The Holy Land of Hoops

"I'm going to get in trouble for this, but I don't care," Willard said. "You know, everyone always asks questions about, is this tournament in trouble? The home, the ACC and the Big Ten. They want to come in to New York. The Big East is -- this is the home. We are the home. We will always be the home. They are going to be tourists. I've said it before. They're going to come in. They're going to get a slice of pizza. Hopefully a bacon, egg and cheese, and a coffee, and then they're going to leave. But at the end of the day, the Big East will still be here."

"I think this whole tournament, especially the last two nights; last night sold-out Garden, four great basketball programs," Wright said. "Just a great Garden crowd for the final. Great tough physical game. This is what Big East basketball is, you know? And if you're a basketball purist, there's nowhere you would rather coach or play than in this conference or you would rather play your tournament than in Madison Square Garden. You just saw tonight that's what it is. If you're a basketball person, there's no conference that matches it anywhere. I'm not saying we're the best. For just basketball, everything we do is basketball. We play in the Mecca. Madison Square Garden. Great traditional basketball schools. All the alumni from these schools this is what they live for. No football weekends. No homecoming football games. This is what they live for. This was awesome."

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"I'm going to get in trouble for this, but I don't care," Willard said. "You know, everyone always asks questions about, is this tournament in trouble? The home, the ACC and the Big Ten. They want to come in to New York. The Big East is -- this is the home. We are the home. We will always be the home. They are going to be tourists. I've said it before. They're going to come in. They're going to get a slice of pizza. Hopefully a bacon, egg and cheese, and a coffee, and then they're going to leave. But at the end of the day, the Big East will still be here."

"I think this whole tournament, especially the last two nights; last night sold-out Garden, four great basketball programs," Wright said. "Just a great Garden crowd for the final. Great tough physical game. This is what Big East basketball is, you know? And if you're a basketball purist, there's nowhere you would rather coach or play than in this conference or you would rather play your tournament than in Madison Square Garden. You just saw tonight that's what it is. If you're a basketball person, there's no conference that matches it anywhere. I'm not saying we're the best. For just basketball, everything we do is basketball. We play in the Mecca. Madison Square Garden. Great traditional basketball schools. All the alumni from these schools this is what they live for. No football weekends. No homecoming football games. This is what they live for. This was awesome."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... -villanova

admin wrote:Saw this posted elsewhere and wanted to share. Love every word of it.

"I'm going to get in trouble for this, but I don't care," Willard said. "You know, everyone always asks questions about, is this tournament in trouble? The home, the ACC and the Big Ten. They want to come in to New York. The Big East is -- this is the home. We are the home. We will always be the home. They are going to be tourists. I've said it before. They're going to come in. They're going to get a slice of pizza. Hopefully a bacon, egg and cheese, and a coffee, and then they're going to leave. But at the end of the day, the Big East will still be here."

"I think this whole tournament, especially the last two nights; last night sold-out Garden, four great basketball programs," Wright said. "Just a great Garden crowd for the final. Great tough physical game. This is what Big East basketball is, you know? And if you're a basketball purist, there's nowhere you would rather coach or play than in this conference or you would rather play your tournament than in Madison Square Garden. You just saw tonight that's what it is. If you're a basketball person, there's no conference that matches it anywhere. I'm not saying we're the best. For just basketball, everything we do is basketball. We play in the Mecca. Madison Square Garden. Great traditional basketball schools. All the alumni from these schools this is what they live for. No football weekends. No homecoming football games. This is what they live for. This was awesome."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... -villanova

mel ott wrote:Watching ESPN at half and the 4 announcers spent 5-10 minutes on the top two seeds. The only two teams they did not mention of the eight teams and their chances were- Vill and Xavier. It is amazing how blatant they are in ignoring any mention of the Big East or its teams.