can you please take all this SUNY vs Marist stuff offline to PM or at least another forum topic? This is not what the thread is about.
That said, its very disappointing to see ND leave the BE. Initially when I heard they went to the ACC I was upset as I could understand leaving for a more prestigious conference like the Big Ten, Twelve or the SEC, but I considered the ACC to be inferior to the BE. However if you look at the soon to be teams in the big east its a complete disaster geographically. While quality BB and Football teams are being added they are not the "BRAND Names" ND, WV, PITT, and CUSE are at least in the north east. (I’m sure Houston and SMU pull a lot more brand weight in Texas then SJU or the Hall)
ND waited as long as they pretty much could and saw the BE going down the toilet, and bolted. I really cant blame them. I think the whole academics excuse is garbage and just a way for them to try and keep a clean image without any blood on their clothes. I hope we beat them at MSG this year and never play them again. (I am/was a big ND football fan too. I was in Dublin two weeks ago)
However I feel right now our best course of action would be to get on our knees and beg to be included as a basketball only school in the ACC. I believe if we leverage MSG and could pull some strings to guarantee the ACC site for a conf tourney that would help our chances. Its now every man form themselves and I’m sure Nova and Gtown are doing the same.
We do have a couple advantages over Gtown and Nova:
1. were actually in NY, covered by the Post and Daily News very well when were competitive.
2. we have MSG as a home
3. we have much better Olympic sports won both Soccer and Baseball last year (both thoes sports matter in the ACC). Also the lax program is not far behind either and even placed higher last year. Ranked womens Bball.
However both Nova and Gtown have much better academics than us.
That said, its very disappointing to see ND leave the BE. Initially when I heard they went to the ACC I was upset as I could understand leaving for a more prestigious conference like the Big Ten, Twelve or the SEC, but I considered the ACC to be inferior to the BE. However if you look at the soon to be teams in the big east its a complete disaster geographically. While quality BB and Football teams are being added they are not the "BRAND Names" ND, WV, PITT, and CUSE are at least in the north east. (I’m sure Houston and SMU pull a lot more brand weight in Texas then SJU or the Hall)
ND waited as long as they pretty much could and saw the BE going down the toilet, and bolted. I really cant blame them. I think the whole academics excuse is garbage and just a way for them to try and keep a clean image without any blood on their clothes. I hope we beat them at MSG this year and never play them again. (I am/was a big ND football fan too. I was in Dublin two weeks ago)
However I feel right now our best course of action would be to get on our knees and beg to be included as a basketball only school in the ACC. I believe if we leverage MSG and could pull some strings to guarantee the ACC site for a conf tourney that would help our chances. Its now every man form themselves and I’m sure Nova and Gtown are doing the same.
We do have a couple advantages over Gtown and Nova:
1. were actually in NY, covered by the Post and Daily News very well when were competitive.
2. we have MSG as a home
3. we have much better Olympic sports won both Soccer and Baseball last year (both thoes sports matter in the ACC). Also the lax program is not far behind either and even placed higher last year. Ranked womens Bball.
However both Nova and Gtown have much better academics than us.