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WingU-Conn said:
Not if they continuously refuse to invite us to a P5 conference.

You can't say you are peers with Google employees when you don't work at Google.

Your resumes might be similar. You might be qualified. But if you aren't a Google employee, they are not your peers. You're stuck with Dell (AAC) or Microsoft (NBE).
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Or worse Lenox
 
This thread shows you really can’t argue with irrational people, guy says we shouldn’t be going to the big East because we should be going to the big ten......did I miss the big ten invite? Did we turn them down John?
 
We shouldn’t waste brain power on stupid posters like @John

Posters like them have already lost; UConn already made the right decision.

Let them wallow in their own, lonely, misery.
 
UC1995 said:
Part of what was great about the OBE is was that people cared about college basketball. Go watch a game and compare the NBE with the AAC. It is not even close. The Big East school's fan bases care. Games will be exciting, night in and night out. That is what we want again to be in a relevant league that we can then dominate in time. Look at last years attendance

* Big East had 18 less games and average almost 400,000 more fans then AAC
* The Big East had one less session in their tournament and doubled up on attendance 98,782 vs. 45,500 for the AAC (avg 18,969 vs 7,588)


Plus all the OBE teams that left suck now outside of Louisville and we know there are many reasons for that. Forget the AAC. It went badly for us for so many reasons. It was never going to be a good fit and those holding out hope for the ACC or B1G you are going to be waiting for a call that is never coming.
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Creighton with 18,148 to see the Jays wax Butler today. Only good for, checks notes, 20th largest crowd in arena history. More of a footnote crowd today I guess.

ERf2_n1XYAIutOH


We may be little ole Creighton and not really in the east and viewed as a mid-major from the Mo Valley days, but we will be a hell of a lot more fun than the mausoleums you have been playing in the AAC. I promise.
 
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uconnyankee said:
Playing Syr, BC, or Pitt is more about the school, the history, the tradition, and bottom line, BB rivalry.
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Please don't cosign my post with an "exactly" and then imply that UConn should pick the ACC over the Big East as if that's an option. I'm not making that idiotic argument because the choice doesn't exist.
 
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Jbirdp5 said:
This thread shows you really can’t argue with irrational people, guy says we shouldn’t be going to the big East because we should be going to the big ten......did I miss the big ten invite? Did we turn them down John?
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The trajectory should be towards the ACC or B10, do you agree with that? Does joining the BE put us on that trajectory? We should not consider the BE a permanent stopping place.
 
John said:
The trajectory should be towards the ACC or B10, do you agree with that? Does joining the BE put us on that trajectory? We should not consider the BE a permanent stopping place.
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Football independence + BE basketball > than staying in the AAC, if you ultimately want a P5 invite.

The entire athletic department would have faded into complete irrelevancy if it had staying in the AAC.

I would caution, though, that a power conference invite is extremely unlikely.
 
Omaha-Jays said:
Creighton with 18,148 to see the Jays wax Butler today. Only good for, checks notes, 20th largest crowd in arena history. More of a footnote crowd today I guess.

ERf2_n1XYAIutOH


We may be little ole Creighton and not really in the east and viewed as a mid-major from the Mo Valley days, but we will be a hell of a lot more fun than the mausoleums you have been playing in the AAC. I promise.
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Doesn’t Creighton return all of their players next season too? They’re going to be a force for the rest of this season and one of the top teams in the nation next season. They’re so skilled and shoot the hell outta the ball, fun to watch.
 
Omaha-Jays said:
Creighton with 18,148 to see the Jays wax Butler today. Only good for, checks notes, 20th largest crowd in arena history. More of a footnote crowd today I guess.

ERf2_n1XYAIutOH


We may be little ole Creighton and not really in the east and viewed as a mid-major from the Mo Valley days, but we will be a hell of a lot more fun than the mausoleums you have been playing in the AAC. I promise.
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You guys have a serious squad this year and will have a serious squad next year. You have a great fanbase and we're looking forward to playing you starting next year, good luck in the NCAA's.
 
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John said:
yes, let's aspire to be Seton Hall or "Creighton". Aim low fellas.
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Heck right now I'll aspire to be Butler. Kind of tough to look down on noses at ranked teams when an auto bid is our only hope at going to the dance.
 
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CL82 said:
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Heck right now I'll aspire to be Butler. Kind of tough to look down on noses at ranked teams when an auto bid is our our only hope at going to the dance.
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yes, of course - but this is a basketball-centric view unfortunately.
 
