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CallMeBruce said:
It's plainly obvious to any non-liar with a brain that NBE travel would be worlds better than AAC travel.
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Yes and No. The teams are more geographically centered in the Big East and we could drive to 5 games, but it breaks down to about basically three extra flights per conference season.

Is that "world's" better?

Big East with UConn (10 conference road games)
Driving to 5: St. John's, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, and Georgetown.
Flying to 5: Creighton, Xavier, Marquette, Butler and Depaul

AAC with UConn (9 conference road games)
Driving to 1: Temple
Flying to 8 (as you don't play a true round robin in the AAC)
 
I wonder if a conference like the AAC could get 1 billion from DAZN. They are aggressive, have lots of money, and want to be the top sports channel/network/service whatever you want to call it. Right now, they need content badly.
 
no one really cares about the travel either we would have joined the big 12 in a heart beat if we could and happily have flown to every game.

everyone stop kidding yourselves- its either the AAC or Big East. end of story.

i think we need ucf and memphis to join the big 12. then we will finally wake up, cut football and join the big east. we'd be left with no choice.
 
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I'm an UCONN alumni and care much about our football team but understand that they are driving the train. I do check the scores and go into the forum hoping that there is a chance they can turn it around so it will help out UCONN basketball. I wish it was separate and we could go to the Big East to play real basketball but unfortunately we are stuck in the AAC. I hope the UCONN football team gets better but I think the chance is almost zero percent but will support us staying in the AAC to appease the those fans here. I just think the basketball program deserves so much more.

I did follow UCONN football when they were good do School pride and even went to our first bowl game against Toledo in Detroit. Unfortunately the product they put on the field nowadays is an embarrassment to the game of football. I won't follow crap like this but will hope they by some miracle can get decent and allow us to go to a better conference.
 
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We all know this ends with UConn signing the 8M GOR deal right? And that UConn will not get as high a revenue sharing as the top 5 schools. Ugh
 
The bottom line is that Uconn will be where they get the most money. Right now, they stand to make more money by playing in AAC, rather than dropping football or going independent and playing basketball in the Big East. The AAC contract will not be as lucrative as the power 5, but it will be considerably more than the basketball only Fox contract.
 
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Regardless of what happens with all of this it is kind of ridiculous when people say “we can’t get rid of football just for a few bad losing seasons, look what we did in basketball the last two years with losing records.” It’s comparing apples to oranges. We are a basketball power and have 4 national championships since 1999 and we all know about the history of the football program. Football has never been great, we were ok for a few seasons. UConn is basketball.
 
Guapo said:
Don’t be a fool.

UConn associating with schools like Georgetown and BC in the 80’s and 90’s absolutely helped improve the school’s reputation.

Conference affiliation is about more than sports.
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Of the research schools with international reputation only Georgetown remains.
 
Jluc said:
Regardless of what happens with all of this it is kind of ridiculous when people say “we can’t get rid of football just for a few bad losing seasons, look what we did in basketball the last two years with losing records.” It’s comparing apples to oranges. We are a basketball power and have 4 national championships since 1999 and we all know about the history of the football program. Football has never been great, we were ok for a few seasons. UConn is basketball.
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It’s not about basketball!! Or football! This state is poor this university is financially bad it’s about money!!! Whoever gives the most money will get UConn
 
dilznick said:
The bottom line is that Uconn will be where they get the most money. Right now, they stand to make more money by playing in AAC, rather than dropping football or going independent and playing basketball in the Big East. The AAC contract will not be as lucrative as the power 5, but it will be considerably more than the basketball only Fox contract.
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I’m not so sure about that. The AAC tv contract will pay more per year but you have to subtract the operational costs from running the football program.

Once you do that, the NBE tv deal could make UConn more money year to year.

But, then again, you also have the IMG contract, Nike contract etc. which is why they won’t straight up drop football (but might move on from the AAC).
 
