[quote=sdrealtor]Rollie Massiminio is one of the most hated men in Big 5 history. He destroyed the Big 5, all its history and tradition for the sake of the NCAA Tournament. Each school used to play every other team twice a year (home and away). That is until Rollie decided he was taking too many losses because the games were always highly contested and it was hurting his seeding for the NCAA Tournament.[/quote]
Probably had a lot more to do with conference comittments than anything Rollie did. Villanova joined the Big East around 1980, and I think St.Joes, Temple and La Salle went to the Atlantic 10 about the same time. I really don’t remember it ever being a home and home thing, I thought a lot of the games were double headers at the Palestra. I know it kind of fizzled a few years before Rollie left in the early 90’s, but by then I’m quite sure it was a just single round robin. If thats when you’re talking about, it does make sense. They’re back to that single round robin now, have been for quite awhile. Rollie’s still coaching, btw, at a tiny little school in Florida.
