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[QUOTE="CL82, post: 2972237, member: 44"]
This is exactly right and an underappreciated fact, IMO.  Both UConn and Rutgers are in the coveted NYC DMA but RU brought it plus another 3M people. (Households not people is the relevant demographic but I don't know those numbers.  I assume the ratio is about right.)  CT only brought another 1M people.  Said differently NJ has @6M in the NYC DMA while Connecticut has @2M.

But RU is already in a P5 conference.  If you want to acquire a state school where the state is in the NYC DMA, UConn is only other major not in a P5.  That is a huge advantage for us.  We also show well at MSG which is a defacto home court for us.  Finally CT is one of the wealthiest states in the nation on a per capita basis.  That's a big plus for us as well.

Now is all that a reason to invite us into a conference?  Probably not in my opinion, absent another reason for expansion. But if something happens that forces expansion, those factors put at the top of the list of the schools available.
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