amore--FYI: UConn Hasn’t Given Up on Big East Tournament

[husky99]

http://courantblogs.com/uconn-men/fyi-uconn-hasnt-given-up-on-big-east-tournament/

 

[CTGoonie]

This is good. Gives Uconn more ammo if and when the ACC/B10 comes calling. Why would the BE schools want to piss off the most important school (along w/ UL) they have left?

 

[UConn3432]

its time to leave this conference. uconn has always been there for the be and they keep dumping on us while continuing to reward schools that are leaving the conference. never thought i'd say it but i'm done.

 

[Waquoit]

This is good. Gives Uconn more ammo if and when the ACC/B10 comes calling. Why would the BE schools want to piss off the most important school (along w/ UL) they have left?

That is some good strategic thinking. I'm in the camp that UConn in the BET is a bad idea. No good can come of it for the league or the school. But having asked and been denied can give us some cover if we ever jump. For all UConn has done for the Big East, they get smacked while they are down by ungrateful partners.

 

[dapriest]

Meh.
Love UConn - got a nice fat head on the wall. Been watching for many years. And so on.

But this is an easy call for the BE.

The winner of the BET is an auto-bid to the NCAAs. No way will the BE take a chance on burning that on a team that can't go. Further, bubble teams and teams that are out have a huge incentive to go deep into the BE tourni.

If option one is bubble team 1 and bubble team 2 play in the 2nd round and one will win and definitely be in the tourni, and option 2 is UConn beats the snot out of one of them and the other loses its game, then it would be painfully stupid for the BE to allow UConn to play in the tourni.

Frankly, this has got nothing to do with loyalty of the BE.

Turn it around. We made the BE look bad by having such wretched APR scores. Forget about all the spunk that the NCAA had to pull out of its rearend to make the charges stick. Fact is, it was within our control and we failed to control it.

One year is no big deal, as the recruiting has shown.

I'd have rather they not put down the BET on the schedule. Take your whipping without bitching, and get stronger for next year.

 

[UCweCONN]

Meh.
Love UConn - got a nice fat head on the wall. Been watching for many years. And so on.

But this is an easy call for the BE.

The winner of the BET is an auto-bid to the NCAAs. No way will the BE take a chance on burning that on a team that can't go. Further, bubble teams and teams that are out have a huge incentive to go deep into the BE tourni.

If option one is bubble team 1 and bubble team 2 play in the 2nd round and one will win and definitely be in the tourni, and option 2 is UConn beats the snot out of one of them and the other loses its game, then it would be painfully stupid for the BE to allow UConn to play in the tourni.

Frankly, this has got nothing to do with loyalty of the BE.

Turn it around. We made the BE look bad by having such wretched APR scores. Forget about all the spunk that the NCAA had to pull out of its rearend to make the charges stick. Fact is, it was within our control and we failed to control it.

One year is no big deal, as the recruiting has shown.

I'd have rather they not put down the BET on the schedule. Take your whipping without bitching, and get stronger for next year.

I haven't seen much talk on this board about the impact the post season ban will have on UCONN's attendence (which was already down in recent years) and revenue? If people stayed home in the past for games that meant something, how pumped are they going to be to go to meaningless games in a meaningless season? This is why in the past I've advocated on this board to move all the games this season to Gampel to create some buzz and bring back the home court advantage we had in the '90's. UCONN basketball gets me through the long, cold winter and it kills me to have to endure the upcoming season. I hate Emmert and the NCAA.

 

[husky99]

Teams like pc, hall, ru, and usf do nott want us to play in the BE tourney because they will never get a bid to the big dance and so would need to win the BE tourney to get the auto bid and with uconn out, it means one less school to beat... yes it is a long shot

 

[CL82]

We had a thread on this a while back. I still think our new commissioner should think about letting us play. We bring a lot of bodies to the garden, that's money left on the table if we aren't invited. Plus the new commissioner seems interested in promoting the league. Give him the right narrative and I think that he'll bite.

1) Last two years UConn scored 975 ouf a possible 1000
2) punished twice for the same offense
3) UNC submitted false APR reports without sanction.
4) Indicate that it is meaningful to us to be playing in the Garden. We're loyal to the league and we want the league to be loyal to us.
5) We'd need a successful UConn team this year to make this happen. I think we have a shot.

 

[rbny1]

We had a thread on this a while back. I still think our new commissioner should think about letting us play. We bring a lot of bodies to the garden, that's money left on the table if we aren't invited. Plus the new commissioner seems interested in promoting the league. Give him the right narrative and I think that he'll bite.

1) Last two years UConn scored 975 ouf a possible 1000
2) punished twice for the same offense
3) UNC submitted false APR reports without sanction.
4) Indicate that it is meaningful to us to be playing in the Garden. We're loyal to the league and we want the league to be loyal to us.
5) We'd need a successful UConn team this year to make this happen. I think we have a shot.

I absolutely agree.

 

[Waquoit]

Frankly, this has got nothing to do with loyalty of the BE.

Doesn't matter.

 

[AtlHusky]

Meh.
...this is an easy call for the BE.

The winner of the BET is an auto-bid to the NCAAs. No way will the BE take a chance on burning that on a team that can't go. ..

While agree with your point about the potential of knocking out a bubble team in an early round, I disagree with the above. The BE auto-bid has never gone to a team that wouldn't have otherwise gotten an at-large invite to the dance.

 

[huskyjawz]

While agree with your point about the potential of knocking out a bubble team in an early round, I disagree with the above. The BE auto-bid has never gone to a team that wouldn't have otherwise gotten an at-large invite to the dance.

Why doesn't the Big East cancel our whole season because if we win any conference games these may be losses that keep other conference teams out of the NCAA tournament?

 

[DogMania]

I've heard all the arguments, pro and con and I still feel strongly that the Big East members should step up and have UConn's back and let them participate in the BET. It would make a statement that the NCAA has acted unjustly and hypocritically (UNC) and has one of it's most important member's back.

That IMO is far more important than the unlikely scenario of UConn winning the BET and taking the auto bid from a program that will likely get an at large bid anyways. As far as knocking out a bubble team in the early rounds of the BET, it's that program's own fault that they didn't do enough leading up to the BET, putting themselves in that situation.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

I've heard all the arguments, pro and con and I still feel strongly that the Big East members should step up and have UConn's back and let them participate in the BET. It would make a statement that the NCAA has acted unjustly and hypocritically (UNC) and has one of it's most important member's back.

That IMO is far more important than the unlikely scenario of UConn winning the BET and taking the auto bid from a program that will likely get an at large bid anyways. As far as knocking out a bubble team in the early rounds of the BET, it's that program's own fault that they didn't do enough leading up to the BET, putting themselves in that situation.

Whats up doggy dog...???

Unlikely scenario of UConn winning the BET? If UConn could play in the BE tournament it would be like GREAT WHITE shark infested waters off of Cape Cod. UConn being the GREAT WHITE! No shark fin soup would be made of these great whites. All the other BE teams would simply be seals ready for slaughter. That would be UConn's season per se. It would even be ugly for Louisville.