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Not shocked, but still disgusted by the shamelessness. They have just taken a huge dump on the regular season all in the name of money.

remove anyone who works at the school/alumni/students/incoming students/parents and just focus on locals. What schools have a great local relationship with the city/town what schools are perceived negatively?

I know Marquette's perception across greater Milwaukee is suburban Chicago kids playing city for 4yrs and a lot of locals don't really care for the school's presence & a lot of small WI town residents hate MU for literally no reason. I know Depaul's sitting on a gold mine of land that frustrates a lot of people in the city, and they've gotten perks that have really pissed off voters. That said, given how the city got behind Loyola for a few years ago, I'd imagine a good DePaul team would have the whole city behind them.

Do other Big East schools have similar local outreach issues?

I'm calling my shot: DePaul is going to be the most improved team in the Big East next season. For years, they've been an afterthought, but what Chris Holtmann is doing in the transfer portal is impossible to ignore. They brought in a top-tier center in Magoon Gwath, a super skilled point guard in Noah Meeusen, and a bucket-getter in Kahmare Holmes [9†L24-L28][15†L26-L29]. This isn't just filling roster spots; this is adding real, proven talent. I know it's DePaul, and the history of disappointment is severe, but this feels different. Am I crazy for thinking they could finish in the top half of the league? Is this the year the Blue Demons finally escape the basement? What would a successful season even look like for this program in Year 2 of the Holtmann era?

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I know it's absurd to do this in May. But between the portal hauls and the coaching changes, the league is going to look completely different. UConn and St. John's feel like the top tier. After that... chaos. Georgetown reloaded. Marquette retooled. Providence is basically a new team. Who's your 1-11 right now? I want receipts we can revisit in January.

Ive been scrolling through the transfer news and I can't keep up. Feels like every team is getting gutted or reloading with no in between. Butler lost bizjack to west virginia and now their whole roster looks different. Georgetown basically has a whole new team coming in after like eight guys left even Uconn and St Johns are making moves. Uconn snagged Najai Hines from Seton hall which feels like a crime within the conference. St Johns added Donnie Freeman from Syracuse which is a solid pickup I don't know how coaches are supposed to build anything lasting when guys leave after one season. Big East is just gonna be a revolving door every April from now on.

I just can’t figure this out.

The New York Knicks have been the butt of jokes for decades now. Lack of championship rings for 50+ years, constant problems off the court, more memes than successful postseason appearances for a while now.

But why does it seem like a significant portion of NBA fans hate the Knicks even more lately?

Wouldn’t people actually root for such an iconic franchise to turn things around for once? Making Madison Square Garden relevant again, having deep playoff runs.

Instead, it almost feels like every time they begin to succeed, the backlash begins once again.

Could it have something to do with the size of their market or all the attention they get in the media? Or maybe their fans? Maybe people just got used to seeing them struggle and don’t really want to see them succeed anymore?

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Man, have you seen what happened to college basketball conferences lately? The SEC and Big Ten have mutated into these sprawling, Frankenstein monster leagues, yanking schools from all over just so TV execs can swim in even fatter pools of money. It’s like, cool, let’s toss Rutgers and USC together and pretend it makes sense because, you know, dollar signs. All these rivalries with real history? They’re basically roadkill on the way to bigger checks. Schools with totally different vibes and cultures just sort of smooshed together for financial "convenience." The whole thing feels like watching someone gut a classic car just to install a bigger engine—yeah, it’s faster, but what’s left of the thing you loved?

Honestly, the Big East never caved to all that nonsense. This past season? Perfect proof of why they were right to stand their ground.

Look at St. John’s ,back-to-back champs in the regular season and the tournament, storming into the Sweet 16 for the first time since Clinton was president. They got knocked out by Duke, but it took a gut-punch heartbreak to do it. And come on, they absolutely dunked on UConn in the conference final,UConn couldn’t hit water if they fell out of a boat in the last eight minutes. That's pure NYC college hoops, right there in Madison Square Garden. The vibes? Off the charts. Say what you want about the old days, but that’s the Big East at its most iconic.

And the conference itself actually makes sense ,nine out of eleven schools are private Catholic universities. There’s real shared DNA, not just TV-concocted marriages of convenience. Georgetown-St. John’s isn’t just a name on the schedule, it’s got soul, history, a little bit of pettiness,everything a rivalry is supposed to have. The Big East Tournament has been at the Garden for 44 straight years. Nobody else can say that. That’s not just trivia ,that’s proof this conference has a heartbeat.

Plus, the Big East is killing it in March. Over the last three NCAA tournaments, these guys went 26-11 and UConn’s scooped up two national titles. The whole thing isn’t just some misty-eyed nostalgia trip. They’re stacking actual wins.

So, while the rest of college sports chucks its history out the window in favor of these monstrous mega-leagues, the Big East is just leaning into what makes it unique: being very, unapologetically Big East. And honestly? Right now, that looks like the only sane plan anyone’s got left. Everyone else is chasing size. The Big East is chasing soul and maybe that’s exactly why it still works.

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I hate to say it, but it might be Providence.