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Both Regular Season Champs/#1 seed in their conference tourney lost in the semifinals #1 CCSU (NEC) lost #6 Wagner #1 Quinnipiac (MAAC) lost #5 St. Peter's Due to the new NCAA rules this year, both teams are not provided an AQ for the NIT, as has been done for the last decade. Not sure if QU...

Also, Southern Connecticut State's men's and women's teams both advancing to the NE-10 Conference Finals with NCAA D-II Championship bids on the line.

There has never been more than 2 Connecticut teams participating in the NCAA Tournament in the same season: 2022 (2) - #5 UConn and #14 Yale 2021 (2) - #7 UConn and #16 Hartford 2016 (2) - #9 UConn and #12 Yale 2002 (2) - #2 UConn and #14 CCSU 2000 (2) - #5 UConn and #15 CCSU 1957 (2) - UConn...

On a positive note, UConn's has won 2 in a row vs. in-state NEC teams. Also, this was the largest margin of victory for UConn over an FCS team since 2011. But I’m not sure why fans really expected more than that. The results vs. FCS opponents (9-2) since 2011 are not very impressive. 2023 –...

Yep. If you had a time machine, you would go back to 1975 and the end of the Yankee Conference. That was the moment and the opportunity lost, when UConn should have elevated the football program to "major college football" as an Independent. But at that time there was absolutely no demand...

Please ... And when University of Hartford announced the year before CCSU and started playing in the Civic Center, they had plans to be the next Marquette. Nver had the alumni or fans support needed. Now look at where they are D-III. CCSU has a very big alumni base in CT and had a very...

Correct, we need basic level of support from the State just to get into America East. The level of dysfunction and neglect of the CSU system is a crime. Combined with burning good money after bad in Storrs and Central is looking like a malnourished orphan begging for a slice of bread. ☹️

Jared has some very good questions and Pat is such a great guy. Excellent job! I know it will be difficult to get a fully candid responses, but would love to listen to a follow up with CCSU AD on the recent conference changes for CT mid-majors schools. NEC went from 3 CT teams (CCSU, QU, and...

SHU picked #1 and CCSU #2 in the NEC Coaches Preseason poll. https://ccsubluedevils.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/20231020jegtnz

Since CCSU joined the NEC for the 1997-98 season a total of 8 schools (UMBC, Quinnipiac, Monmouth, Robert Morris, Bryant, Mt. St. Mary's, Sacred Heart and Merrimack) have departed for other leagues. Depressing ...

The NEC is , but more importantly so is CCSU. If we can't get a landing spot in America East (which I've heard right now is very, very unlikely ), we're in for a world of hurt. Makes any UConn situation seem like paradise. Forget about football, which is an easy fix with a hybrid...

Not happening

Yeah, but if you look at academics and budget, these small colleges and HBCUs have a similar profile. Yes, initially, they look different, but under the hood (especially in athletics) they have a lot in common. Sorry, there will be 7 remaining NEC schools (I forgot FDU). CCSU is public and...

NEC isn't likely to add New Haven at this point. Even Stonehill isn't a D-I program for 3 more seasons. LeMoyne just started their 4-year transition. UNH doesn't solve any problems for 4 years. The likely outcome is a NEC-MEAC merger. :( NEC (6): CCSU, LIU, Le Moyne, Saint Francis...

This was the first time ever that Central and UConn men's soccer teams have met on pitch (Women's teams have met 20 times). UConn was much faster and stronger side, but the Blue Devils put in a good effort in the loss. CCSU had 8 in-state players on the roster and UConn had 7. This is great...

Here's the reality: 1) UConn is not going to drop to FCS, period. Stop suggesting it as an option - it isn't happening, period. 2) There will not be an increase in PUBLIC funds for football. The well is dry and the ROI and public perception of dumping more CT tax/education money to compete...

Central Connecticut drops a game today at Kent State, 38-10. Blue Devils bused to Ohio to play a FBS team with 25+ scholarships and we're down 21-0 at the half. UConn is down 24-3 at the half to FIU at home. Not sure the ROI is there UConn football. Could you imagine what CCSU could do with 2...

