Aim B1G UConn

[B1GALUM]

Anything that can put UConn at a better position is a good thing. It would be nuts to accept the AAC fate as the status quo.

As a B1G alum and unofficial representative, I encourage UConn not to accept the status quo and Aim B1G. Despite what may be appearances to the contrary, I think that is the goal of your leadership.

Jim Delany has provided the blueprint: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...f/2013-14/misc_non_event/DelanyTranscript.pdf
I'd like to talk just a little bit about expansion. Rutgers and Maryland will join us on July 1, 2014. They'll join 12 other members. And it's sort of interesting. We were so fortunate that two AAU flagship institutions in contiguous states were able to join us.

Now look at the UConn academic plan and the peer institutions being used for purposes of quality comparison:http://provost.uconn.edu/academic-plan/
The University of Connecticut is already one of the top-ranked public research and teaching universities in the country.

Our goal is to continue to improve our performance in teaching, research, and service; and our aspiration is to emerge as one of the top-20 public universities in the nation. The Academic Plan guides our progress in these directions, as does our dedication to a set of shared values and standards.

Peer institutions for purposes of quality comparison are:

· Iowa State

· Ohio State √

· Purdue University √

· Rutgers – State Univ. of New Jersey √

· Univ. of Georgia

· Univ. of Iowa √

· Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities √

· Univ. of Missouri-Columbia

Now look at the UConn academic vision and the universities whose current academic and strategic plans were reviewed: http://provost.uconn.edu/academic-vision/
Since that time, the committee has identified Core Values for UConn and Guidelines for the College and School Academic Vision Committees to identify their strengths and opportunities in research, education, collaboration and outreach. The UAVC reviewed current academic and strategic plans from Illinois √, Ohio State √, North Carolina, Indiana √, and the APA.

UConn ... a flagship university ... in a soon to be contiguous state to the B1G ... with a plan and vision comparable to B1G universities ... striving for AAU membership the key to the B1G.

The B1G and ACC are in direct competition for supremacy in the Eastern United States with NYC at the center and population footprint an important metric to each conference.

Jim Delany: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...f/2013-14/misc_non_event/DelanyTranscript.pdf
Interestingly, New Jersey and Maryland combined are only half the size of our smallest state, Indiana, but at the same time have provided us an incredible increase in ability to recruit students, student-athletes, have relationships with a lot of Big Ten people who already reside in that corridor, but we've had a 30 percent increase in the conference's population footprint. So three percent in geographic territory, 30 percent in population in an area that I would argue is one of the most important areas, not only in America, but in the world.

John Swofford: http://raycomsports.com/sports_labs_docs/m-footbl/13Kickoff-Forum-Transcript.pdf
Within our footprint, the ACC will now have the most television households and the highest population of any conference footprint from a national standpoint. It is also projected that by 2030, 55 percent of the United States population will lie within the ACC footprint.


UConn with proximity to NYC and one of the most population dense states in the nation.
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/usadensityh.htm
http://www.census.gov/popest/data/maps/2012/popdens-2012.html


UConn ... a flagship university ... in a soon to be contiguous state to the B1G ... with a plan and vision comparable to B1G universities ... striving for AAU membership the key to the B1G ... the proximity to NYC and population density desired by the B1G and ACC ... yet shunned by the ACC.

Aim B1G UConn ... fulfill your academic plan and vision ... gain AAU membership ... leverage your proximity to NYC and population density ... the B1G will have to take notice of you and accept you as a member of the conference.

It may seem like it is but conference realignment is not over yet. Keep hope alive and Aim B1G!

 

[uconnfan68]

As a B1G alum and unofficial representative, I encourage UConn not to accept the status quo and aim B1G. Despite what may be appearances to the contrary, I think that is the goal of your leadership.

Jim Delany has provided the blueprint: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...f/2013-14/misc_non_event/DelanyTranscript.pdf
I'd like to talk just a little bit about expansion. Rutgers and Maryland will join us on July 1, 2014. They'll join 12 other members. And it's sort of interesting. We were so fortunate that two AAU flagship institutions in contiguous states were able to join us.

