SEC/Big East Invitational Just About Done Inviting People
by Sean Keeley on Jul 29, 2010 11:12 AM EDT
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PrintLast year, Syracuse took on Florida in the SEC/Big East Invitational in Tampa. This was the only time Syracuse has competed in the invitational. That's a good place to start in trying to figure out why the four-year event will almost certainly end this season.
Multiple sources told FanHouse the future of the Big East-SEC Invitational is bleak because the conferences are not committed to making it work and they don't feel like they gain much by making it a priority.
This year's Big East-SEC Invitational contests are Arkansas vs. Seton Hall and Kentucky vs. Notre Dame at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky., on Dec. 8; and Auburn vs. Rutgers and Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh on Dec. 11.
Because the event has only featured four games each year, it's severely limited the amount of times the marquee programs have played in it. Good for Rutgers and all but for something like this to work, Syracuse, Villanova, Georgetown and UConn need to be involved on a consistent basis. Not to mention Kentucky, Tennessee and Florida. If they were smart, they would made it a much bigger pool each season. It would have ensured that more name schools are involved consistently and that fans would take more notice.
Besides, we never should have stopped playing the Big East/ACC Challenge, but that's another story altogether.
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I dunno
On one hand, an ACC/Big East challenge would have the best possible basketball of any major conference ‘challenge’. On the other hand, the ACC is evil, and except for USF on our end and BC on theirs, not much of a regional rival.
So I kind of think it really should be the ACC/SEC challenge and the Big East/Big Ten challenge. And I guess that leaves the Pac 12/Texas 10 challenge.
Now we're going to be stuck without a conference to rival with.
Why is everyone afraid of the Big East? They bash us but they won’t play us.
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