It’s true for the entirety of the Athletic department.
 
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John said:
yes, let's aspire to be Seton Hall or "Creighton". Aim low fellas.
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UConn’s about to miss out on the tournament for the 4th straight year while Creighton is 9 in net rankings and returning all of their players next season. But sure, let’s aspire to be better than a top 10 team. Really?
 
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Fatroony5 said:
UConn’s about to miss out on the tournament for the 4th straight year while Creighton is 9 in net rankings and returning all of their players next season. But sure, let’s aspire to be better than a top 10 team. Really?
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you don't feel a certain level of institutional superiority towards Creighton?
 
John said:
you don't feel a certain level of institutional superiority towards Creighton?
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How does this relate to staying in the AAC with a bunch of direction commuter schools and assorted city community colleges?

Your (insane) argument is the Big East vs the ACC/Big 10. That is not based on any sort of reality or rational thought.
 
John said:
you don't feel a certain level of institutional superiority towards Creighton?
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You're still going on about this?

You don't feel institutional superiority to the commuter colleges we've been stuck with the last 6 years?

The move is about athletics. Our basketball program is what makes us and it's been floundering in a weak Conference-USA clone that nobody cares about and is a geographical nightmare for us. Our basketball will be a million times better off where it's always been in the Big East and our football program will be better off financially playing better teams which will attract more eyeballs. There is no good argument for staying in the AAC.

If you think the AAC is some launching pad to the Big 10 you're living in fantasy land, staying here would have gutted us.
 
We're making more money.
We're saving more money.
We're broadening our overall exposure by a lot.
We're leaving a conference that we're poor fit for in exchange for our cultural home.

Anyone making the argument that we should be clinging to life in the AAC on the .00000002% chance we get a P5 invite in the next two years before we're entirely flushed down the drain is delusional. We got football to a point. We had a window. We missed it. Can't flush your flagship basketball programs down the drain for the sake of trying to pry open said missed football window with a pool noodle.
 
John said:
you don't feel a certain level of institutional superiority towards Creighton?
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I'm kind of at a loss with your arguments... You feel this way towards the Big East schools, but not about the CUSA schools we currently find ourselves associated with? Your argument is that this is beyond basketball. I get that. Are you aware that we have 5 P5 teams on our football schedule for next year? How in the world is staying in the AAC better? It doesn't make sense. Our administration basically found a cheat code to not getting invited to a P5 conference. We are just making ourselves a Power team instead.

In a hypothetical world where our football team starts winning again, do you think The B1G or ACC would rather invite a UConn that is winning in the AAC, or routinely beating up on 5 P5 teams a year? It's a no brainer.
 
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John said:
you don't feel a certain level of institutional superiority towards Creighton?
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I’ll be glad to play them twice a year, they’re a good basketball program. We’re a basketball school, through and through. We were never getting a P5 invite, that ship sailed after we didn’t get into the ACC. There was no point to stay in the AAC to try and “save football” a program that’s in disarray. There’s no saving it in the AAC, what was the point in staying? We weren’t getting a P5 invite. Rather just say screw it and allow the football team to go independent and play buy games. At least they won’t continue bleeding money like they were.

the move was all about basketball. The school realized their P5 dreams were basically dead and could get back to being in a conference they belong in. So yes, I’m happy to play Creighton whose about to be a top 5 team next year and play them ongoing. I’m a college basketball fan, this is a good move. I’m beyond excited to watch them play against their old rivals and seeing the tourney back in MSG. If you don’t want that and instead wanna play at Dickies Arena, enjoy.
 
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John said:
The trajectory should be towards the ACC or B10, do you agree with that? Does joining the BE put us on that trajectory? We should not consider the BE a permanent stopping place.
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Speaking of trajectory has the needle been pointing up for UConn since being in the American? My answer would be an emphatic no. So by your logic if this move gives us back some luster and success it only improves the chances for your aspirations to come to fruition, however small those chances may be.
 
Jbirdp5 said:
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Speaking of trajectory has the needle been pointing up for UConn since being in the American? My answer would be an emphatic no. So by your logic if this move gives us back some luster and success it only improves the chances for your aspirations to come to fruition, however small those chances may be.
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I agree. However, is the lack of trajectory the conference or our inability to compete in it? (or combination)
 
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