Big East 2017-18 OOC Schedule

[LMS]

Creighton added a home game with UT – Arlington. Not a big name, but a decent RPI typically.

[hoops22]

It's a shame Syracuse wussed out on playing St.Johns next year. As bad as Cuse is looking to be, it would have been fun to pummel them again, for the 4th year in a row.

[NJRedman]

It's a shame Syracuse wussed out on playing St.Johns next year. As bad as Cuse is looking to be, it would have been fun to pummel them again, for the 4th year in a row.

Is that for certain?

[hoops22]

It's a shame Syracuse wussed out on playing St.Johns next year. As bad as Cuse is looking to be, it would have been fun to pummel them again, for the 4th year in a row.

Is that for certain?

Yes it is. After getting bitch slapped by 33 in the Dome last year they've waved the white flag and said "no mas" at least for next season.

[stever20]

didn't they have like a 4 year deal and that well ended after last season?

[hoops22]

didn't they have like a 4 year deal and that well ended after last season?

Thay had a two year deal that expired last season, so what? The two teams have played every season since 1960, and there have been plenty of short term deals, both pre and post BE membership, where it's always been routine to renew the contract. Keep in mind Syracuse is a school that spends money on NYC taxi billboards, and advertises in NYC sporting venues, trying to promote the false aganda they are NYC's team. They recruit heavily in the NYC/NJ/ area for both students and basketball players. And also keep in mind, that since they have joined a southern league, and are no longer top 25 material, they are virtually invisible in the NYC press and metro area during hoops season. So taking all this into consideration, you would think they would welcome the exposure that comes with playing as much as possible in NYC, especially against the team that can actually lay claim to being NYC's team.

These are not good days for Syracuse basketball. They can't beat anybody from the BE. St.John's and Georgetown, two of the three bottom teams in the conference, have beaten 'Cuse five straight times. That doean't even include Villanova beating them as well. Hell, they couldn't even beat a sad sack UCONN team this past season. Hopkins has mysteriously left, and their incoming recruiting class stinks. They even desperately tried to entice some potential point guards to reclassify to 2017, and all but promised them the starting point guard job, but still got rejected. Plenty of their fans are screaming for Boeheim's head. Had they played next year at the Garden, it would have been with a Syracuse team where the cupboard is empty, against a St. John's team that has all meaningful pieces back (plus Simon and Clark) which had demolished them by 33 at the Dome last year. I have my doubts about how St. John's will perform in BE play next year, but manhandling Syracuse again, was one I felt pretty confident in. And yeah, I'm pissed about being denied that one small pleasure in life.

So Stever, you can spin it however you want, but when 57 consecutive years of playing, inexplicably gets suspended, it makes me raise my eyebrows. I think it's because they didn't want to get humiliated again by a team they used to own in the BE, before they cast their fate down in the land of Dixie, and everything started going to hell on them.

[stever20]

they're still going to get to play in NYC- they're in the Jimmy V classic. guess they feel like 1 game in NYC a year is enough.

[GoldenWarrior11]

Butler starting a home/home with Saint Louis next year.

[milksteak]

Butler starting a home/home with Saint Louis next year.

I'm definitely confused with this decision. Not sure Butler has much to gain here, but we'll see.

[Jet915]

Butler starting a home/home with Saint Louis next year.

I'm definitely confused with this decision. Not sure Butler has much to gain here, but we'll see.

Better than Indiana State? I agree though, home and home deals should be with P5 teams + Gonzaga/UCONN.