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AJ Storr committed to Kansas so however much they were in on McNeely I assume that helps out the good guys

Legend!

Really hard to compare. We can't automatically assume that anything that happened after JC retired would have eventually occurred. We could have been PC, BC, etc. JC had to push and shove to get UConn to the top over national powers like Gtown, St Johns and Syracuse in the conference and then...

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Clingan ain't coming back. I think Bilas is just talking - that said, I think DC is one of the rare kids who TRULY loves the college experience and would stay all 4 years if there wasnt so much $$ risk. The kid knows this could be the best time of his life right now. We are so lucky to have...

I looked at the ticket and hotel packages thru UConn - add in your own flight and it is crazy expensive. Hawaii is expensive to begin with too. I think trying to do it on your own would be cheaper but it will still be expensive - good luck!

I think @BigFanCT is simply comparing the way they used to do this. I was there in 2014 too and it was amazing. No one bothered the team but we saw them in the hotel and left them alone save for encouragement and support. The atmosphere was so awesome - they were showing the women's Final...

I booked mine on Southwest three weeks ago just in case. Booked a hotel today that I can cancel if I can’t get a room thru UConn

Iowa St was 11-25 on layups and dunks........and lost by 3 points. If we run our offense the way we have all season, we will have tons of open/easy looks.

And Illinois is a worse defensive team than St John's - we will have open shots against their defense.

we also put up 95 pts on St Johns and their mid 50's rated defense versus Illinois mid 80's rated defense. Run our offense the way we've been running it and the open shots will be there to make

Marquette beat them earlier this year - call Shaka and see what he says. Illinois has a very good offense - right up there with ours (UConn 1 vs Illinois 2 on KenPom). Their defense is rated 84th while UConn is 6th. They have to guard us too and that's where the advantage is

https://stanford.rivals.com/news/stanford-junior-center-maxime-raynaud-enters-the-transfer-portal Interesting......

You know things are going good when this a topic on the board. In terms of issues I would worry about, this would be like 11,273th most important on a list

Will be a boost for UMass football and tremendous downgrade for hoops. Those MAC games at Mullins will not draw flies save for maybe the last 2 or 3 home games IF UMass is in contention for a league title - but will still need to win the postseason tourney. There are zero at large bids in the...

regardless - HUGE step down in basketball

UMass will need to get bids at the rate they did when Calipari was there for people around here to care about the flotsam and jetsam in the MAC. Good luck with that and yes they can care less

They are only better than MAC teams right now because they are getting A10 caliber players which is worlds better than the MAC. When they move to the MAC, they will get MAC players and play MAC teams from Michigan and Ohio and people will care less than they do now.

Define consistently. MAC basketball is extremely underwhelming so that alone will not bring fans to Amherst to see east, west and central Michigan with a touch of Bowling Green and Toledo. The only way fans will care and show up is if UMass is dominating that league and flirting with the Top...

And also the northeast doesn’t care about college football compared to other parts of the country

Good summary on the move from Matt Vautour who was the UMass beat writer for a long time. The MAC is a horrendous hoops conference. And while the A10 isn't what it was when it got 5 bids in some years I didnt realize it has mostly gotten multiple bids for the last almost 20 years. Vautour...

Yup more facts. No one will care in western Mass about the MAC. Just saw that the MAC is likely to add North Dakota State and Western Kentucky too. Football will be in better shape but fans still wont care and they wont be coming close to selling out a tiny football stadium. And basketball...

The support from alum at UMass was less than 50%. UMass is very much like UConn in that basketball drives the bus there and more recently hockey. No one cares about football in Amherst - they play in a football stadium that is as "big" as the XL Center and it is NEVER filled up. The MAC is a...

Yes there is. I've live in western Mass and have been going to games my entire life because my father is a grad. This predates the Calipari glory years. I know plenty of UMass fans. They are a founding member of the A10 and they actually would rather play URI, St. Joe's, GW, etc over east...

Yes and even with that, the MAC is levels worse than the A10. It is beyond putrid. America East and the Colonial are higher rated leagues

True and the MAC is several levels even below that

Facts are facts

They don’t have football fans. UMass doesn’t draw crowds to their games and MAC opponents won’t bring in crowds even if they win. Their stadium is like our old on campus football field and it’s half full or less. And basketball is done - no one is going to watch UMass play opponents from the...

I’ve talked to several UMass fans today and they all hate the move. No one really goes to their football games and this move wont draw fans. Basketball is showing some signs of momentum and they had 7k at a game this weekend. That is gone. They will struggle to draw 2k in Mullins playing...

They only draw fans in hockey and hoops. Even that is limited. They don’t draw fans in football. This move will not add fans in football and they will lose the limited fans they have in hoops. The A10 def isn’t what it was but it is still way way better than the MAC in basketball

The answer to these questions of course is best answered with another question - who cares? The UMass fan base doesnt care about football at all. They don't draw and they will draw less in the MAC. The A10 isn't what it once was in the 90's but it is still a top 8 league power ratings wise -...

UMass basketball fans will hate this. There is not 1 "basketball school" in the MAC with any kind of history. It's an OH and MI league that no one will care about. I know several fans/boosters and one of them is pretty significant who may pull his donations. Mid major league a step below...

5>1 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Totally agree and they just won at Creighton. This next game won’t be easy. I think AK will play Tuesday. Saw video of him moving around pretty good and shooting pregame at MSG before they came out for the official warm up time