Syracuse vs. Georgetown Twice In A Season: What A Concept!

by Sean Keeley on Jul 2, 2009 12:50 PM EDT

The 2009-10 Big East Basketball match-ups are out and SU fans are doing sombersalts. Or at least they will be in a minute.

Home Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, USF, Villanova

Away Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, Seton Hall, West Virginia

Let's break it down. Your three home-and-home opponents are Georgetown, Louisville and Providence. We (re: I) complain when USF or DePaul are on this list so I'll take it. You get two historical opponents and a third quality one in the Cardinals. And of course, SU vs. G'town twice in a season...as God intended it.
No road trips to UConn, Villanova or Pittsburgh, only games in the Dome. Thanks Big East Scheduling Gods!
Speaking of, that's a VERY soft Big East road schedule in general. I approve.

So, piece what we know already with this new, here's what we're looking at so far:

HOME: Albany, Memphis, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, USF, Villanova

AWAY: Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, Seton Hall, West Virginia

NEUTRAL: Ohio State/Cal/UNC (2 games), Florida

Thoughts?

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My initial reaction

10 BE wins, maybe 11 because the conference is going to be much weaker this year.

by Jameson_Fleming on Jul 2, 2009 1:19 PM EDT reply actions

Awesome.

Love the road schedule…. ‘Nova game is gonna have 33,000+ can’t wait!

by The Saltine Warriors on Jul 2, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions

Woah….that’s a VERY helpful schedule if you ask me. A bunch of those road games are winnable, and of course I love the home and home with G-Town…

by ljshorty89 on Jul 2, 2009 1:34 PM EDT reply actions

I disagree about the easy road schedule

Six of those games are very losable.

by Jameson_Fleming on Jul 2, 2009 1:36 PM EDT reply actions

But all things considered, it could be much worse

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by Sean Keeley on Jul 2, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions

True

I just don’t see them going to Cincy, WVU, Notre Dame, Louisville, Georgetown, and Seton Hall and winning more than two of those games.

by Jameson_Fleming on Jul 2, 2009 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Really?

I see three wins there.

by dkelz1888 on Jul 2, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

You think that the BEST case scenario is road wins against only Seton Hall and Cincy? We will be in trouble if that is the case.

I do think we have a weaker schedule. And if we end up being bubble-like, we’ll here a lot about it from commentators.

by Orange22 on Jul 3, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t think G-Town or The Hall will be anything TOO intimidating next year. And let’s also remember that ND is losing McAlarney, they won’t have anyone to light the 2-3 zone on fire.

by ljshorty89 on Jul 2, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions

Yes they will

They always find a replacement leprechaun to torch our zone.

by dkelz1888 on Jul 2, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Diggin the schedule this year. I’m also conviced that we won’t drop off too much this year. I’m starting to believe Triche is the truth and think we’ll be top of big east next year. I think that road schedule is not scary at all.

by JRSu1 on Jul 2, 2009 2:11 PM EDT reply actions

That away schedule is great, Cincy is a potential win, Notre Dame is a win as they slipped a notch after graduation.

Seton Hall is a probable win. Thats 3 games in our favor. WVU will be tough, Louis lost a lot but always have talent and you an expect a big rowdy crowd and a fat guy in a louisville hockey jersey when Cuse comes to town. And Georgetown is Georgetown. We could realistically take 4 out of 6 of those games. Splitting our road games I think is probable.

by Upstait on Jul 2, 2009 2:27 PM EDT reply actions