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Biggest rivalries in college basketball


I was over on ballinisahabit.net and they have a article up on Kansas vs Mizzou being one of college basketball's biggest rivalries ( which is true). But the author said this rivalry wasn't too far beyond the UNC-Duke rivalry. Someone took exception to that on the comment section( not me) and said Cuse-Gtown was a bigger rivalry then Kansas-Mizzou Someone presumbly from the midwest responded with this.

''Rob Dauster said...

I'm sure there are plenty of fans on the East Coast that agree and even more in the midwest that disagree.''

then was replied to with this.

''Anonymous said...

Well it simply doesnt matter who agrees or disagrees. ESPN put the two biggest rivalries back to back on the same night because those 2 rivalries have the most national interest.That's called a marketing strategy. National interest= relevance and importance. It's just a fact that Syracuse vs Georgetown is more of a compelling matchup nationally.

Also Kansas vs Mizzou wasn't the foundation for any conference. The foundation for their conference is football. The Big East is a basketball conference , perhaps the best one ever, that was built upon Syracuse vs Georgetown. Not only is Cuse-Gtown more important in a capitalistic sense, but it's also more relevant historically despite how far back Kansas-Mizzou goes.''

Is there any argument saying what the Anonymous poster isn't true? Isn't that an objective reality? I don't think Kansas-Mizzou is even in the same ballpark as Cuse-Gtown. The only one that comes close to Cuse-Gtown, after UNC-Duke of course, is Louisville-Kentucky.