Viewed alternatively, did he just equate men's and woman's basketball?ThisIsUConnCountry @MattSchonvisky 3m3 minutes ago
"Despite fact that media attention is on football & possibly men's/women's bball during the year, some baseball, those that work on..."
Hhmmm. Let me get this straight. B12 commissioner uses the words "football" and "women's basketball" in the same sentence to describe "media attention". Reading too much into it but, hey, why not.
Viewed alternatively, did he just equate men's and woman's basketball?
Only when comparing the UConn women to the Syracuse men, per SNY programming.Viewed alternatively, did he just equate men's and woman's basketball?
So SMU is out, or the Big 12 already has all their intel on them.
The Tea Leafs - large sustainable budgets matter, well rounded programs matter (Men & Woman BB, and baseball), championships matter, and academics matter. This sounds an awful lot like one school we all know well.
Worth noting that we'd instantly be the premier women's soccer & field hockey school in the conference. We put girls into the World Cup and Olympics, and while that doesn't pay the bills, it sure as hell matters to ADs and alumni.I actually read that as we are looking at all sports, not just hoops, baseball. Still a positive vibe to me.
What did UConn say if someone asked: What will you do if we offer you a spot and so does the ACC?
According to a person familiar with USF's pitch, Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeffrey Vinik was part of the team sent to Texas and the presentation included a video with Dungy and Martinez endorsing the Bulls.<<
Ralph Russo: AP Source: Dungy part of USF pitch to Big 12 as meeting wrap
>>Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy was part of South Florida's pitch to the Big 12 and former major league first baseman Tino Martinez also went to bat for the Bulls.
The Big 12 on Friday concluded a week of meetings in North Texas with the 11 schools vying to join the conference. USF, Cincinnati and Rice made the final presentations, according to three people with knowledge of the meetings who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the conference was keeping its meetings confidential.
According to a person familiar with USF's pitch, Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeffrey Vinik was part of the team sent to Texas and the presentation included a video with Dungy and Martinez endorsing the Bulls.<<
Worth noting that we'd instantly be the premier women's soccer & field hockey school in the conference. We put girls into the World Cup and Olympics, and while that doesn't pay the bills, it sure as hell matters to ADs and alumni.
Ralph Russo: AP Source: Dungy part of USF pitch to Big 12 as meeting wrap
>>Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy was part of South Florida's pitch to the Big 12 and former major league first baseman Tino Martinez also went to bat for the Bulls.
The Big 12 on Friday concluded a week of meetings in North Texas with the 11 schools vying to join the conference. USF, Cincinnati and Rice made the final presentations, according to three people with knowledge of the meetings who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the conference was keeping its meetings confidential.
According to a person familiar with USF's pitch, Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeffrey Vinik was part of the team sent to Texas and the presentation included a video with Dungy and Martinez endorsing the Bulls.<<
Nah, heard we sent chief, dre and bunk.I heard Big Red and Palatine repped us big time.
Football and men's basketball are the big ones that matter - for UConn, the women's basketball team matters but I'm not sure it does for anyone else. UConn women playing in the Big 12 would help dramatically with ticket sales on the road and that would ultimately benefit the conference. Academics matter to a certain degree. Look at Louisville going to the ACC - the ACC schools are much stronger academically (based solely on reputation - don't really care to nitpick rankings) as they have schools such as UNC, Duke, BC, ND, Wake, UVA. The only schools that are respectable in the Big 12 are Baylor and Texas. UConn has academics when you compare it to some of the other candidates, but it's not exactly an ivy league institution. If it is perceived that you cannot make money for the conference, academics mean nothing.
I hope they brought some along.Nah, heard we sent chief, dre and bunk.
The Big 12 would be one of the few places outside UConn where women's basketball matters though. Their schools regularly draw crowds and they have 2 top 5 teams next year in Baylor and Texas.