Good point, Stever. He also has Seton Hall in the East. It’s not like they’re going to DC, but it’s something. Lunardi doesn’t have any Big East teams in the East.

Bracketville Dave had St John's with the dream Buffalo to Washington DC combo.

(01-21-2026 02:29 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Bracketville Dave had St John's with the dream Buffalo to Washington DC combo.

Stever, I just noticed you recently passed the 50,000 posts mark. Lots of valuable statistical info you've passed along over the years. You, along with Nameless and the two Bill's ( Marsh and Dazzle) have revitalized this board and made it a fun place to visit again. Thanks for the effort you guys put into it.

(01-21-2026 02:41 PM)Traderwill Wrote:  

(01-21-2026 02:29 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Bracketville Dave had St John's with the dream Buffalo to Washington DC combo.

Stever, I just noticed you recently passed the 50,000 posts mark. Lots of valuable statistical info you've passed along over the years. You, along with Nameless and the two Bill's ( Marsh and Dazzle) have revitalized this board and made it a fun place to visit again. Thanks for the effort you guys put into it.

Kind words, TWill. This board is now reasonably stable and seemingly has a solid future. Great to have you on board, too. Your contributions are appreciated.

I enjoyed watching Big East games since the league's inception in 1979 but didn't start paying attention more closely until DePaul and Cincinnati joined in 2005. I still don't see as much BE action as I would like nowadays but it's a fantastic conference. I like that the schools are located in urban places and are "basketball first."

(01-21-2026 02:41 PM)Traderwill Wrote:  

(01-21-2026 02:29 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Bracketville Dave had St John's with the dream Buffalo to Washington DC combo.

Stever, I just noticed you recently passed the 50,000 posts mark. Lots of valuable statistical info you've passed along over the years. You, along with Nameless and the two Bill's ( Marsh and Dazzle) have revitalized this board and made it a fun place to visit again. Thanks for the effort you guys put into it.

yeah I noticed that on Monday night during the CFP title game.

This place has picked up a lot. Wish we had a few more of the old HLOH folks around but ah well.... Looking forward to another 50k posts lol.

Congrats to stever20 for hitting the 50,000 posts milestone mark. Impressive.

(01-21-2026 02:41 PM)Traderwill Wrote:  

(01-21-2026 02:29 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Bracketville Dave had St John's with the dream Buffalo to Washington DC combo.

Stever, I just noticed you recently passed the 50,000 posts mark. Lots of valuable statistical info you've passed along over the years. You, along with Nameless and the two Bill's ( Marsh and Dazzle) have revitalized this board and made it a fun place to visit again. Thanks for the effort you guys put into it.

Appreciate it, TWill. I remember how good of a feeling it was when this board went from the "proving grounds" to the "active boards." I really liked posting on here when UConn was in The American, but that board was significantly more active and this board was dead when we made the move. Literally no activity in terms of new threads within the past year at the time, IIRC. I just started posting threads and bill dazzle was kind enough to entertain me, lol. Was always nice when I would see the occasional post from GW11, stever, gosports1, etc back then just because it made this place not feel like an echo chamber between the 2 of us (and obviously still is always nice to see their contributions.) You and all the other people that have come over from HLoH have been welcome additions as well. We have a very small, but nice little community here.

I've always wanted to see if we could get this board to the level the AAC board was at when I started posting here (and really even 3 years before that, I started lurking in 2016.) It may be tough, as I think that board was the 2nd most active board on the site behind the Conference Realignment Board at the time. But maybe if we can get some more Holy Land posters here, we can make it happen.

If you're looking for an example of what I'm talking about, here's my top thread I've ever posted in terms of views. It's a simple game thread like the ones I've been posting here... But it's 34 pages long, lol. And the thread has a little bit of everything that made that board great; competitive banter, trolling, the outlandish characters that made that place fun, etc. It's a little nostalgic for me to look at, and you may get a chuckle or two in if you make it through the whole thing haha.

https://csnbbs.com/thread-894969.html

(01-22-2026 09:06 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(01-21-2026 02:41 PM)Traderwill Wrote:  

(01-21-2026 02:29 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Bracketville Dave had St John's with the dream Buffalo to Washington DC combo.

