SJU vs Syracuse rivalry will continue

Agree with stu89. Also if we are going to have an hoilday festival it has to be an event. No more Fordham and crappy teams. Invite 2 good locals and one national team. Florida, Michigan, or a big state .  It also has to be the week after Christmas. People are off then And would come if it was good basketball

Once the dust has settled a Holiday fest with three of Uconn or Cin/WVU/Rutgers/Pitt, UND or Lousiville and STJ would be a good couple of flashback days.

I'm not so big on the "Traitors!" bandwagon.  We were discussing the eventual breakup of the Big East as a fait accompli ten years ago, of course that was usually me being shot down by foks who knew it wouldn't come to that but . . .  The only real surprise is that it took this long.

I'm in favor of it.  It will help the Cuse SOS.

Though, it could hurt the Johnnies SOS.

Unless we go back to a 16 game schedule the Holiday Festival cannot be after Christmas because the conference schedule starts then.   I rather play one good team on the date and call it whatever you want as long as it will get us ready for the conference.

Remember when Boston College left the BE for the ACC, our administration swore to never schedule BC again...and they haven't.

Remember when Boston College left the BE for the ACC, our administration swore to never schedule BC again...and they haven't.

We played BC, and lost in Norm's 5th season.

Quote from: braintrust on February 02, 2013, 12:06:15 AM

Remember when Boston College left the BE for the ACC, our administration swore to never schedule BC again...and they haven't.

We played BC, and lost in Norm's 5th season.

That was part of the pre-season NIT though.

Remember when Boston College left the BE for the ACC, our administration swore to never schedule BC again...and they haven't.

I thought it was only Calhoun who did that.

Got to play the best teams in the country and we make money by filling the Garden. It's up to us as fans to make sure we have more fans than they do when we play on our home court. We seem to hate Cuse just because their fans take up more seats at the Garden than we do. Who's fault is that?

Out of the defectors over the past few years:

West Va- no need to play them anymore
Syracuse- Agree with home and home
Pitt- Need to schedule them
Rutgers- no need to play them other than inviting them to Holiday Festival
UCONN- need home and home
Cincinnati - no need to schedule them other than inviting them to Holiday Festival
So Fla-  no need to play them anymore
Notre Dame- not sure about this one
Louisville- not sure about this one

Pretty much the original members need to play each other even if we are pissed at one another. Just need to stagger the home and home a bit so schedule isn't the same every year.

I would love the Holiday Festival to go back to tourney format.

Is it set in stone that we play the Barclays pre season event next year? 

Great post Ted