Sure on Baylor and Bama. I thought Baylor and Gonzaga were a step ahead of everyone else in college basketball since the beginning of that season. Didn't think Bama was the best team this past season. Good teams pop up all the time in college hoops throughout the years. There's only a few programs who have success over many decades, under several coaches, leading to several national championships. UConn is one of them. UConn will be elite in basketball if they stay in the Big East.
Yes.
All that money and the Big 10 hasn't won a title in nearly a quarter century.
Yes. And a certain number of posters arguing that championships are more important than money as the reason we should stay in the BE and not accept an invitation to the B12 have stated that we should accept a BIG invitation. Love that reasoning.
Half this board said the Big East was finished when UConn started playing games in the AAC. It was stupid then and it's stupid now.
No. At least I’m not aware of anyone arguing the demise of the BE. People are making two potential predictions.
First UConn, by remaining in the BE and receiving the revenues the conference will receive, will not be able to support its basketball program or compete at the level of support that programs in the power conferences will be able to provide. Hence the chances of future success will be greatly diminished.
And/or second the power conferences will possibly separate from the NCAA and the schools not in those conferences will no longer be part of the tournaments that will be nationally viewed as prestigious. Exposure will be minimal. If we resent Rutgers now because of the monetary discrepancy think what our feelings will be in this situation.
The BE will survive but most likely in a situation reduced to a division 2 type status or at best a division 1a status. They will have players constantly poached by the power conferences even with NIL support because many of the better players will prefer playing on teams getting the most exposure.