Big 12 and ACC are fumbling with their expansion apprehensiveness? They will become 2nd class BBall citizens as well if they continue.

[RedRabbit84]

The thing I need you guys to understand is; nobody gives a crap about women's basketball. That will have absolutely ZERO impact on conference realignment.

 

[Ha Who]

Meh. We’ve seen this play out.

2 back to back BB NC’s, women win 12th NC this year. Seems counterintuitive to say this while UConn sits on the sidelines.

Football coming off great season, looking to take another step forward.

If you don’t invite UConn now, when do you?

 

[CL82]

Memphis, USF, and Tulane mentioned for the ACC on “Locked on Big 12” and other sites. No talk of us.

Well, given how they shhhat the bed on our joining the big 12, maybe that's a good thing

 

[ZooCougar]

Well, given how they shhhat the bed on our joining the big 12, maybe that's a good thing

I can’t see how the Big 12 would want more mid. None of those programs are remotely accretive.

Zanetto got canned from the Locked On network btw.

 

[CL82]

I can’t see how the Big 12 would want more mid. None of those programs are remotely accretive.

Zanetto got canned from the Locked On network btw.

I did not know that, but I did notice that he had a new program name. The "locked on big 12" guy got it equally wrong.

 

[ZooCougar]

Baylor Lost All Its Players. Now What?

Scott Drew runs one of the top programs at Baylor, but a limited NIL budget led to a complete exodus of his roster.

www.hoopshq.com

Baylor: “UConn doesn’t have the NIL budget to compete in the Big 12”

probably

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Baylor Lost All Its Players. Now What?

Scott Drew runs one of the top programs at Baylor, but a limited NIL budget led to a complete exodus of his roster.

www.hoopshq.com

Baylor: “UConn doesn’t have the NIL budget to compete in the Big 12”

probably

More accurately, Baylor doesn't have the players to compete with UConn. Further, UConn would compete at the highest level of the Big12 annually. To think otherwise is pure folly.

 

[ZooCougar]

I did not know that, but I did notice that he had a new program name. The "locked on big 12" guy got it equally wrong.

That’s because he probably got info from you know who.

 

[CL82]

That’s because he probably got info from you know who.

I don't know if Zanetto killed our big 12 bid by leaking it early, but he certainly didn't help it. I actually don't blame him so much as whomever was the idiot who leaked it to him. That said, I never clicked on a video of his from that point forward.

 

[Ha Who]

I don't know if Zanetto killed our big 12 bid by leaking it early, but he certainly didn't help it. I actually don't blame him so much as whomever was the idiot who leaked it to him. That said, I never clicked on a video of his from that point forward.

Kind of like Colin Cowherd with me

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Baylor Lost All Its Players. Now What?

Scott Drew runs one of the top programs at Baylor, but a limited NIL budget led to a complete exodus of his roster.

www.hoopshq.com

Baylor: “UConn doesn’t have the NIL budget to compete in the Big 12”

probably

UConn doesn’t even get a piece of the Big 12 pie every year and they still a compete in basketball, football and baseball. All they get is yearly chump change from the Big East.

 

[ZooCougar]

UConn doesn’t even get a piece of the Big 12 pie every year and they still a compete in basketball, football and baseball. All they get is yearly chump change from the Big East.

That’s what’s so annoying about getting bigtimed by the likes of Okie State and Baylor.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

That’s what’s so annoying about getting bigtimed by the likes of Okie State and Baylor.

OK State and Baylor might make P4 revenue but they have little to show for it.

 

[cellocgg]

OK State and Baylor might make P4 revenue but they have little to show for it.

There's this idea I hear online from B12 and ACC fans that UConn's doesn't generate enough revenue and relies too heavily on subsidies...

You try running a P5 AD on G5 money lol. Any other power school in our shoes would do the same thing in the absence of crazy media money. If we did get into the P5 then obviously we wouldn't be getting the same subsidies

I propose to these people then should all power schools be kicked out of their conference? If our admission is frowned upon because of our subsidies and other P5s would do the same thing in our shoes, why should they get to stay? Illogical, circular reasoning from these people

 

[Hoophound]

There's this idea I hear online from B12 and ACC fans that UConn's doesn't generate enough revenue and relies too heavily on subsidies...

You try running a P5 AD on G5 money lol. Any other power school in our shoes would do the same thing in the absence of crazy media money. If we did get into the P5 then obviously we wouldn't be getting the same subsidies

I propose to these people then should all power schools be kicked out of their conference? If our admission is frowned upon because of our subsidies and other P5s would do the same thing in our shoes, why should they get to stay? Illogical, circular reasoning from these people

They don’t understand that the only difference between us and them is conference revenue because actual, experienced journalists write articles that parrot this exact belief. It’s maddening and it shows their complete incompetence.

 

[cellocgg]

They don’t understand that the only difference between us and them is conference revenue because actual, experienced journalists write articles that parrot this exact belief. It’s maddening and it shows their complete incompetence.

