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RE: OT: Maryland cuts off athletic relations with Georgetown
(02-21-2012 04:04 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  
(02-21-2012 03:05 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(02-21-2012 02:35 PM)kyucat Wrote:  Why is this a surprise to anyone. There are examples like this everywhere.
Here is a short list maybe everyone else can add to the list.
Ohio State will not play Cincinnati in basketball on any frequest basis.
Kentucky will not play Cincinnati
Indiana will not play Cincy
These games would be great for the region
Cincy has tried to schedule all of these schools which are with in 100 miles of each other. The answer is thanks but no thanks.

Yes, but in your cases it is obvious why those schools won't schedule Cincy. Those are big-time flagship universities that have little to gain by scheduling Cincy. Cincy, otoh, as a smaller-profile program, would gain by being on the same stage with them.

In contrast, Maryland and Georgetown are essentially equals as college basketball programs, and so it makes no sense for either to be petulant about playing the other.

Contradicting yourself in the same post? MD is an ACC flagship school, GTown is a private school.

Cincinnati is a flagship school and the largest employer in SW Ohio. OSU has avoided UC since we beat them in consecutive National Championship games. UC gets more by beating a highly ranked Syracuse, or Louisville team. Bob Knight scheduled UC, we played Purdue OOC. OSU will play UC in football as long as it is in Columbus.

No contradiction. Georgetown is an elite private university, ranked #22 nationally in academics by US News, just behind Notre Dame and just ahead of Carnegie Mellon. GU is ocated just a couple miles from the national seats of power and are well-connected in all branches of the federal government. Maryland, likewise, is a well-regarded public university also located just a few miles from Congress, the White House, etc.

Athletically, our men's basketball is a Big East power with the same historical and contemporary accomplishments as Maryland's. Georgetown and Maryland are very equal as basketball "brand names".

Cincy, otoh, is much smaller-profile than Kentucky, Ohio State, and Indiana. Those schools would clearly the be the marquee names in any matchups between them. Thus, Cincy has far more to gain by playing those games than they do.
(This post was last modified: 02-21-2012 10:32 PM by quo vadis.)
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