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Message: [QUOTE="sdhusky, post: 292864, member: 2224"] [LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=#000000]When the Atlantic Coast Conference decided to expand to 14 teams, going after the Big East specifically, Syracuse was the first target. The second target was UConn, which was part of the Northeast footprint the[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][URL='http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=uconn&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22ACC%22'][COLOR=#398bb4][LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=inherit]ACC[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][/COLOR][/URL][LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=#000000]wanted, and was coming off a BCS bid in football and its third championship in men's basketball, according to a story in Sunday's[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][URL='http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=uconn&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Boston+Globe%22'][COLOR=#398bb4][LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=inherit]Boston Globe[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][/COLOR][/URL][LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=#000000].[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=12px]While Syracuse presented no problem, according to the Globe, UConn did -- to [URL='http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=uconn&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Boston+College%22'][COLOR=#398bb4][FONT=inherit]Boston College[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL], which was still fuming over what it perceived to be vitriolic comments made when Boston College was finally invited to join the ACC and started competing in 2005. UConn and Pittsburgh filed a lawsuit against Boston College, and men's basketball coach [URL='http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=uconn&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Jim+Calhoun%22'][COLOR=#398bb4][FONT=inherit]Jim Calhoun[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL] made comments about never playing Boston College again.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=12px]Boston College athletics director [URL='http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=uconn&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Gene+DeFilippo%22'][COLOR=#398bb4][FONT=inherit]Gene DeFilippo[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL] told the Globe that the school opposed the inclusion of UConn.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=12px]"We didn't want them in,'' he told the Globe. "It was a matter of turf. We wanted to be the New England team.''[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=12px] Read more: [URL='http://www.ctpost.com/uconn/article/Report-BC-blocked-UConn-from-ACC-2210485.php#ixzz1wHE99s1l'][COLOR=#003399][FONT=inherit]http://www.ctpost.com/uconn/article/Report-BC-blocked-UConn-from-ACC-2210485.php#ixzz1wHE99s1l[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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