Now look at the UConn academic plan and the peer institutions being used for purposes of quality comparison:http://provost.uconn.edu/academic-plan/
The University of Connecticut is already one of the top-ranked public research and teaching universities in the country.

Our goal is to continue to improve our performance in teaching, research, and service; and our aspiration is to emerge as one of the top-20 public universities in the nation. The Academic Plan guides our progress in these directions, as does our dedication to a set of shared values and standards.

Peer institutions for purposes of quality comparison are:

· Iowa State

· Ohio State √

· Purdue University √

· Rutgers – State Univ. of New Jersey √

· Univ. of Georgia

· Univ. of Iowa √

· Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities √

· Univ. of Missouri-Columbia

Now look at the UConn academic vision and the universities whose current academic and strategic plans were reviewed: http://provost.uconn.edu/academic-vision/
Since that time, the committee has identified Core Values for UConn and Guidelines for the College and School Academic Vision Committees to identify their strengths and opportunities in research, education, collaboration and outreach. The UAVC reviewed current academic and strategic plans from Illinois √, Ohio State √, North Carolina, Indiana √, and the APA.

UConn ... a flagship university ... in a soon to be contiguous state to the B1G ... with a plan and vision comparable to B1G universities ... striving for AAU membership the key to the B1G.

The B1G and ACC are in direct competition for supremacy in the Eastern United States with NYC at the center and population footprint an important metric to each conference.

Jim Delany: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...f/2013-14/misc_non_event/DelanyTranscript.pdf
Interestingly, New Jersey and Maryland combined are only half the size of our smallest state, Indiana, but at the same time have provided us an incredible increase in ability to recruit students, student-athletes, have relationships with a lot of Big Ten people who already reside in that corridor, but we've had a 30 percent increase in the conference's population footprint. So three percent in geographic territory, 30 percent in population in an area that I would argue is one of the most important areas, not only in America, but in the world.

John Swofford: http://raycomsports.com/sports_labs_docs/m-footbl/13Kickoff-Forum-Transcript.pdf
Within our footprint, the ACC will now have the most television households and the highest population of any conference footprint from a national standpoint. It is also projected that by 2030, 55 percent of the United States population will lie within the ACC footprint.


UConn with proximity to NYC and one of the most population dense states in the nation.
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/usadensityh.htm
http://www.census.gov/popest/data/maps/2012/popdens-2012.html


UConn ... a flagship university ... in a soon to be contiguous state to the B1G ... with a plan and vision comparable to B1G universities ... striving for AAU membership the key to the B1G ... the proximity to NYC and population density desired by the B1G and ACC ... yet shunned by the ACC.

Aim B1G UConn ... fulfill your academic plan and vision ... gain AAU membership ... leverage your proximity to NYC and population density ... the B1G will have to take notice of you and accept you as a member of the conference.

It may seem like it is but conference realignment is not over yet. Keep hope alive and Aim B1G!

Unless you're getting UMass first, we won't be in a contiguous state. There is nothing in New York that you would want (Buffalo or Stony Brook).

 

[B1GALUM]

Unless you're getting UMass first, we won't be in a contiguous state. There is nothing in New York that you would want (Buffalo or Stony Brook).

UConn via NYC to Rutgers to the B1G. Yes I am playing a little loose with the geography but if UConn achieves AAU membership and with your proximity to NYC and population density and basketball brand there will be mutual benefit for the B1G and UConn.

 

[Bezzz]

Connecticut is 8 miles apart from New Jersey...across White Plains. We'll build a bridge. I'll contribute $25 to the "Bridge to Jersey" fund. OK, are we good to go?

 

[junglehusky]

Nice find on that academic plan document.Here's the language relevant to AAU. For now it's words on a piece of paper but if Herbst can ensure UConn executes on these bullet points it'll help.

