Sounds kinda like the old days of Norm Stewart vs . Lou Henson when both teams had very good players .....the hate has always been there between the teams and fans....what's been lacking lately is relevant team's success and prominence in the college BB world..............
Illinois won Bragging Rights game in Trent and BU’s first year
That's right. That initial year. We were horrid, but did beat Missouri. Still thinking they're smarting from the previous 3 years' losses, especially last year (that one smarted).
Um, isn't a fake nerf gun like maybe a real gun?
Yep, that is certainly the case now. My formative sports years were 2001-2006, however, and I actually do remember feeling like this was a pretty hyped game on the national stage. From 2000-01 to 2015-16, it was on one of the main two ESPN channels. Since then, it has only appeared on ESPN2 in 2017-18, and it has been on BTN or SECN three times.
A lot of this comes with the competitiveness of the teams, as just as we started to make a turnaround, Mizzou really went downhill. From 1998-99 to 2005-06, at least one team was ranked in every single game, with BOTH teams being ranked in half of those years.
Does Louisville and Kentucky still play? Other than that, I got nothing.Yep, that is certainly the case now. My formative sports years were 2001-2006, however, and I actually do remember feeling like this was a pretty hyped game on the national stage. From 2000-01 to 2015-16, it was on one of the main two ESPN channels. Since then, it has only appeared on ESPN2 in 2017-18, and it has been on BTN or SECN three times.
Really, are there any other current non-conference "rivalry events" that would even come close if both teams were consistently good? Braggin' Rights is very much in the mold of several traditional football rivalry games at neutral sites, such as Georgia/Florida (Jacksonville, FL) and Texas/Oklahoma (Dallas, TX), where fans are split at midfield. If there is another basketball equivalent, I am honestly unaware of it. Braggin' Rights is special in that aspect, and when you add on the years of tradition, the unique "Christmas feel" and the bad blood between the fan bases, it really is a special event.
Mizzou 237 in the NET!
How do you not realize that?
I'd say Texas vs. Texas A&M but neither fanbase gives a hoot about basketball. And they don't generally play each other ever since A&M left for the SEC.
Are they still the actual worst-rated P5 team in NET?
I believe they do, but I meant more the specific setup we have, with fans divided 50/50 at midcourt in a neutral city that is an important market for both programs. This is why I have long been VERY much against a home-and-home with Mizzou; it makes it just another game. Frankly, I wish there would have been a way we could have kept the football game in St. Louis, but not on the first weekend. As for basketball examples that could hypothetically be cool, I can really only think of a couple (limiting it to non-conference games for logistical reasons):
That honor appears to go to Oregon St. at 279. Nebraska at 222.
Mizzou fans must be happy. They're moving up in the world!
Blissful ignorance. Or maybe forgot. Looking back with orange colored glasses? Take your pick
Since its heyday, more and more conferences have created their own networks to cash in. Because Fox controls BTN, they wouldn't want to give the SEC and ESPN all of the cash cow. That's the reason for alternating between conference stations, I believe.Yep, that is certainly the case now. My formative sports years were 2001-2006, however, and I actually do remember feeling like this was a pretty hyped game on the national stage. From 2000-01 to 2015-16, it was on one of the main two ESPN channels. Since then, it has only appeared on ESPN2 in 2017-18, and it has been on BTN or SECN three times.
Really, are there any other current non-conference "rivalry events" that would even come close if both teams were consistently good? Braggin' Rights is very much in the mold of several traditional football rivalry games at neutral sites, such as Georgia/Florida (Jacksonville, FL) and Texas/Oklahoma (Dallas, TX), where fans are split at midfield. If there is another basketball equivalent, I am honestly unaware of it. Braggin' Rights is special in that aspect, and when you add on the years of tradition, the unique "Christmas feel" and the bad blood between the fan bases, it really is a special event.
Nah. If it was a bigger game Fox could always put it on Fox or FS1 with national audiences. Similarly ESPN could put it on ESPN1/2. Right now the teams just haven't been compelling enough nationally to warrant that.