Chicago State's B-ball coach claims that "mighty" UIC is too chicken to play them! Maybe it's time for the Mayor's Cup?
I have written, both on this blog and the old paper K-Line columns, about the need for a Chicago College tournament. Philadelphia for years has had the "Big 5", a kind of unofficial league of the 5 area D-1 basketball programs: LaSalle, Penn, St. Joe's, Temple and Villanova.
Well we have 5 D-1 b-ball programs in the Chicago area (admittedly, for the most part, not as good as the Philly schools)- Loyola, DePaul, Northwestern, UIC, and Chicago State. While UIC and Loyola play each other at least twice a year, games among the other's is raw. Why not set up a tournament (at the United Center?) or some type of round robin play with the leader in head to head match-ups gets a trophy? The Mayor's Cup?
While a Chicago State v. UIC game might not draw a great crowd, if it is part of a double-header with Northwestern- DePaul as the second game, then you might get a crowd.
You would think that at the very least, our fine local papers (don't read the Tribune any more so honestly, I don't know what they are doing), would pick an MVP from the Chicago Five?
Just something to think about.
3 comments:
UIC is not chicken. Chicago State sucks and weakens their strenghth of schedule. Speaking of chicken though, UIC and U of I used to play at the Pavilion before UIC came within one point of beating U of I. Since then, UIC's "home" game against U of I is at United Center. Now that is chicken.
It would be awful if UIC lost to Chicago State!!
Les Grobstein of the Score, Sports Radio 670, used to announce UIC games and advocated a Chicago tournament. He always criticized DePaul for refusing to play UIC. If Bob Halberg returned to Chicago State (where he coached before UIC) then UIC/Chicago State might be interesting.
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