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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 4666039, member: 1737"] [B]Friedlander: UConn to the ACC? It makes sense for everyone involved[/B] Brett Friedlander | 2 months ago BRETT FRIEDLANDER Award-winning Saturday Road columnist Brett Friedlander started covering the ACC before anybody knew how to spell Krzyzewski. If you can’t beat them, join them. Or in the case of the ACC, get them to join you. It’s a simple solution to an image problem so complex, especially when it comes to basketball, that ACC commissioner Jim Phillips is planning to hold a meeting with his coaches and athletic directors to discuss ways of improving the league’s national perception. If Phillips is truly interested in changing the narrative surrounding his basketball product, he and his leadership council should follow the playbook of former commissioner John Swofford, raid the Big East again and vote to invite UConn — 2023 national champion UConn — to become the ACC’s 16th member. ASAP. It’s a move that makes sense for everyone involved. Phillips has made it clear that the ACC is intent on finding ways of regaining its claim as the top basketball conference in the country. UConn is just as anxious to raise its stature back to the top of the college sports food chain. With the Huskies’ football program having made major strides by earning bowl eligibility in Mora’s 1st season, the time might finally be right for a marriage of convenience to be arranged. Full article is here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://saturdayroad.com/acc/acc-basketball-uconn-potential-expansion-target/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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