Rank the Big East Teams You Hate The Most!

[coqui900]

1) VILLANOVA. An easy choice for any Big 5 fan. But it goes deeper than that. That athletic department is run by bullies. They kept Temple from rejoining the Big East for years by hemming hawing about going up to 1-A for football. And, not too long after Temple was granted membership, the Catholic schools bolt. That wasn't the cause (probably Houston joining was the straw) but it was no doubt a factor. F that school. Can't wait to beat them on their court this year.

2) XAVIER. They have a particularly snobby fan base (especially when it comes down to Bobby Huggins' Cincy teams) but certainly have a lot of dubious student-athletes on that team. It's a good program but they're not above reproach yet act like they're a Patriot League school.

3) DE PAUL. How the hell does De Paul get all of that Big East money? Their program is terrible. They play in an antiquated arena in the middle of the Chicago suburbs. They're in the middle of Chicago which produces an insane amount of hoops talent. They got lucky by already being in that conference.

4) MARQUETTE. Buzz Williams is a total tool.

5) GEORGETOWN. Loads up on an early season schedule of borderline D-3 teams, grabs a few tough conference wins, gets in the dance. That's their modus operandi and that's why they lose in the first or second round constantly. Also, the worst person from my high school went there via a bribe from his uncle. I've met some other kids from that school and man oh man are they awful.

6) BUTLER. Only because I was looking forward to that road trip.

7) PROVIDENCE. Not too far away from De Paul, but at least they try a little bit. I do love God Shamgod, tho.

[luhoopsfan]

I like this topic if for no reason other than the new Big East gutted our great league so they could have a pretty good league.

1 - Villanova: First they screwed the Big 5 by moving games on their campus after complaining when LS said they were going to do the same thing with the Hayman Center, then they screwed Temple with the whole Big East stuff and now they're screwing us and SJU b/c we have no shot of ever joining that league even if somehow our program elevates to be on the same level.

2 - Georgetown: JT the 1st was a crooked SOB and now I can't stand them b/c they get all the hype as a great team (even though they had mutltiple games this year where they struggled to score FORTY POINTS! and then did their usual 1st round bow-out to a nondescript team

3 - Xavier: their fans and their holier than thou attitude can kiss my ass and I'm happy to see them gone but will miss the value of the teams they put on the floor. when we beat the snot out of them 2 seasons ago and Kenny Frease looked like a scared little deer the whole game was the best

4 - Seton Hall/St John's/DePaul: I group these as one b/c if they weren't in the Big East all these years, it would be hard to argue any of them were much different than Fordham and Duquesne and now they're in this new league.

[las71]

1. Marquette - Buzz Williams. Every other team is ted for 2nd.

[golasalle]

May 10, 2013 13:00:02 GMT -5 las71 said:

1. Marquette - Buzz Williams. Every other team is ted for 2nd.

Separated at birth?

[jetstorm]

I hate UCON and Cuse from the old big east with a passion!!!!

[durenduren]

1. Villanova - 'Dat Big 5 hate. But all of that bullbird they pulled playing all of their games at home. That really irked me. While they helped us this season by boosting their RPI after toppling Syracuse, the bastards couldn't let us have our moment by ourselves after beating Butler and VCU. That and I hate Jay Wright and his cheerleader wife. I could do this for days. Kanacevic summed it up well.

 

2. Xavier - We had to put up with their bull for so long, and now that we started handing it to them, they bolt. Someone mentioned the game two years back at Gola, god that was rewarding. I'll miss them, but that pretentious fan base drove me bonkers. Oh, and this...

3. Georgetown - From top to bottom, so easy to hate. All of their NBA alum (Ewing, Iverson, Hibbert, Mourning) are so easy to dislike, especially when they wore that grey jersey. The only one I can stand is Mutombo because of his sweet name and that funny commercial. Love that FGCU sent them packing early, again. I think it's 4 straight seasons a double digit seed eliminated the Hoyas. And it's no secret - I love it.

4. Creighton - I guess it starts with the Kyle Korver era, and was cemented after they took off for the new Big East. Late to the party, were the outsiders. Maybe I just hate Korver that much.

5. DePaul - Hello, Fordham. One of these things doesn't look like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong. Tell me this thing isn't creepy as all hell, also...