Army will remain in the Patriot League with Navy. Both would be FB-only members of the American.

So the State of Georgia (10.9 M pop.) will now have the 5 D-I public universities, including 4 FBS programs: Georgia (FBS) Georgia Southern (FBS) Georgia State (FBS) Kennesaw State (FBS) West Georgia (FCS) The State of Utah (3.4 M pop) has 6 D-I public universities: Utah (FBS) Utah State (FBS)...

Again, with the exception of M/W Basketball, until the late-1990s, UConn was UMass/URI. A Northeast state flagship basketball school with I-AA football. It wasn't until the 1980s that UConn was the strongest football program in its own state - it was Yale. UConn tried to join the FB club way...

Come on - that first part is simply a ridiculous statement. You are correct on the second. Casual UConn fans are only fully invested when the team is good, especially March. UConn basketball is not bigger than the Yankees, Mets, BoSox, Giants, and Pats in any way shape or form. Sure, UConn...

You make my point. UConn is a National name name solely due to the Calhoun/Geno era of M/W Basketball. It's relatively new and limited to one sport. UConn is not engrained in the hears and minds if ever resident from birth, like it is in Iowa. Extrapolating what UConn basketball has done to...

Even when UConn was in the Big East/BCS they weren't really competing for a football National Championship. Today, there are about 12 teams (out of 135) that are really competing for a football national championship. Almost all schools join and play D-I not because they are trying to win a...

Yeah, but I think the Hawaii comparison is much more appropriate. Hawaii is literally an island to itself in it own time zone and own small media market that it shares with no one. Connecticut has is its own small market stuck in isolation between NY and Boston. Both have to recruit heavily...

There is no external threat to cut UConn football. It can absolutely survive outside of the BCS/P5/P2. It seems some here don't care to support a post-BCS program. The question for the school is how do you reset (lower) the budget and fan expectations equivalent for a "non-major" program? If...

That attendence and growth was fully predicated on being in a BCS conference, NYE Bowl access, and being part of the club of "Major" college football. Most UConn football fans are only invested in the program for the perceived "importance" that the National media puts on it - and there aren't...

If we are posting an absolute fantasy conference in a NCAA untethered to any realities, I propose this hybrid 24-team ECAC-type super conference. This includes 9 FBS programs, 9 FCS programs, 6 non-football schools; and comprises the "historic core" of the Big East, A-10, Yankee Conference and...

No, not really. https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/with-steep-enrollment-drop-western-connecticut-state-university-is-in-crisis-consultant-says/ https://www.newstimes.com/local/article/manohar-singh-westconn-president-18331297.php The ultimate solution may end up being a consolidation to...

Absolutely, you are correct. The local politics and their State representatives are a much bigger barrier to closing those universities than UConn. Hell the CSU system itself, labor unions, and other internal factors also make this a huge no-go right now. And yet UConn doesn't have to expend...

True, but the easily availability of student loans, poor financial education of borrowers, and a government willing to bail out bad decisions has led to the growth enrollment of these schools. How does QU go from a party school for kids that couldn't get in anywhere, cost 30k+ a year, and has...

That's too bad, as CCSU is worth its weight in gold for a teaching degree like that. But I get that some kids won't consider CCSU because it is too close to home, or too small, too old, too uncool. It isn't for everyone. But if the STATE invested in the that university and campus as another...

UConn fans have nothing to complain about in this State. It is absolutely pathetic and an embarrassing that CCSU can't get an invite to America East and CAA Football. We've been passed over by UMBC, UMass-Lowell, NJIT, Monmouth, and now Bryant. We can't get a dime from the State to improve...

100% Correct. I also assume "basketball only" is really "olympic sports" as I know of no other example of any conference offering any school a home only for basketball. This is likely similar to the Notre Dame/ACC deal. 1) The cost to leave the BE for Olympic sports is a big nut for a program...