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[QUOTE="brasssbonanzaa, post: 3101846, member: 794"]
Before you call others uninformed, check the facts:

Average distance from Storrs to a Big East opponent: 591.6 miles
Average distance from Storrs to a AAC opponent: 1,214 miles

A full travel schedule in the Big East (1 game at each opponent in 20-game round robin) would be 5,916 total miles.
A full travel schedule in the AAC (what UConn played this year) was 10,081 total miles, or 1,120 miles per trip.

Neither total factors in distance to the conference tournament, which adds another ~1,700 miles to Dallas, ~1,200 miles to Memphis or Orlando in the AAC, or ~135 to MSG in the Big East.

8 AAC opponents are >1000 miles away
2 Big East opponents are >1000 miles away

5 Big East opponents (half the league) are under 400 miles away and are bussable.
1 AAC opponent is under 600 miles away and is bussable.

There are 5 AAC opponents further than the furthest Big East opponent.
There are 8 AAC opponents further than the 2 furthest Big East opponents.

In sum, there is absolutely zero truth to the talking point that the travel problem in the AAC would not be significantly helped in the Big East.
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