Stever, I just noticed you recently passed the 50,000 posts mark. Lots of valuable statistical info you've passed along over the years. You, along with Nameless and the two Bill's ( Marsh and Dazzle) have revitalized this board and made it a fun place to visit again. Thanks for the effort you guys put into it.

Appreciate it, TWill. I remember how good of a feeling it was when this board went from the "proving grounds" to the "active boards." I really liked posting on here when UConn was in The American, but that board was significantly more active and this board was dead when we made the move. Literally no activity in terms of new threads within the past year at the time, IIRC. I just started posting threads and bill dazzle was kind enough to entertain me, lol. Was always nice when I would see the occasional post from GW11, stever, gosports1, etc back then just because it made this place not feel like an echo chamber between the 2 of us (and obviously still is always nice to see their contributions.) You and all the other people that have come over from HLoH have been welcome additions as well. We have a very small, but nice little community here.

I've always wanted to see if we could get this board to the level the AAC board was at when I started posting here (and really even 3 years before that, I started lurking in 2016.) It may be tough, as I think that board was the 2nd most active board on the site behind the Conference Realignment Board at the time. But maybe if we can get some more Holy Land posters here, we can make it happen.

If you're looking for an example of what I'm talking about, here's my top thread I've ever posted in terms of views. It's a simple game thread like the ones I've been posting here... But it's 34 pages long, lol. And the thread has a little bit of everything that made that board great; competitive banter, trolling, the outlandish characters that made that place fun, etc. It's a little nostalgic for me to look at, and you may get a chuckle or two in if you make it through the whole thing haha.

https://csnbbs.com/thread-894969.html

That was funny reading a lot of that thread. It had a bit of everything, plenty of game commentary, but even a couple Sid Wilson references. I remember when it was considered a big deal when he suddenly left St. John's, but his career never really amounted to much at UConn. Then there were people arguing about somebody biting a couple players. Some good stuff in there. It would be nice if each team in the league had a poster or two that was involved here. Unfortunately when teams have down years their posters seem to go into hibernation. It's a good group we have now, but it would be nice to see a couple more hop on board.

rumor has it I'm getting set to break out some colors soon.

1/23 update from Bracketville:
UConn 3- behind Duke
St John's 22
Villanova 27
Seton Hall 36 5th team with bye

Creighton 80 12th team out
Butler 81 13th team out

(01-22-2026 11:01 PM)Traderwill Wrote:  

(01-22-2026 09:06 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(01-21-2026 02:41 PM)Traderwill Wrote:  

(01-21-2026 02:29 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Bracketville Dave had St John's with the dream Buffalo to Washington DC combo.

Stever, I just noticed you recently passed the 50,000 posts mark. Lots of valuable statistical info you've passed along over the years. You, along with Nameless and the two Bill's ( Marsh and Dazzle) have revitalized this board and made it a fun place to visit again. Thanks for the effort you guys put into it.

Appreciate it, TWill. I remember how good of a feeling it was when this board went from the "proving grounds" to the "active boards." I really liked posting on here when UConn was in The American, but that board was significantly more active and this board was dead when we made the move. Literally no activity in terms of new threads within the past year at the time, IIRC. I just started posting threads and bill dazzle was kind enough to entertain me, lol. Was always nice when I would see the occasional post from GW11, stever, gosports1, etc back then just because it made this place not feel like an echo chamber between the 2 of us (and obviously still is always nice to see their contributions.) You and all the other people that have come over from HLoH have been welcome additions as well. We have a very small, but nice little community here.

I've always wanted to see if we could get this board to the level the AAC board was at when I started posting here (and really even 3 years before that, I started lurking in 2016.) It may be tough, as I think that board was the 2nd most active board on the site behind the Conference Realignment Board at the time. But maybe if we can get some more Holy Land posters here, we can make it happen.

