Uconn to the B12 NOT looking likely

[AZOrange]

They won a national championship while in the AAC

Not that you were saying it but almost zero recruits today consider conference when deciding schools. In fact most don’t even know what conferences the schools play in. It’s $$$, opportunity and relationships with coaches. The brands are almost irrelevant

 

[Bayside44]

Not that you were saying it but almost zero recruits today consider conference when deciding schools. In fact most don’t even know what conferences the schools play in. It’s $$$, opportunity and relationships with coaches. The brands are almost irrelevant

The kids on that team were recruited for a Big East school.

Hurley has been on record that the AAC was bad for them and coming back to the Big East really helped.

 

[oldpinepoint]

Adding SMU over them was a joke. I’ve long said that fellow Northeast hoops power UConn would’ve actually been beneficial to Cuse and BC in the ACC. If the ACC does implode, I imagine UConn will get extra pleasure in downvoting BC..

No it wasn’t, SMU is a far superior add in every way. I don’t care about hoops in this equation

 

[Cusefan0307]

People get their panties in a bunch on here too much regarding Storrs. This makes zero sense unless they plan on actually being serious about football.

 

[Janner]

As much as people slam the ACC for not acting and looking weak, this is the impedimy of looking weak if the Big12 is actually in conversations with UCONN. And if I were a UCONN fan I cant understand how this is all that great of a move. Your basketball program is currently in an east coast conference with some rivalries and are winning NC's. I get its a football and money move but UCONN football has never and will never be a competitive program, especially in the Big12. We are a solid case study for them, for the most part we have been preforming well bellow our historical expectations since joining the ACC, and we have a strong tradition and legendary players in both sports. I know money drives everything but if your getting by okay and winning NCs in basketball it might be worth staying with whats working

 

[SUATO92]

As much as people slam the ACC for not acting and looking weak, this is the impedimy of looking weak if the Big12 is actually in conversations with UCONN. And if I were a UCONN fan I cant understand how this is all that great of a move. Your basketball program is currently in an east coast conference with some rivalries and are winning NC's. I get its a football and money move but UCONN football has never and will never be a competitive program, especially in the Big12. We are a solid case study for them, for the most part we have been preforming well bellow our historical expectations since joining the ACC, and we have a strong tradition and legendary players in both sports. I know money drives everything but if your getting by okay and winning NCs in basketball it might be worth staying with whats working

But they're not getting by ok. The AD operates at a massive deficit. That can't go on forever.

 

[orange79]

No matter how much some posters in this thread say they understand that football drives the bus financially, they post as if they totally don't understand it.

UConn brings nothing to the ACC table, other than a warm body. Nothing.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

No matter how much some posters in this thread say they understand that football drives the bus financially, they post as if they totally don't understand it.

UConn brings nothing to the ACC table, other than a warm body. Nothing.

Is UConn Football even warm still?

 

[orange79]

Is UConn Football even warm still?

 

[FireballPhil]

Every game is on tv. But they have to shell out some bucks for ESPN+ for a few games.

This is precisely why I subscribed to the Hulu tv package. Not because of the TV part but it is the best and cheapest way to get most sports.

 

[sutomcat]

Adding SMU over them was a joke. I’ve long said that fellow Northeast hoops power UConn would’ve actually been beneficial to Cuse and BC in the ACC. If the ACC does implode, I imagine UConn will get extra pleasure in downvoting BC..

SMU had the money to buy a spot. UConn did not

Plus SMU is located in a totally new market, which brings in far more ACCN revenue, SMU brings access to a fertile recruiting area and they have a solid football program.

UConn has none of that and the reality is that they weren’t even considered.

I enjoyed games against UConn. In a perfect world, BC would be out of the ACC and UConn would be in. And UConn would have a respectable football program.

But the world is not perfect.

If we ever end up in the same league as them, it is because we have dropped down.

I am not that excited about that happening.

 

[NKR1978]

UConn to the Big 12 would not be good for us. They belong in the ACC.

