(09-13-2013 07:01 AM)john01992 Wrote: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...ll-rivalry
im really happy, a few months ago it looked like this series was toast. now we have retained gtown along with nova & sju.
this allows louisville & cuse to each have their major ooc rival and focus on each other for an in conference rivalry.
i think this puts to rest all the "syracuse doesnt play a tough ooc" comments
*SU basketball has a sick setup. We get regular games against STJ (good), Nova (great), Georgetown (fantastic), Duke (fantastic), UNC (fantastic), UL (great), BC (great), Pitt (great), B1G schools (ACC-B1G challenge) (good), ND (good), GT (good <--Atl has talent), and WF (can be good) . That gives us a number of big games against top tier talent and games in Philly, Boston, DC, NYC, Atl, NC, KY, and the Midwest (via the ACC_B1G challenge). I don't think that you could ask for a better lineup in terms of recruiting exposure and fan excitement.
I would really like to play UCONN, but I our schedule is crowded and I can live without it. Anyway, I would imagine this hurts WAY worse for them than it does us. Being in the northeast and playing teams in the south/southwest is hard, especially if neither BC, nor SU are on your schedule for the foreseeable future.
*Our lax schedules are always sick and that hasn't changed. We have UNC, Duke, UVA, and ND in-conference and regular OOC games against teams like Cornell, Army, JHU, Princeton, and Denver.
*I can even live with our football. I'm OK with playing either about 2 B1G teams a year and 2 weak OOC schools, or 1 B1G team, ND, and 2 weak OOC schools, plus an ACC schedule featuring Pitt, BC, FSU, UL, and Clemson every year, as well as a NC school, and an ACC coastal school (33% NC, 33% Fla/Georgia, and 33% Virginia).
*All in all, I am crazy pumped for our athletic dept. and LOVE being in the ACC!