Jim Boeheim Thrilled About Realignment, Future Visits To Piedmont Triad

by Akula Wolf on Sep 19, 2011 10:43 PM EDT

Not really though. Boeheim has been at Syracuse since before the school helped found the Big East and he hates everything about expansion and what it means for Syracuse basketball:

Boeheim said he expects the ACC Tournament will mostly be held in the South and occasionally come to Madison Square Garden in New York, where the Big East has annually held its tournament.

"It's a great place for a tournament," he said. "Where would you want to go to to a tournament for five days? Let's see: Greensboro, North Carolina, or New York City? Jeez. Let me think about that one and get back to you."

Can't really blame him there. I mean, sure, huge slam on Greensboro outta nowhere, but when you're used to playing your conference tournament a few hours down the road in front of a partisan crowd, Greensboro is a hell of an adjustment.

The good news here is that since Gary Williams left Maryland, the ACC has been in need of someone to take up the Gary Williams cause and complain about the ACC tournament's location as early and often as humanly possible. We could be 27 months away from an ACC that actually includes Syracuse and Pittsburgh, so Boeheim's exercise in vitriolic expectoration is way ahead of the game. Williams could only dream of that kind of lead time.

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The game has passed Boeheim by

I don’t mean basketball, I mean the game of college sports and $$$. While I hear what he is saying and he should know that we are no more thrilled about having to see the ACCT in NYC than he is seeing in Greensboro….this is the nature of the game now.

That being said, the rotation model is pretty good and could be expanded, but a five city maximum: Greensboro, DC, Atlanta, Charlotte, NYC. No more Tampa. Nothing further north than NYC. Maybe you can throw Philly in there if you want but it isn’t like Pitt is that close to Philly anyways.

by leewolf on Sep 19, 2011 10:56 PM EDT reply actions

Boeheim's always been like this

In 1980, he was cool to the idea of moving SU basketball games from Manley Field House to the Carrier Dome.

by vp19 on Sep 19, 2011 11:17 PM EDT reply actions

i love it

Absolutely love a good curmudgeon who will just throw shit out there because he’s untouchable.

Backing The Pack

by Akula Wolf on Sep 19, 2011 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions

by non_sequitur on Sep 19, 2011 11:35 PM EDT reply actions

He has no idea what my city is like around tournament time. I had hoped we would be done with old coaches talking about things they don’t understand when Williams quit.

by TheSHJ on Sep 20, 2011 1:01 AM EDT reply actions

The man has a point

by ginger avenger on Sep 20, 2011 8:48 AM EDT reply actions

BOEHEIM U MAD BRO?

by TVP on Sep 20, 2011 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions

He's Right

What’s the big deal? Anyone would choose NYC over Greensboro. New York is one of the great cities of the world with incredible tourist attractions, restaurants, and entertainment options. Greensboro is a city too.
But more importantly, will the ACC fans fill the Garden? If so, no problem. The tickets are distributed equally among the schools, as long as the fans will travel (and I think they will), then bring it on.

by Wolphpack on Sep 20, 2011 10:39 AM EDT reply actions