John Thompson Jr., Jim Boeheim and the end of the Georgetown-Syracuse rivalry 

My wife and I will alway bleed orange. What a great rivalry. The Big East was college basketball in the 80s.

The beasts of Big East, Patrick Ewing, Pearl Washington, Chris Mullin, Ed Pickney, John Bargley, Walter Berry,

That was so intense to watch as a kid living in Central New York. Nothing like it

RIP MR. THOMPSON 🙏🏾

I went to Syracuse U from '82 -'88 and it was an incredible time for the Big East and college basketball. I'll always bleed orange. I really miss Syracuse in the Big East and the rivalry with Georgetown and the other teams. GO Cuse!

As someone who almost went to Georgetown to play basketball the truth is the Big East as described in this video was as good as it GETS!!! Thank you ... Wow what basketball!!

As a kid growing up in Central NY in the 80's, there was no sporting event that came even close to Syracuse & Big East basketball especially the games against the Hoyas in the Dome, hated it when Cuse moved to the ACC. Used to go to a lot of the games back in the day, can remember that game when JT got ejected like it was yesterday, the Dome went absolutely nuts! What they said about Cuse fans hating JT is absolutely true. Mike Francesa said it best "The thing that made the Big East Magic was when Patrick Ewing came to the Carrier Dome." Will never be the same. RIP JT, you gave us some great memories...

I’ve always respected Coach Thompson, Sr.

Syracuse Georgetown rivalry made the Big East basketball landscape in the early days of the conference with St John's & Villanova with Big John Thompson and Jim Boeheim coaching both teams

Syracuse vs Georgetown has always been exciting to watch. One of sports greatest rivalry games.

Favorite slang in upstate N.Y. from 80' to 89'..."Your Mother's a Hoya!" Hilarious.

R.I.P. John Thompson!! Great rivalry Georgetown-Syracuse! The Big East was big time!

I wish I grew up in the 80s and went through all the titanic clashes. The 00's weren't nearly as heated

Those were the days. Big East bball was the joint.

It was all a PR stunt...JT wanted G'Town to be a significant program, he directly went after "the bully on the block" in Eastern regional basketball, and in 1979 that was the Cuse. John Thompson was, and is a very, very smart man. But most Cuse fans chuckle at the history and know G'Town started smack with us, to ride a rising star, and they did, and it was a smart move, and they were the "bullies on the block" ... for a little while, lol. But a Hoya is a Hoya! Go Cuse!

What a great piece. I think one of the biggest things to stoke the rivalry was players stayed 3 or 4 years, added to everything discussed. There will be no more new instant rivalries anymore.

Manley field house is officially closed

Back in the day before the Big East conference g-town closed down manly fieldhouse to break Syracuse 57 game home winning streak !👼 There's a Halo for big angel rest in peace coach John Thompson !

"CLASSIC" "LEGENDARY"

I was a freshman at that Manley Field House game. One of the worst days of my life.

Central New York SHUT DOWN in the 80's when Georgetown came to the Dome.

What a great video

I was born in the late 1980's, but I wouldn't mind owning some copies of the Syracuse/Georgetown games from the 1980's and the early 1990's. These seemed to be great battles of Big East Basketball.

Such a cool rivalry!

R.i.p to big east basketball 🏀

The episode 30 for 30 that is the full hour and 30 minutes- Requiem for the Big East. Is it about these 2 teams? If it is, how do you pay to watch it?

John Thompson got honored in Syracuse a couple years back

Rip big John 🙏

The best Georgetown-Syracuse game that never was: they almost met in the 1980 NCAA Tournament had it not been for Iowa. They were paired up in the same region.

Great basketball. Pitt finished with best record in conference.

John Thompson = Mr. BIG EAST...

Syracuse leads the all time rivalry

It was a Great HEATED RIVIALS That in the 1980'Some fans or People Threw some ORANGES🍊🍊🍊 at the BACK BOARD & hardwood floor Coach Jim B had to get on THE MIKE 📢& scould the DOME FANS or forefit the Game. That was how HEAT🔥the Gtown & SU really was...

Embrace the hatred - it's real....

Of all things, why is JTIII sitting next to a "runner up" trophy???

What the hell is a Hoya ?

Still a rivalry

im still upset he left Sherman Douglas off that 1988 Olympic squad, in favor of his own guy, Charles Smith, and he also had Bimbo Coles.. i know for a fact, it was bcuz he was playin at Syracuse.. he aslo couldve chose Tim Hardaway, Mookie Blaylock, Dana Barros, and/or Rod Strickland.. so wat happens? they lose, and 4 yrs later, we have the 1st Dream Team.. lol.. maybe it wasnt so bad after all... but im still pissed!

HOYAS!!!

Cmon PAB,how many good white players even exist in the D.C area?Besides,Thompson named Escherick as his successor who is white and former player.Brian Kelly started alongside Mourning in the early 90's,he was white.

Money

I am life long Cuse fan gtown sucks always and forever

Georgetown-Syracuse is not a rivalry.

I can't root for syracuse anymore. Not once they left.

Great basketball. Pitt finished with best record in conference.