If you're looking for an example of what I'm talking about, here's my top thread I've ever posted in terms of views. It's a simple game thread like the ones I've been posting here... But it's 34 pages long, lol. And the thread has a little bit of everything that made that board great; competitive banter, trolling, the outlandish characters that made that place fun, etc. It's a little nostalgic for me to look at, and you may get a chuckle or two in if you make it through the whole thing haha.

https://csnbbs.com/thread-894969.html

That was funny reading a lot of that thread. It had a bit of everything, plenty of game commentary, but even a couple Sid Wilson references. I remember when it was considered a big deal when he suddenly left St. John's, but his career never really amounted to much at UConn. Then there were people arguing about somebody biting a couple players. Some good stuff in there. It would be nice if each team in the league had a poster or two that was involved here. Unfortunately when teams have down years their posters seem to go into hibernation. It's a good group we have now, but it would be nice to see a couple more hop on board.

Honestly when I posted that I had conflated it with the "bite thread" that was a week beforehand. The one I posted was good but the bite thread was an all time great

For context Dejon Jarreau, a guard for Houston, had bit a player in a game the previous week. One of the forum regulars (a UH fan) said it wasn't even a bite, even though the cameras clearly showed a bite and I believe a mark in the guy's leg, lol. He always stood by his takes and this one was no different, so people were really letting him have it. Even in the next week's game thread.

I agree, I would love to have people who cared so much they make outlandish takes defending their team then die on that hill defending the take on this board. They can be annoying at times but they always liven a board up and definitely spark discussion. Would also love to have enough people on here that the game threads actually had real time commentary, as the game threads over there used to. That's what sparked a lot of the great back and forth banter, and I think made people more likely to come to the board (I know I would always check the game thread at least once every UConn game, and more if people were really talking about the game.) I think our fan bases are passionate enough, we just don't have the numbers on the board quite yet. Hopefully we get some more former HLoH posters in here, there are times when I log in and see there are 20 or more active guests currently browsing. I figure some of those are active posters just signed out, but there are definitely people lurking who I'm sure we would all love to have on board.

I think that board had so much activity because of the situation the AAC was in. It was a solid to strong league in both football and basketball, but it had no brand recognition so casuals didn't even really know who was in the league. Furthermore, you had the 3 Big East leftovers who all felt they were worthy of a "Power" invite, as well as the C-USA backfills who felt their league had been getting snubbed in football for most of the past decade before they joined. They thought they were power quality too. It created this environment where if people from other boards came over to talk crap/troll, the entire board would pile on them in defense of their conference mates and the league as a whole. But they also were constantly trying to outdo one another and prove their school was the school most worthy of the next power invite, which lead to some awesome smack talk. You never knew what you would stumble across whenever you logged in.

I always felt bad for Sid Wilson. From what I remember, he wanted to go to UConn the whole time, but his mother passed away his senior season and his family wanted him to play in NYC. He enrolled but by the end of the summer knew he would rather be in Storrs, however the transfer rules made him have to sit out a year. Maybe I'm projecting/speculating a bit too much here, but I think losing his mom and then not having basketball as an outlet probably impacted him mentally and it really stunted his development as a basketball player. I know I missed an entire season due to injury and was never the same player, the game just felt like it had sped back up for me. Imagine going from prep ball to high level division one basketball and having to sit out a year after just losing your mom. He often looked like a fish out of water on the court, just lost out there despite his talent. There was a season we had 8 healthy scholarship players and Hurley went with a 7 man rotation, keeping Sid on the bench. I always felt he just mentally wasn't in the game and those factors were the reason. Perhaps in this modern transfer environment, he wouldn't have had to sit and things would have been different for him.

(01-23-2026 12:54 AM)stever20 Wrote:  rumor has it I'm getting set to break out some colors soon.

Sorry for derailing the thread a bit. Looking forward to it!