Strategy A:
Increase extramural support for research, scholarship, and creative activities

• Empower the new Vice President for Research to coordinate research, scholarship, and creative activities across the University and eliminate barriers to interdisciplinary work;
• Actively support faculty pursuit of extramural funding, including support for and recognition of funding in areas where it is generally less available (e.g., NEH funding, Guggenheim Fellowships, NEA support, Fulbright Awards)
• Recruit top scholars in areas of disciplinary and interdisciplinary research where there are opportunities for extramural funding, especially if those areas have strong student demand;
• Provide faculty with competitive start - up packages and support their efforts to secure extramural funding;
• Develop clusters of research faculty in support of the continued development of our focused areas of excellence
• Continue the development of our understanding of cultural differences through scholarship and creative activities involving diversity and internationalization;
• Make success in research, scholarship, and creative activity (including extramural funding) a criterion for appointment, tenure, and promotion, and benchmark our criteria against those that are typical at top-tier public research institutions.

 

[Adios]

Someone is going to take UConn. All comes down to who gets the school first.

 

[CTMike]

YOU'RE HIRED!


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[huskypantz]

It's funny that someone like B1GALUM can be so positive and upbeat about UConn while a select number of posters on this board would rather paint a titanic-style montage for UConn.

B1GALUM, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to buy you a drink at a conference game down the road.

 

[zls44]

Someone is going to take UConn. All comes down to who gets the school first.

No.

They aren't. Every single bad thing that could have happened has happened. I refuse to sit here and entertain this absurd dream that Jim Delaney is coming riding into Storrs on a unicorn made of money. I choose to live in the real world, not the delusional one.


Deal with it.

 

[Adios]

No.

They aren't. Every single bad thing that could have happened has happened. I refuse to sit here and entertain this absurd dream that Jim Delaney is coming riding into Storrs on a unicorn made of money. I choose to live in the real world, not the delusional one.


Deal with it.

You ever see me cry about the AAC? You were talking about a real world and not a delusional one?

 

[Srqhusky]

And beating Michigan may show we belong as well!

 

[hthusky74]

As a B1G alum and unofficial representative, I encourage UConn not to accept the status quo and Aim B1G. Despite what may be appearances to the contrary, I think that is the goal of your leadership.

Jim Delany has provided the blueprint: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...f/2013-14/misc_non_event/DelanyTranscript.pdf
I'd like to talk just a little bit about expansion. Rutgers and Maryland will join us on July 1, 2014. They'll join 12 other members. And it's sort of interesting. We were so fortunate that two AAU flagship institutions in contiguous states were able to join us.

Now look at the UConn academic plan and the peer institutions being used for purposes of quality comparison:http://provost.uconn.edu/academic-plan/
The University of Connecticut is already one of the top-ranked public research and teaching universities in the country.

Our goal is to continue to improve our performance in teaching, research, and service; and our aspiration is to emerge as one of the top-20 public universities in the nation. The Academic Plan guides our progress in these directions, as does our dedication to a set of shared values and standards.

Peer institutions for purposes of quality comparison are:

· Iowa State

· Ohio State √

· Purdue University √

· Rutgers – State Univ. of New Jersey √

· Univ. of Georgia

· Univ. of Iowa √

· Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities √

· Univ. of Missouri-Columbia

Now look at the UConn academic vision and the universities whose current academic and strategic plans were reviewed: http://provost.uconn.edu/academic-vision/
Since that time, the committee has identified Core Values for UConn and Guidelines for the College and School Academic Vision Committees to identify their strengths and opportunities in research, education, collaboration and outreach. The UAVC reviewed current academic and strategic plans from Illinois √, Ohio State √, North Carolina, Indiana √, and the APA.

UConn ... a flagship university ... in a soon to be contiguous state to the B1G ... with a plan and vision comparable to B1G universities ... striving for AAU membership the key to the B1G.