 

[littlereg]

SMU had the money to buy a spot. UConn did not

Plus SMU is located in a totally new market, which brings in far more ACCN revenue, SMU brings access to a fertile recruiting area and they have a solid football program.

UConn has none of that and the reality is that they weren’t even considered.

I enjoyed games against UConn. In a perfect world, BC would be out of the ACC and UConn would be in. And UConn would have a respectable football program.

But the world is not perfect.

If we ever end up in the same league as them, it is because we have dropped down.

I am not that excited about that happening.

Yeah I don’t think people realize SMU have the Dallas market for themselves more or less. Couple that with some of the best and deepest nil trunks and donors in the game and boom.

 

[NKR1978]

Yeah I don’t think people realize SMU have the Dallas market for themselves more or less. Couple that with some of the best and deepest nil trunks and donors in the game and boom.

They're probably the 3rd or 4th most popular school in Dallas after UT, A&M and Oklahoma. That's like saying St. John's has NYC. Do regular people in Dallas care about the rich kid school the way the entire State of Connecticut cares about UConn?

And I'm not knocking SMU, I think it's a great thing that they're in the ACC. I think they're a great fit for the ACC. I just also think Yukon is a perfect fit for the ACC. And having a rival that we truly hate that we get to play regularly in all the main sports is a pretty big deal and would be great for our fans.

 

[dasher]

UConn to the Big 12 would not be good for us. They belong in the ACC.

I don't believe it moves our needle at all.

 

[NKR1978]

I don't believe it moves our needle at all.

They would be in a conference that no one‘s trying to leave. That gives them much more stability than we would have.

 

[AZOrange]

The kids on that team were recruited for a Big East school.

Hurley has been on record that the AAC was bad for them and coming back to the Big East really helped.

In terms of things like TV time etc, I agree. But in terms of the conference mattering to recruits I disagree. Especially in the portal era

 

[Bayside44]

In terms of things like TV time etc, I agree. But in terms of the conference mattering to recruits I disagree. Especially in the portal era

Was referring to the title Ollie won.

 

[SUATO92]

They're probably the 3rd or 4th most popular school in Dallas after UT, A&M and Oklahoma. That's like saying St. John's has NYC. Do regular people in Dallas care about the rich kid school the way the entire State of Connecticut cares about UConn?

And I'm not knocking SMU, I think it's a great thing that they're in the ACC. I think they're a great fit for the ACC. I just also think Yukon is a perfect fit for the ACC. And having a rival that we truly hate that we get to play regularly in all the main sports is a pretty big deal and would be great for our fans.

Great for some. There seems to be a 50/50 split here in terms of caring if we ever play them again in anything. I fall into the category of not caring to play them at all.

 

[SUATO92]

They would be in a conference that no one‘s trying to leave. That gives them much more stability than we would have.

There are no big names in the B12 that anyone wants. Let’s try to put things into the proper context.

 

[cuse_future]

UCONN going to the Big 12 will hurt their basketball recruiting. They were doing nothing until they went back to the Big East. We lost Jackson because of it.

Yeah, but aac is very different than the big 12. I mean, Houston, Kansas, Baylor, Iowa state, Arizona, then add UConn. Woof

 

[cuse_future]

They had some losing seasons as well. Just looked it up. They had not one, not two, but three straight losing seasons while in the AAC

All this does is make me nervous about hiring alumni

 

[dasher]

They would be in a conference that no one‘s trying to leave. That gives them much more stability than we would have.

The reason no one is trying to leave is that they don't have anyone that anyone wants. If they did, they already would have left.

 

[dasher]

All this does is make me nervous about hiring alumni

??? You mean like Jim Boeheim? Every situation is different.

 

[Janner]

But they're not getting by ok. The AD operates at a massive deficit. That can't go on forever.

That is a problem of course, but the majority of that deficit is due to the football program which runs a $14 million annual deficit. I may be wrong but i dont think many UCONN fans care about football, which has never been good outside of 1 year over a decade ago. The university will obviously take any deal they can to get them in the P5, but the real "cost" to the fans might be greater than trying to save a floundering football program. JMO