Drawings bracketology for this week is out:

1-seed (#4) - UConn
5-seed (#19) - St. John’s
7-seed (#25) - Villanova
11-seed (#44) - Seton Hall (next to last team in)

Next 4 out out - Creighton

Would you rather be St. John’s in the notorious upset 5-seed or Villanova with a 7-seed facing some 10-seed like USC?

Based on WAB and the NET, Creighton might be overrated here. Butler might actually have a better shot. He may be projecting ahead and factoring in how he thinks teams are going to do in remaining games over the rest of the season.

(01-23-2026 10:31 AM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Drawings bracketology for this week is out:

1-seed (#4) - UConn
5-seed (#19) - St. John’s
7-seed (#25) - Villanova
11-seed (#44) - Seton Hall (next to last team in)

Next 4 out out - Creighton

Would you rather be St. John’s in the notorious upset 5-seed or Villanova with a 7-seed facing some 10-seed like USC?

Based on WAB and the NET, Creighton might be overrated here. Butler might actually have a better shot. He may be projecting ahead and factoring in how he thinks teams are going to do in remaining games over the rest of the season.

St John's because you get a much more neutral site 2nd round game than often times you get as a 7 seed in a lot of times de facto road game.

This site is stable but I wish some others would post. Golden Warrior (Marquette) and GoSports (Providence) post some. And there are some Creighton fans who post.

But Frank the Tank (DePaul), Quo (Georgetown), johnbragg (St. John's) and random posters who cheer for UConn and Nova and who post on the realignment board rarely (if ever) post on the Big East site. I would be curious to get their takes on the league (though they will weigh in on the main site).

I don't follow the Big East (or any conference, for that matter) very closely. I do watch on TV parts of various DePaul and Georgetown games (since I have a modest personal history with both schools) and I check the box scores of games of those two programs.

I recently tried to mentally calculate how many DePaul games I've watched (at least a few minutes of) over the years. When I lived in Chicago (1987-89 and 1992-1993), I would watch the Blue Demons on WGN. I suppose I've watched bits and pieces of a few hundred DePaul games over the past 50 years. If five per year, a conservative estimate, that's 250 games. If 10 per year, that's 500 games. Hard to say. I rarely watch a DU game from start to finish. In fact, I rarely watch a Vanderbilt (my main school) game in its entirety. I'm 63 and somewhat losing interest in sports (unless it's high-stakes playoff games).

I appreciate everybody's contributions!

(01-23-2026 11:26 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  This site is stable but I wish some others would post. Golden Warrior (Marquette) and GoSports (Providence) post some. And there are some Creighton fans who post.

But Frank the Tank (DePaul), Quo (Georgetown), johnbragg (St. John's) and random posters who cheer for UConn and Nova and who post on the realignment board rarely (if ever) post on the Big East site. I would be curious to get their takes on the league (though they will weigh in on the main site).

I don't follow the Big East (or any conference, for that matter) very closely. I do watch on TV parts of various DePaul and Georgetown games (since I have a modest personal history with both schools) and I check the box scores of games of those two programs.

I recently tried to mentally calculate how many DePaul games I've watched (at least a few minutes of) over the years. When I lived in Chicago (1987-89 and 1992-1993), I would watch the Blue Demons on WGN. I suppose I've watched bits and pieces of a few hundred DePaul games over the past 50 years. If five per year, a conservative estimate, that's 250 games. If 10 per year, that's 500 games. Hard to say. I rarely watch a DU game from start to finish. In fact, I rarely watch a Vanderbilt (my main school) game in its entirety. I'm 63 and somewhat losing interest in sports (unless it's high-stakes playoff games).

I appreciate everybody's contributions!

I didn't even realize Frank was a Big East fan, I've seen a lot of his posts on the Realignment Board. He also has a realignment blog, correct? I may be mistaking him for someone else. Regardless he is a great poster over on that board and would love to have his input here. I'm a little surprised Quo isn't more active here, since they were at least semi active on the AAC board back in its heyday. Would love johnbragg's input as well, I'm assuming he still checks the board at least occasionally since he is listed as the only mod?

