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[QUOTE="omniorange, post: 546038, member: 636"]
Ohio people watch Big Ten teams play their revenue sports in droves.  Cincy's TV ratings have not been great in the Big East.
 
The recruiting angle is one I will concede and since our staff is now mostly midwesterners that is definitely a plus for the Bearcats.  But just as Louisville was a no-brainer over UConn, the Huskies are a no-brainer over Cincy.
 
In addition to simply being far, far ahead of Cincy in terms of overall athletic departments, UConn could very well revitalize BC by giving them a competitor in their region again.  The Beagles were soft in the Big East prior to UConn becoming good in bb in the 90s and they got soft again while in the ACC.  The BC that entered the ACC was well above average in both revenue sports but they got there because they saw the threat that UConn posed to them and got their act together. 
 
And I, myself, would never underestimate the UConn athletic department.  Considering where they started from, they turned a nothing bb program into a Top 10 program of all-time in about two decades, they turned a nothing women's bb program into a Top 2 program of all-time in the same time frame, and they became competitive in FBS football more quickly (in less than a decade) than anyone on these boards thought possible.  I think back on when the posters on this board laughed and told the Huskies' fans that football wasn't like basketball.  It would take many decades for them to be competitive.
 
Anyway, the Big East has had three great overall athletic departments  - ND, UConn, and Louisville.  Syracuse, under Gross, is on the verge of getting SU to that level.  Cincy isn't close. Always go with the proven commodity when nothing else jumps out at you.
 
Cheers,
Neil
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