Who Is Your Schools Most Hated Rival In/Out of Conference?

[NJRedman]

Who does your fan base hate the most in conference and who do they hate most out of conference?

St. John's is Georgetown in conference and Syracuse out of conference.

[GumbyDamnit!]

Not sure I'd categorize it as "hated"--especially since we all seem to have banded together in brotherhood these days--but in conf I'd say G'town. '85, similar type schools, probably the 2 schools with the most consistent success of the holdover BE schools so when we meet it normally has conf standing implications.

OOC: St. Blows. We have treated them like a inmate who was traded for a pack of cigarettes over the years but their fans are absolutely delusional about their program.

[DudeAnon]

Butler/Cincinnati

[butlerguy03]

Xavier/Indiana

[hoyahooligan]

In conference: Villanova, (St. John's in second place in conference)
out of conference: Syracuse (For me Maryland is 2nd since I'm from the DMV, maybe Uconn 3rd)

[MUBoxer]

Wisconsin. It used to be Notre Dame in conference... Now that they're gone I don't think I really hate anyone. I hate Nova and Gtown because they're the only other schools I feel are on our level as far as overall basketball success but I respect them as other standards bearers. I'd like to hate DePaul because they're right down 94 and there's the history but I actually pity them. I think creighton is trying to push for a rivalry with us so I guess them?

[gtmoBlue]

In conference - I don't know. MU Boxer...Marquette is like a big brother to Creighton. We have much respect for the Warriors / GE's. Have a long history of games, but not much recently until we joined the conference.

If I had to guess at a rival I'd say X. We've played them a good deal over the last decade or so.
I personally love Philly and the Jays generally play well there (Drexel, St. Joe's, and Villanova), so I hope we can develop a rivalry with Villanova.

G'twn is easy to hate as JT3 wouldn't knuckle under to university presidential pressure and give us a game (until we joined the conference), and as a DMV resident for over 10 years I was witness to their refusal to play any local DMV teams. But I don't see them as a rival.

Out of conference - if we can resign a deal with Cal - that has the makings of a good rivalry. We have signed ASU (and have played twice recently in exempt tourneys) to a H&H - it has the makings of a rivalry. Hopefully we continue the series with Oklahoma, and then there is Always Fresno St.

[pki1998]

OOC: Cincinnati
IC: tough one, no one to hate. We have a decent history with Butler so probably them. I know a lot of fans care about providence because of the Pete Gillian connection. Personally I care most about the Georgetown games, since I was at the game that X beat the Hoyas to get to the Sweet 16, but I don't think the Hoya fans really care anymore about X then any other team in the conference. since a rivalry needs to be two sided, I guess that rules out Georgetown

[robinreed]

UC out of conference, no one really in conference. The closest in conference to "hate" might be Butler however I have never heard a XU fan get worked up about Butler.

[NJRedman]

Okay for you new guys let me ask you this then since you haven't been with the rest of us yet to have a rival in conference. Who would you like to see become your rival moving forward?