Notre Dame still wants to be our friend (guess what for?)

Brian Hamilton @ChiTribHamilton
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#NotreDame says it would "eagerly entertain" chance to continue women's hoops rivalry with UConn in non-conference play.

Uh, unless they lend a SEROUS hand to our ENTIRE athletic program, NO FREAKIN WAY. Stay strong, Geno

If UConn continues to play Notre Dame out of conference, our chances of being team 16 in the (unlikely) event that Notre Dame joins the ACC full-time goes up exponentially. Plus, they are a strong program that has earned my respect. Sign the deal.

No thanks. They can rot on the ACC vine.

disagree. No dealings with Notre Dame unless they help us land somewhere substantial in football. Gotta draw the line somewhere. Geno thriving without playing Tennessee (and we're playing them in football now!)

I would think foresight would be a good idea. It cannot hurt to have a quality working relationship with Notre Dame. There is literally no downside to playing them in as many sports as they want to play us in, and a potentially (if unlikely) HUGE upside. Swallow your pride, gentlemen.

I reminded of the one word reponse of the American comander at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge when he call for a US surrender: "NUTS!"

This is the new world order. Nothing on the ACC "vine" is dying.

I'd gladly play them in a series that mirrors a football series between the two schools.

It would absolutely behoove UConn to maintain as good ties as possible with ND.

that noise

I'm stunned by the Stockholm syndrome on this board. ND has now become almost as culpable as BC in attempting to destroy this program. Only way we should play them in any sport is if there's a football tie-in. And no, they don't have to come to Rent. I'll make that concession.

BTW has anyone seen any comments from Manuel or Herbst on this topic today? hoping the radio silence might be a good thing

Nobody in the CT

Nobody in the CT media is aware that this has any ramifications, so nobody has called them for a quote.

Just curious why they didn't request to continue playing our men's team as well?


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as much as it may suck to have to shake hands with them on anything at this point, we can't shut down our ties with them.
Talk to them but see if there's anyway we can tie in a mens hoops game, women's hoops game and football game. We'll be playing hockey with them for a long time, so that sport is locked down.
It sucks but if there's even a 10% chance they will earnestly help us get into the ACC, we have to act like we're OK with them.
Damn I hated typing that.

You deal with ND on the same basis you deal with anyone else -- you sign deals that you believe are in your own best interests.

Exactly. And signing deals with ND are of more interest for the future of UConn then signing deals with most other schools.

Exactly. If the ND agrees to a home and away in Football, we can do the same in WBB.

It's business, not personal. Stay professional and if it is in our financial interests to continue to play ND OOC, then we do so. If it's not worth it, then we don't.