The B1G and ACC are in direct competition for supremacy in the Eastern United States with NYC at the center and population footprint an important metric to each conference.

Jim Delany: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...f/2013-14/misc_non_event/DelanyTranscript.pdf
Interestingly, New Jersey and Maryland combined are only half the size of our smallest state, Indiana, but at the same time have provided us an incredible increase in ability to recruit students, student-athletes, have relationships with a lot of Big Ten people who already reside in that corridor, but we've had a 30 percent increase in the conference's population footprint. So three percent in geographic territory, 30 percent in population in an area that I would argue is one of the most important areas, not only in America, but in the world.

John Swofford: http://raycomsports.com/sports_labs_docs/m-footbl/13Kickoff-Forum-Transcript.pdf
Within our footprint, the ACC will now have the most television households and the highest population of any conference footprint from a national standpoint. It is also projected that by 2030, 55 percent of the United States population will lie within the ACC footprint.


UConn with proximity to NYC and one of the most population dense states in the nation.
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/usadensityh.htm
http://www.census.gov/popest/data/maps/2012/popdens-2012.html


UConn ... a flagship university ... in a soon to be contiguous state to the B1G ... with a plan and vision comparable to B1G universities ... striving for AAU membership the key to the B1G ... the proximity to NYC and population density desired by the B1G and ACC ... yet shunned by the ACC.

Aim B1G UConn ... fulfill your academic plan and vision ... gain AAU membership ... leverage your proximity to NYC and population density ... the B1G will have to take notice of you and accept you as a member of the conference.

It may seem like it is but conference realignment is not over yet. Keep hope alive and Aim B1G!

UConn is not in a soon to be a contiguous state to the B1G. Not unless Buffalo or StonyBrook are joining sometime soon.

 

[Adios]

UConn is not in a soon to be a contiguous state to the B1G. Not unless Buffalo or StonyBrook are joining sometime soon.

I don't know if you've been reading what the B1G Network has to say, but they said we are desirable, regardless. We do share a very large and prominent market contiguously with Rutgers and other B1G schools. I have not seen one B1G poster bring up that we are not directly connected to NJ.

 

[noeynox]

No.

They aren't. Every single bad thing that could have happened has happened. I refuse to sit here and entertain this absurd dream that Jim Delaney is coming riding into Storrs on a unicorn made of money. I choose to live in the real world, not the delusional one.


Deal with it.

What, you don't like honey? Get over it!

 

[Gurleyman]

UConn is not in a soon to be a contiguous state to the B1G. Not unless Buffalo or StonyBrook are joining sometime soon.

We can invade White Plains and conquer the 10 miles that separates us from New Jersey. Only problem is that US Military Academy is only 45 minutes up the road, in New York, and might fight back. And the Coast Guard Academy won't be able to help, since it'll be a land fight.

I honestly don't even get the contiguous states thing. Maybe that was important when teams traveled by horseback and a state could randomly impose tariffs (similar to what Delaware does on I-95, charging four bucks for 20 miles of flat road - the bastards) The idea that Buffalo, seven hours away, would somehow fix the 10-mile gap between us and New Jersey is more than a bit silly. If the B1G considered that important, I would question the whole AAU concept and whether it in fact made you dumber.

 

[B1GALUM]

UConn is not in a soon to be a contiguous state to the B1G. Not unless Buffalo or StonyBrook are joining sometime soon.

My post from earlier in response to a similar comment ...

UConn via NYC to Rutgers to the B1G. Yes I am playing a little loose with the geography but if UConn achieves AAU membership and with your proximity to NYC and population density and basketball brand there will be mutual benefit for the B1G and UConn.

