2009 Big East/SEC Invitational

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http://www.secbigeastinvitational.com/release042209.html
Same format as last year, four games at two sites.

Summary:
12/9 in Madison Square Garden
Georgia vs. St. John's (ESPN2)
Kentucky vs. Connecticut (ESPN)

12/10 in Tampa
DePaul vs. Mississippi St. (ESPN2)
Syracuse vs. Florida (ESPN)


...who the heck is going to watch DePaul/Miss. St.?

[Nukem2]

How does SJU get a home game?  The other games in this series have been neutral courts.

[BrewCity83]

Kentucky-UCONN should be pretty watchable.

[Mayor McCheese]

Kentucky-UCONN should be pretty watchable.

Cuse vs Florida should be watchable as well... the other two are pretty brutal, but what do you expect

[dsfire]

How does SJU get a home game?  The other games in this series have been neutral courts.

I think someone mentioned Nova played at the Wachovia Center a couple of years ago as well, but most of the games seem to be semi-homes.

[Buzz Williams' Spillproof Chiclets Cup]

...who the heck is going to watch DePaul/Miss. St.?

Probably the same self-flagellators who sat through South Florida-Vanderbilt this year.

[war1980rior]

I think someone mentioned Nova played at the Wachovia Center a couple of years ago as well, but most of the games seem to be semi-homes.

Since I live in SEC Country, I can attest that most folks down here WATCH from semi-homes (known as double wides!).    

[Brewtown Andy]

Probably the same self-flagellators who sat through South Florida-Vanderbilt this year.

Which was in Nashville, making it a home game for the Commodores, even if it wasn't in their usual building.

[TJ]

When is this going to expand so it can actually become something interesting?  Having MU sitting out 1 in every 4 years would get me a lot more interested than only having MU play 1 in every 4 years.

[Nukem2]

Agreed.  It should be more like the ACC-Big 10/11 Challenge series.

[Mayor McCheese]

Agreed.  It should be more like the ACC-Big 10/11 Challenge series.

Only more competitive.

[TJ]

Only more competitive.

I don't really understand the reason for the 4 games a year crap either.  Were they (BE, SEC, ESPN) not sure it would work?  They had evidence that it would with the B11/ACC games.  What reason could they have had for limiting it this much?

Big 12 and Pac 10 took a little longer to set it up, but got it so much better.  12 games next year (AZ and Stanford play twice in the challenge) in a 3 day window (minus the extra game for AZ a week before and Stanford a few weeks after).  Meanwhile we're stuck in a 4 games a year "challenge" that no one cares about.