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upstater said:
Of the research schools with international reputation only Georgetown remains.
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Villanova is a research institution with, at least, a national brand (and 3 national championships)
 
Wordbomar said:
If they go unequal revenue sharing and UConn isn’t one of the benefactors, then UConn should tell the AAC to shove it and they’re taking basketball to the Big East.
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I do agree with that. Basketball would be crippled without UConn and they should be getting a cut of that
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Yes and No. The teams are more geographically centered in the Big East and we could drive to 5 games, but it breaks down to about basically three extra flights per conference season.

Is that "world's" better?

Big East with UConn (10 conference road games)
Driving to 5: St. John's, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, and Georgetown.
Flying to 5: Creighton, Xavier, Marquette, Butler and Depaul

AAC with UConn (9 conference road games)
Driving to 1: Temple
Flying to 8 (as you don't play a true round robin in the AAC)
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That doesn't look like worlds better to me.

And it's ironic too when you consider that practically all posters here want to see these kids travel to Greensboro, NC; Tallahassee, FL; Blacksburg, VA; Stillwater, OK; Ames, IA; Lincoln, NE, etc.
 
Guapo said:
Villanova is a research institution with, at least, a national brand (and 3 national championships)
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No--it's not a research institution--no matter how many times you guys say it is.
 
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For the size people here:

Georgetown has 17k students
Villanova has 11k

SMU has 11.5k
Tulane has 13k
Tulsa has, like, 13 individual students. It’s probably a one room schoolhouse tbh
 
Wordbomar said:
If they go unequal revenue sharing and UConn isn’t one of the benefactors, then UConn should tell the AAC to shove it and they’re taking basketball to the Big East.
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Exactly. At that point, I'd rather make less money in the Big East than make more money as a 2nd tier AAC school.

Aresco can shove it.
 
upstater said:
Of the research schools with international reputation only Georgetown remains.
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And on that front USF, Cinci and Tulane demolish the rest of them. UCF possibly as well.

I realize that this is New England and people have a narrow parochial view of the world, but are we really this out of touch? Small liberal arts schools are not what UConn aspires to be, no matter how selective their admissions.
 
HuskyHawk said:
And on that front USF, Cinci and Tulane demolish the rest of them. UCF possibly as well.

I realize that this is New England and people have a narrow parochial view of the world, but are we really this out of touch? Small liberal arts schools are not what UConn aspires to be, no matter how selective their admissions.
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Of those schools, only Tulane is legit.

Yeah the other schools have a reputation...and that reputation is that they are rubbish. If you walk into a office here in Atlanta holding a piece of paper from UCF or Memphis, you’ll get laughed out of the building.
 
kansashusky said:
Why is it too big? What do we have invested in it? Im genuinely curious.

I visited Connecticut last weekend and it was truly eye opening. My cousin goes to URI and we went to the URI Providence game and it was electric. Great atmosphere at a fun arena.

We drove by Rentschler Field and it is embarassing. Attendance is a joke. It would seem like football costs the University money.

UConn currently has the worst rated AAC recruiting class and 128th class nationally. How does it change? How does it get better?

I am a KU graduate and our football was recently in a similar spot. KU finally made the financial commitment and brought in a legit coach and gave him money to build a competent staff. Do you ever see UConn doing that?
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You drove past a football stadium with no game going on and you are comparing it to a basketball game between bitter rivals. Jumping from basketball to football and back. Tell me again about all this KU football success.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
UConn ranks 51 NSF – NCSES Academic Institution Profiles – University of Connecticut

Villanova ranks 282 NSF – NCSES Academic Institution Profiles – Villanova University

Cinci 67 NSF – NCSES Academic Institution Profiles – University of Cincinnati: Data All
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And within those links it shows Villanova at $19 million of research. NSF – NCSES Academic Institution Profiles – Villanova University : Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2017

By comparison, there are MAC schools with half a billion in research more than Villanova. More than 25x as much research as Villanova.
 
Also kinda not buying this whole GOR story. It makes no sense. Most of these schools wouldn’t sign it. And why would the rest of the rest of the AAC accept a lesser pay out then the rest of the school? Like it doesn’t make sense.
 
Astonishing how people don’t understand how academics work.
 
who started talking about academics? and why? the decision to leave the aac for the big east will come down to 1) money and 2) athletics. in that order.

the board of trustees is not signing this deal or any other with president herbst leaving next summer.
 
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