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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 3043146, member: 405"]
Paragraph 1:  "Well, of course the Big East can't compete with the ACC / Big 10"

Paragraph 2:  The American may have some better / promising programs, but a big part of what makes those programs "better" is competent football teams, reasonable dollars from a football TV contract, and a much more manageable travel bill than UConn had being part of that league.

UConn lost all its traditional rivals, save for "Cincinnati" (never really a rival, despite short overlap in the Big East for hoops).  UConn's schedule is not appealing to either their fans or their potential recruits, in either sport.

If you accept that UConn has surrendered any hope of a future seat at the P-5 (eventually P-4?) table, and has given up on football so as to not bankrupt the Athletic Dept., then the Big East makes much better sense for them.

The AAC may have better teams, but the Big East has better, more important markets.  That will keep them alive.  UConn was dying in the AAC.
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