From: arminius@soc7.acpub.duke.edu (Ian Carter)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Re: Best Rivalry in College Hoops
Date: 13 Oct 92 14:47:17 GMT
Reply-To: arminius@soc7.acpub.duke.edu (Ian Carter)


In article <18717.2ad58b0b@ecs.umass.edu>, rajain@ecs.umass.edu writes:
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|> From: rajain@ecs.umass.edu
|> Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
|> Subject: Re: Best Rivalry in College Hoops
|> Message-ID: <18717.2ad58b0b@ecs.umass.edu>
|> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 09:37:14 GMT+5:00
|> References: <14156.2ad46647@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> <matthew.718583879@base.cs.ucla.edu> <1992Oct8.184236.17862@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
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|> In article <1992Oct8.184236.17862@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu (Brian E. Saunders) writes:
|> > IU-Purdue.  For 98% of their fans, this is the game they don't want to
|> > lose.  It's easily the most-contested rivalry within the Big 10 (you may
|> > consider the recent Michigan State /Michigan battles and the very recent
|> > Illinois / Iowa battles close to it, though).
|> > -- 
|> 
|>  UMASS!!! vs Temple : Last season the fans on both the sides went crazy
|>  at the respective home-games. At UMASS!!! even those who claimed to be
|>  unaffected by the minute-mania could not avoid the sheer energy felt
|>  throughout the campus! Mainly it was because UMASS!!! had <at that time>
|>  lost about <not 100% sure> 22 or so straight games against the owls! Matter 
|>  of fact, you could see students wearing "Just do it!" T-shirts with UMASS!!!
|>  vs Temple written in front and then after the game <with front refering to
|>  the game vs. Temple> the back imprint had changed to "Just did it!"...
|> 
|>  And yes! this rivalry *has* been going on for last 10 <I think!> yrs or so!!
|> 
|>  I guess you could also place UMASS!!! vs. West Virginia in the same category
|>  although this is not as intense as UMASS!!!-Temple one....
|> 
|> 
|> > 
|> > Brian E. Saunders			saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu
|> 
|> 
|> Rajat Jain....
|> 
In article <18717.2ad58b0b@ecs.umass.edu>, rajain@ecs.umass.edu writes:
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|> From: rajain@ecs.umass.edu
|> Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
|> Subject: Re: Best Rivalry in College Hoops
|> Message-ID: <18717.2ad58b0b@ecs.umass.edu>
|> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 09:37:14 GMT+5:00
|> References: <14156.2ad46647@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> <matthew.718583879@base.cs.ucla.edu> <1992Oct8.184236.17862@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
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|> In article <1992Oct8.184236.17862@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu (Brian E. Saunders) writes:
|> > IU-Purdue.  For 98% of their fans, this is the game they don't want to
|> > lose.  It's easily the most-contested rivalry within the Big 10 (you may
|> > consider the recent Michigan State /Michigan battles and the very recent
|> > Illinois / Iowa battles close to it, though).
|> > -- 
|> 
|>  UMASS!!! vs Temple : Last season the fans on both the sides went crazy
|>  at the respective home-games. At UMASS!!! even those who claimed to be
|>  unaffected by the minute-mania could not avoid the sheer energy felt
|>  throughout the campus! Mainly it was because UMASS!!! had <at that time>
|>  lost about <not 100% sure> 22 or so straight games against the owls! Matter 
|>  of fact, you could see students wearing "Just do it!" T-shirts with UMASS!!!
|>  vs Temple written in front and then after the game <with front refering to
|>  the game vs. Temple> the back imprint had changed to "Just did it!"...
|> 
|>  And yes! this rivalry *has* been going on for last 10 <I think!> yrs or so!!
|> 
|>  I guess you could also place UMASS!!! vs. West Virginia in the same category
|>  although this is not as intense as UMASS!!!-Temple one....
|> 
|> 
|> > 
|> > Brian E. Saunders			saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu
|> 
|> 
|> Rajat Jain....
|> 
Did UMASS play hoops before last year? This is just not in the same caliber
as some of the rivalries between consistent powers. The fact that last 
year 'fans on both the sides wnet crazy at the respective home-games' means
that last year it was an important game. Besides, any school whose coach is
hired away if he does well can't be in one of the big-time rivalries. I am
already tired of hearing about UMass, and the season hasn't even begun yet.