Originally posted on 03/17/2014:

Quote Originally Posted by StatePenn View Post
Some of the greatest days ever, but the Big East was doomed after Penn State was denied entry. Big East basketball / football from the late 80s and into the 90s could have looked like this if Joe Pa got his way - would have been great for football and basketball Mega Conference:

Penn State - football
Pitt - football
Villanova
Syracuse - football
St John's
Seton Hall
Boston College - football
UConn
Providence
Georgetown
Temple - football
West Virginia - football
East Carolina - football
Virginia Tech - football
Miami - football
Rutgers - football
Florida State - football
Louisville - football

Greed and a lack of future vision killed the Big East.
Gimme a friggin' break. The Nittany Lions were pathetic in hoops at that time. There's no way they could compete with G'town, Syracuse, Nova, etc. Besides it was football that did in the Big East. Oh yeah, and fck Jo Pa and those gutless pukes he called assistant coaches!