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[QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 38566, member: 652"]
[B]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).[/B]

[B]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.[/B]

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

[B]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.[/B]

[B]DeFilippo does not deny that BC opposed the inclusion of UConn.[/B]

[B]“We didn’t want them in,’’ he said. “It was a matter of turf. We wanted to be the New England team."[/B]
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.
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