big East)
Seton Hall (Big East)
Pitt (ACC)
Villanova (Big East)
Georgetown (Big East)

DePaul (bless their hearts) and Marquette have, believe it or not, been in the league for almost 20 years.

If anything, West Virginia, USF, Miami, and even Louisville and Cincinnati were “fake” Big East schools who used the league for a couple of hours just to jump ship to a P5. (Or not so much in USF’s case.)

Today’s Big East will still be around in ten years. It’s questionable with many other conferences.

Fake Big East (AKA C7) - Current non football league that :

a)bought the name
and
b) consists of one good team (used to be Villanova and currently Yukon) and
c) nine posers that act like they're Ewing and Pearl Washington.

A conference that has had multiple teams win multiple national titles in the last decade is clearly not a one team conference.

Are you trying to fault the Big East for not having two different teams win the national title in the same exact year? We would need some big rule changes to the tournament to allow ties and split titles for that to happen.

If you had any reading comprehension you would understand that my point is there is only one good team at any time.

(04-11-2024 09:52 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  

(04-11-2024 09:39 AM)ABAB_Up_down Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 07:12 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 06:54 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 04:24 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  How come being in the fake Big East hasn't reinvigorated DePaul like it has Yukon after Yukon got it's a$$ kicked in the AAC???

Fake Big East? Was the Big East of the 80s the fake Big East?

Big East of the 80s and their current conference membership:

Boston College (ACC)
Providence (Big East)
UConn (Big East)
Syracuse (ACC)
St. John’s (Big East)
Seton Hall (Big East)
Pitt (ACC)
Villanova (Big East)
Georgetown (Big East)

DePaul (bless their hearts) and Marquette have, believe it or not, been in the league for almost 20 years.

If anything, West Virginia, USF, Miami, and even Louisville and Cincinnati were “fake” Big East schools who used the league for a couple of hours just to jump ship to a P5. (Or not so much in USF’s case.)

Today’s Big East will still be around in ten years. It’s questionable with many other conferences.

Fake Big East (AKA C7) - Current non football league that :

a)bought the name
and
b) consists of one good team (used to be Villanova and currently Yukon) and
c) nine posers that act like they're Ewing and Pearl Washington.

A conference that has had multiple teams win multiple national titles in the last decade is clearly not a one team conference.

Are you trying to fault the Big East for not having two different teams win the national title in the same exact year? We would need some big rule changes to the tournament to allow ties and split titles for that to happen.

If you had any reading comprehension you would understand that my point is there is only one good team at any time.

So 3 teams making the sweet 16 this year means only one of them was any good? Last year there were also 3 sweet 16 teams, and two elite 8 teams. I mean the two years before that they only had 2 sweet 16 teams.

I dunno, for a conference that has 11 members, having multiple teams make the sweet 16 and beyond every year seems pretty good.

The Big East will be better next year.

UConn will dominate the portal.
Marquette will take a small step down but still be a second weekend type team.
Creighton will be a really good team again.
Pitino is going to abuse the portal. They will be a tournament team.
Decent chance Seton Hall is a tournament team.
Nova is 50/50 to make the tournament.
Sean Miller and Xavier will be at least a bubble team.
Thad Matter will have Butler on the bubble again.
Providence will likely take a step back.
Georgetown will likely improve.
DePaul will stink again.

The Big East will get at least five teams in the tournament.

It's crazy how much the AAC was dragging them down.

(04-11-2024 10:07 AM)e-parade Wrote:  So 3 teams making the sweet 16 this year means only one of them was any good? Last year there were also 3 sweet 16 teams, and two elite 8 teams. I mean the two years before that they only had 2 sweet 16 teams.

I dunno, for a conference that has 11 members, having multiple teams make the sweet 16 and beyond every year seems pretty good.

Cincy fans have been chippy ever since X leapfrogged them.

(04-11-2024 11:33 AM)Bogg Wrote:  Cincy fans have been chippy ever since X leapfrogged them.

Another hire like Scott Satterfield and Xavier will pass UC in football, too

(04-11-2024 09:52 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  

(04-11-2024 09:39 AM)ABAB_Up_down Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 07:12 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 06:54 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 04:24 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  How come being in the fake Big East hasn't reinvigorated DePaul like it has Yukon after Yukon got it's a$$ kicked in the AAC???

Fake Big East? Was the Big East of the 80s the fake Big East?

Big East of the 80s and their current conference membership:

Boston College (ACC)
Providence (Big East)
UConn (Big East)
Syracuse (ACC)
St. John’s (Big East)
Seton Hall (Big East)
Pitt (ACC)
Villanova (Big East)
Georgetown (Big East)

DePaul (bless their hearts) and Marquette have, believe it or not, been in the league for almost 20 years.

If anything, West Virginia, USF, Miami, and even Louisville and Cincinnati were “fake” Big East schools who used the league for a couple of hours just to jump ship to a P5. (Or not so much in USF’s case.)

Today’s Big East will still be around in ten years. It’s questionable with many other conferences.

Fake Big East (AKA C7) - Current non football league that :

a)bought the name
and
b) consists of one good team (used to be Villanova and currently Yukon) and
c) nine posers that act like they're Ewing and Pearl Washington.

A conference that has had multiple teams win multiple national titles in the last decade is clearly not a one team conference.

Are you trying to fault the Big East for not having two different teams win the national title in the same exact year? We would need some big rule changes to the tournament to allow ties and split titles for that to happen.

If you had any reading comprehension you would understand that my point is there is only one good team at any time.

In what was seen as a little bit of a down year for the conference it had a 1, 2, and 3 seed in the tournament.