As I said in one of the previous posts, it's always nice to see GW11 and GoSports drop a message in here. Ditto for the Creighton fans. I really appreciate everyone's contributions as well

(01-23-2026 12:00 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(01-23-2026 11:26 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  This site is stable but I wish some others would post. Golden Warrior (Marquette) and GoSports (Providence) post some. And there are some Creighton fans who post.

But Frank the Tank (DePaul), Quo (Georgetown), johnbragg (St. John's) and random posters who cheer for UConn and Nova and who post on the realignment board rarely (if ever) post on the Big East site. I would be curious to get their takes on the league (though they will weigh in on the main site).

I don't follow the Big East (or any conference, for that matter) very closely. I do watch on TV parts of various DePaul and Georgetown games (since I have a modest personal history with both schools) and I check the box scores of games of those two programs.

I recently tried to mentally calculate how many DePaul games I've watched (at least a few minutes of) over the years. When I lived in Chicago (1987-89 and 1992-1993), I would watch the Blue Demons on WGN. I suppose I've watched bits and pieces of a few hundred DePaul games over the past 50 years. If five per year, a conservative estimate, that's 250 games. If 10 per year, that's 500 games. Hard to say. I rarely watch a DU game from start to finish. In fact, I rarely watch a Vanderbilt (my main school) game in its entirety. I'm 63 and somewhat losing interest in sports (unless it's high-stakes playoff games).

I appreciate everybody's contributions!

I didn't even realize Frank was a Big East fan, I've seen a lot of his posts on the Realignment Board. He also has a realignment blog, correct? I may be mistaking him for someone else. Regardless he is a great poster over on that board and would love to have his input here. I'm a little surprised Quo isn't more active here, since they were at least semi active on the AAC board back in its heyday. Would love johnbragg's input as well, I'm assuming he still checks the board at least occasionally since he is listed as the only mod?

As I said in one of the previous posts, it's always nice to see GW11 and GoSports drop a message in here. Ditto for the Creighton fans. I really appreciate everyone's contributions as well

Frank the Tank is a fan of both Illinois and DePaul. He does, indeed, have a realignment-focused blogsite. An outstanding contributor to the board. Very sharp. I don't recall having ever seen a Frank post on this Big East site, and I've been reading since about 2010.

Quo is a Georgetown fan from childhood (when he lived in the D.C. area). I see johnbragg on the Big East site (likely monitoring) on occasion.

Sorry i have to vent
WHAT THE F**K PROVIDENCE!
HOW DO YOU BLOW A 21 PT LEAD TO LAST PLACE GEORGETOWN AT HOME?i

I feel like English is to blame for failing to make adjustments but maybe it's the players inability or lack of desire to defend the ball

HOW MANY MORE LEADS TO YOU HAVE TO BLOW BEFORE YOU FIND THE SELF RESPESCT AND SALVAGE WHAT LITTLE PRIDE YOU HAVE AND DO SOEMTHING ABOUT IT.

I'm going to grab a Snickers.

Maybe gosports1 and Bill Marsh will know ...

I watched the last four minutes or so of the PC vs. GU game and heard some booing on multiple occasions. Were the Providence fans fed up?

Obviously, an ugly loss for the Friars.

And a much-needed win for the Hoyas.

(01-24-2026 05:11 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Maybe gosports1 and Bill Marsh will know ...

I watched the last four minutes or so of the PC vs. GU game and heard some booing on multiple occasions. Were the Providence fans fed up?

Obviously, an ugly loss for the Friars.

And a much-needed win for the Hoyas.

I wasn't at the game so i can't confirm the booing. From what i've read on various social media sites the fans have had enough. Granted PC fans, well most fans of things New England, are not a patient bunch. The complainers are very vocal justified or not. Some of the fault lies with the team but i have to remind myself these are 20 year old kids. The coaching staff should shoulder most of the blame. They need to steer and guide this team. How many times do we have to go through the same scenario before the well compensated adults take action and take steps to correct it? As a coach at that level how do you permit this pattern to continue game after game after game?