Sunday Articles

[rrlbees]

BC "may" have been able to keep UConn out as #14 but in the end when it comes down to the last 2 spots, the conference as a whole is going to do what is best for the ACC. If UConn works best for the ACC, depending upon who the other one is, UConn will be in the ACC. I still think in the end, UConn will be in the ACC and Rutgers will be in the B10.

 

[omniorange]

Rutgers brings nothing to the table and the ACC knows it, if they did they would have been in the discussion this time. The only reason they've been in the big east is to balance seton hall. They are much like seton hall good every 50 years. No way a school like Notre Dame with their tradition would want Rutgers over Uconn. They have been in the best basketball league and what would rutgers bring?

Dependent upon how badly Rutgers want "in", they could possibly offer ND games at the Linc.

But other than that, not sure they have anything else to offer. UConn's overall athletic department is far superior to Rutgers. But if ND sits tight for 5-7 years, will that still be the case?

Cheers,
Neil

 

[Alsacs]

I think people are misreading what is going on here with regard to UCONN. The ACC needed to act fast, so they went with the solutions that met the least resistance. SU and Pitt...but if they go to 16, UCONN will defintely be included.

BC did not VETO UCONN, they raised a concern and the ACC went with options that all could agree on. But their SOLE vote will not keep UCONN out next time...and I think the basketball powers want UCONN in next time around.

The second target was Connecticut, which was part of the Northeast footprint the ACC wanted, and was coming off the daily double of a BCS bid in football and a championship in men’s basketball (the third for Jim Calhoun).

In addition, the women’s basketball program under Geno Auriemma had established itself as the most dominant in the sport over the past 15 years.

With growing instability in the Big East, both schools were bound to accept any offers.

While Syracuse presented no problem, UConn did - to BC, which was still fuming over what it perceived to be vitriolic comments made when BC was finally invited to join the ACC and started competing in 2005. UConn and Pittsburgh filed a lawsuit against BC, and Calhoun made comments about never playing BC again.

DeFilippo does not deny that BC opposed the inclusion of UConn.

“We didn’t want them in,’’ he said. “It was a matter of turf. We wanted to be the New England team."
How can that not possibly be construed as blocking. BC didn't want UConn the ACC said okay, only chance UConn gets in the ACC is if Notre Dame comes in and they want UConn as the 16th team then it will happen.