Forget my line about being a contiguous state. It was a play on the words of Delany. The point I was trying to make, after reading the transcript from B1G media days, is that Delany et al. are looking for AAU member universities in close proximity to the B1G that fit the goal of having a presence in NYC and enlarging the population footprint of the conference. Is the B1G going to expand for the sake of expansion? No. However, UConn provides the B1G with a university that does have a presence in NYC, permits further expansion of the footprint into another densely populated area and is a successful basketball brand that could help the B1G compete with the ACC in this sport and in NYC. The lack of AAU membership is clearly a challenge for UConn's entrance into the B1G. However, I take your leadership studying the strategic plans of multiple B1G universities, as a sign that your university is aiming for AAU membership in the mold of a B1G university. UConn is close enough in proximity to the B1G, albeit not contiguous, that if you are in the AAU, I believe the B1G takes a much closer look at you. As I have posted before, I am of the opinion that lack of AAU membership should not hold you back from being in the B1G. However, the B1G presidents have essentially made that a necessity for consideration. I think your leadership recognizes this and via their academic strategic plan are trying to make this happen. I think your leadership is trying to aim for the B1G and I hope for all of you it is successful.

 

[jostar1]

Remember this:

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Connecticut is not *technically* contiguous but for practical purposes, yes it actually is. The NYC market, which is now in the Big Ten's footprint, is actually included in Western Connecticut. So from Jim Delany's point of view and the Big Ten's POV, it IS a contiguous area. Or put another way, the Big Ten's television footprint is now included in Connecticut (or will be as of 2014). So it pretty much is now a Big Ten state.​

KyleSLamb​

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[Marty Jackson]

Wouldn't it be a real kick in the pants if BigAlum were actually Delaney...
The guy is more bullish on uconn than some of the supposed fans on this board.

 

[Marty Jackson]

When we look back in 5 years, the Big's plan will be obvious. Rutgers/Md now, and then phase two bolsters the flanks with Ct and Kansas...

 

[NEforceUConn]

It's funny that someone like B1GALUM can be so positive and upbeat about UConn while a select number of posters on this board would rather paint a titanic-style montage for UConn.

B1GALUM, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to buy you a drink at a conference game down the road.

You really can't make this up. Huskypantz writes a great post and then ...1, 2, 3, bam here comes zls44

"No.

They aren't. Every single bad thing that could have happened has happened. I refuse to sit here and entertain this absurd dream that Jim Delaney is coming riding into Storrs on a unicorn made of money. I choose to live in the real world, not the delusional one.


Deal with it."

Got to love internet message boards.

 

[hthusky74]

I don't know if you've been reading what the B1G Network has to say, but they said we are desirable, regardless. We do share a very large and prominent market contiguously with Rutgers and other B1G schools. I have not seen one B1G poster bring up that we are not directly connected to NJ.

Not arguing our desirability, just saying we aren't contiguous.

 

[hthusky74]

We can invade White Plains and conquer the 10 miles that separates us from New Jersey. Only problem is that US Military Academy is only 45 minutes up the road, in New York, and might fight back. And the Coast Guard Academy won't be able to help, since it'll be a land fight.

I honestly don't even get the contiguous states thing. Maybe that was important when teams traveled by horseback and a state could randomly impose tariffs (similar to what Delaware does on I-95, charging four bucks for 20 miles of flat road - the bastards) The idea that Buffalo, seven hours away, would somehow fix the 10-mile gap between us and New Jersey is more than a bit silly. If the B1G considered that important, I would question the whole AAU concept and whether it in fact made you dumber.

Just speaking about geography and the fact that we aren't contiguous to any B1G schools. Certainly contiguity (if that is even a word) is probably not a requirement.

 

[hthusky74]

We are like the young lady well into her 30's at the wedding reception. All the old biddies are chatting, "She's such a nice girl, so attractive". "Yes, and very refined and intelligent". "She has everything going for her, money, a good family". "Poor thing. How come she can't find a husband?" Substitute UConn for the young lady.

 

[Durks07]

Not arguing our desirability, just saying we aren't contiguous.

 

[metsfan2323]

When we get the B1G invite I think a full page ad in the Boston Globe thanking Gene DeFilippo for blocking us from the
ACC will be necessary, maybe the Boneyard could fund the project.