Why would you want to be in the Big East for anything when you can be in a P5?If i could quietly put football in the b12 and keep basketball and all other sports in the big east I'd do it. That option doesn't exist.
This take is more delusional than Big12 fans who say we'll take UConn BB, but not FB.If i could quietly put football in the b12 and keep basketball and all other sports in the big east I'd do it. That option doesn't exist.
Muh bus rides.Why would you want to be in the Big East for anything when you can be in a P5?
Don't think it's delusional. The Big East is better for basketball.This take is more delusional than Big12 fans who say we'll take UConn BB, but not FB.
How is it better for basketball?Don't think it's delusional. The Big East is better for basketball. Perhaps you missed the last sentence: "That option doesn't exist"
I saw it. Doesn't mean its not a delusional take. "Our outstanding BB we want to keep right here. BUT Give us a home for our decade plus struggling FB program and oh yeah, where is our 20 million a year?"Don't think it's delusional. The Big East is better for basketball. Perhaps you missed the last sentence: "That option doesn't exist"
I'm glad that you can't read. It would also depend on the amount of $$$$ involved. I think regional leagues are probably healthier for the fanbase and the rest but the money obviates all those possibilities.This take is more delusional than Big12 fans who say we'll take UConn BB, but not FB.
I didn't take it serious in the same way i don't take Big12 fans serious when they say they want out BB to cement their status as the premier BB league but not our FB.I'm glad that you can't read. It would also depend on the amount of $$$$ involved. I think regional leagues are probably healthier for the fanbase and the rest but the money obviates all those possibilities.
But as I said, it is not a possibility. The B12 would be insane to offer that possibility. The delusional take is you took it seriously. I can't believe you did that.
Prefacing this by saying I am in full support of UConn to the Big 12. But since you asked...How is it better for basketball?
Which is why I said "quietly". Without anybody noticing or caring. I know it's impossible. I have no delusions.I didn't take it serious in the same way i don't take Big12 fans serious when they say they want out BB to cement their status as the premier BB league but not our FB.
From the fan interest point of view, local is better. Local is always better. Familiar, close, and interesting will win out. B12 offers interesting but it doesn't offer familiar or close. From the money and TV perspective though that isn't how it plays.Prefacing this by saying I am in full support of UConn to the Big 12. But since you asked...
1) Regional rivals. We have 40 years of history with 5 members of the BE. What is our history with the B12? WVU and Cincy, and thats about it.
2) Conference Tournament. MSG, the worlds most famous arena, I don't need to explain how this is a better situation than KC/Dallas would be.
3) It's good to be king. UConn is the big dog in the BE. That is the national perception, even though we have not dominated our conference foes on the court. That is a luxury we will not have in the B12 with Kansas, Baylor and others. We will still be good no doubt, but just another team.
All of these challenges can be faced and overcome, and I think Coach Hurley and AD David Benedict are the right people to lead UConn through them. But in strict Basketball terms, we have a sweet setup in the Big East that any new conference would struggle to top
Yeah I have no doubts that the B12 move has to happen if given the opportunity. There is a long list of schools who made this same decision before us. Having grown up in the "New" Old Big East era (late 2000s-10s) I still shed a tear remembering what was, but also realize it ain't coming backFrom the fan interest point of view, local is better. Local is always better. Familiar, close, and interesting will win out. B12 offers interesting but it doesn't offer familiar or close. From the money and TV perspective though that isn't how it plays.
Maybe Connecticut has changed since I last lived there 3 decades ago, but do you all really run into Villanova, St Johns, Seton Hall and Providence grads regularly?From the fan interest point of view, local is better. Local is always better. Familiar, close, and interesting will win out. B12 offers interesting but it doesn't offer familiar or close. From the money and TV perspective though that isn't how it plays.
Is this a serious question?How is it better for basketball?
Better than the conference that has the two national champions prior to us?Don't think it's delusional. The Big East is better for basketball.
why dont people like change? still holding on to things of the past wont get you anywhere. if big 12 calls we answer
How’s life going in solitary confinement anyway?All of my posts are jokes. I'm the funniest guy i know.
Again, this a fake account. 500 followersOregon is joining the BigXII.
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I live 20 minutes from PC, in Mass, and I almost never run in to PC grads. Bryant, yes, several. UConn, yes. Syracuse, yes. BC, yes. Villanova, rarely. St. Johns or Seton Hall, never.Maybe Connecticut has changed since I last lived there 3 decades ago, but do you all really run into Villanova, St Johns, Seton Hall and Providence grads regularly?
I don't remember this phenomenon at all.
I do think UConn has great rivalries with Villanova and St. John's, but this has everything to do with basketball and the coaches and players, and almost nothing to do with local people. St. John's has obviously fallen way off.
The loss of a rivalry with Villanova will be huge. If it comes to pass.
Yes. How is being in some conference full of tiny Catholic schools no one gives a s*it about toiling away for peanuts better than joining a power conference that is the best basketball conference in the country and pays its schools north of $30 million a year? At the very least, if you care about basketball, wouldn't you want to be in the best conference for said sport?Is this a serious question?