Complete braindead reasoning

UConn is the only G5 who gets the institutional support it needs to compete with the P5 in revenue by a large margin. No other G5 is getting $100M+. This point should be a good thing because if the conference money came in and the subsidies stopped, we would still be P5 level in revenue. Other G5s wouldn't be close

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

UConn should get more respect/credit from people because they literally are investing in athletics at a level the P4's aren't. If they weren't sucking at the ESPN teet, they'd be in the exact same boat as us and I doubt many of them (BC, Wake, etc.) would opt in to the extent UConn does.

 

[CL82]

There's this idea I hear online from B12 and ACC fans that UConn's doesn't generate enough revenue and relies too heavily on subsidies...

You try running a P5 AD on G5 money lol. Any other power school in our shoes would do the same thing in the absence of crazy media money. If we did get into the P5 then obviously we wouldn't be getting the same subsidies

I propose to these people then should all power schools be kicked out of their conference? If our admission is frowned upon because of our subsidies and other P5s would do the same thing in our shoes, why should they get to stay? Illogical, circular reasoning from these people

It's funny because if you added a P5 conference distribution to our existing revenue and subtracted out our big east share, we would be comfortably in the upper half of P5 schools and probably in the upper third. I've seen this analysis done from time to time.

 

[Kolumbo]

I don't feel any sense of urgency anymore. When it was the P5 and G5 it was important. Now it's the P2, the pee 2, and the G6. The divides are there and the distributions are very uneven within conferences.

I have a feeling when an offer does come, we will be forced to hold our noses and accept. Maybe it will be the ACC carcass combined with some AAC bbq. Depending on who from the ACC is included, it would still be an offer we need to accept. A worse scenario is we are still left out. The below lineup would be a very good situation but I have a feeling it would be more AAC and less ACC.

UConn
Pitt, SU, BCU, Duke, Ga Tech, NC State, Va Tech, Louisville, Wake, SMU, Berkeley, Stanford . . .
Temple, USF, Memphis, Tulane, ECU . . .

 

[Kolumbo]

Or the ACC could just invite much better basketball brands. smh

ACC eyes shrinking conference schedule in basketball to boost tournament resumes

According to a report by CBS Sports, the ACC is considering reducing its conference schedule from 20 games to 18.

awfulannouncing.com

"According to a report by CBS Sports’ Brandon Marcello, the ACC is considering reducing its conference schedule from 20 games to 18 to schedule more marquee non-conference opponents better. The proposal is expected to be approved when league officials convene in May for the league’s annual meetings."

"ACC men’s basketball has been a shell of its former self in recent years. Last season, for instance, the conference went 2-14 against the SEC during the ACC-SEC Challenge and only earned four bids into the NCAA Tournament. Conference administrators believe that adding more high-profile non-conference games can help teams improve their NET and KenPom ratings, which the selection committee uses to pick teams in March."

 

[HuskyinWRNY]

Or the ACC could just invite much better basketball brands. smh

ACC eyes shrinking conference schedule in basketball to boost tournament resumes

According to a report by CBS Sports, the ACC is considering reducing its conference schedule from 20 games to 18.

awfulannouncing.com

"According to a report by CBS Sports’ Brandon Marcello, the ACC is considering reducing its conference schedule from 20 games to 18 to schedule more marquee non-conference opponents better. The proposal is expected to be approved when league officials convene in May for the league’s annual meetings."

"ACC men’s basketball has been a shell of its former self in recent years. Last season, for instance, the conference went 2-14 against the SEC during the ACC-SEC Challenge and only earned four bids into the NCAA Tournament. Conference administrators believe that adding more high-profile non-conference games can help teams improve their NET and KenPom ratings, which the selection committee uses to pick teams in March."

Bring them on.

 

[RedRabbit84]

Imo, UConn should absolutely positively be in over UCF.

 

[LetsGoUC]

What I find hard to believe is that, every March for the last 30 years, UConn is talked about in the media because of both of our basketball programs. Majority of ACC and Big 12 schools don't even sniff an ounce of our success, nor gets mentioned in media. I mean we literally have owned a month of the year.

I totally understand that basketball doesn't drive realignment and football has hurt us. I get that.

But for the ACC and Big 12 to say we can literally grab a large state school, which come every March, one of there programs will be there in the end celebrating, seems like a total misstep by them.

 

[KryHavok]

What I find hard to believe is that, every March for the last 30 years, UConn is talked about in the media because of both of our basketball programs. Majority of ACC and Big 12 schools don't even sniff an ounce of our success, nor gets mentioned in media. I mean we literally have owned a month of the year.

I totally understand that basketball doesn't drive realignment and football has hurt us. I get that.

But for the ACC and Big 12 to say we can literally grab a large state school, which come every March, one of there programs will be there in the end celebrating, seems like a total misstep by them.

To understand the idiocy of the Big12 that invites members who openly want to leave and the all cretins crew who thinks West Coast schools belong in an East coast conference, one would have to speak and be fluid in the language of stupid.

 

[freescooter]

I’m less concerned about the ACC actually because they are going through a “generational” head coaching chande in basketball. In the last 5 years their lead programs have lost coaches who have won 10 national championships, and are in the hall of fame. As UConn knows, replacing a hall of fame coach is tricky and difficult to evaluate until he’s been around a few years to do the job on his own. It is a bad time to lose coaches but it is what it is