Big East is wild

[bendm]

delusional meaning I have standards for my alma mater. Ok, yeah.

no, delusional meaning, "characterized by or holding idiosyncratic beliefs or impressions that are contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder."

 

[Greedo]

our peers are P5 schools - schools that play all sports.

Not all schools that play football are P5. The AAC is not P5. East Carolina is not our peer.

 

[John]

no, delusional meaning, "characterized by or holding idiosyncratic beliefs or impressions that are contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder."

as opposed to your myopic views. Ok.

 

[John]

Not all schools that play football are P5. The AAC is not P5. East Carolina is not our peer.

let me spell it out for you since you're not grasping the obvious: UConn is a P5 caliber school and is vastly superior to the current Big East members as an institution.

 

[superjohn]

let me spell it out for you since you're not grasping the obvious: UConn is a P5 caliber school and is vastly superior to the current Big East members as an institution.

And you've argued in multiple threads that UConn should be in the AAC.

 

[Greedo]

let me spell it out for you since you're not grasping the obvious: UConn is a P5 caliber school and is vastly superior to the current Big East members as an institution.

I agree with you that UConn is a P5 caliber school. The schools in the AAC are not P5 caliber schools. They are not our peers. They are all sub P5 quality both athletically and academically. Staying in the AAC solidifies UConn as a G5 school, along with the other CUSA schools in the AAC.

 

[UConniki]

let me spell it out for you since you're not grasping the obvious: UConn is a P5 caliber school and is vastly superior to the current Big East members as an institution.

While what you’re saying is true and I don’t think that anyone is disagreeing with you on your very last post.... that being said.... what good has it done us? Now or moving forward?

 

[John]

I agree with you that UConn is a P5 caliber school. The schools in the AAC are not P5 caliber schools. They are not our peers. They are all sub P5 quality both athletically and academically. Staying in the AAC solidifies UConn as a G5 school, along with the other CUSA schools in the AAC.

devil's advocate, what does moving to the Big East solidify us as then? Holistically, not just basketball-wise since UConn is a lot more than just that.

 

[Zissou]

let me spell it out for you since you're not grasping the obvious: UConn is a P5 caliber school and is vastly superior to the current Big East members as an institution.

It's almost like your screaming incoherently while falling hopelessly down a hole.

And then I saw your avatar.

 

[HuskyBoi]

And you've argued in multiple threads that UConn should be in the AAC.
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theres a reason you are superjohn and he's just... john

 

[Zissou]

devil's advocate, what does moving to the Big East solidify us as then? Holistically, not just basketball-wise since UConn is a lot more than just that.

Better academic peer schools. Better financial position.

 

[John]

It's almost like your screaming incoherently while falling hopelessly down a hole.

And then I saw your avatar.

nice little school you have there, and I do mean little.

 

[HuskyBoi]

devil's advocate, what does moving to the Big East solidify us as then? Holistically, not just basketball-wise since UConn is a lot more than just that.

we are a basketball school. the state of connecticut doesnt have a pro basketball team for men so the whole state roots for the huskies. been like this for years. when basketball is down, we are all down. we will not be a football school, so get on board again with the basketball support

 

[John]

we are a basketball school. the state of connecticut doesnt have a pro basketball team for men so the whole state roots for the huskies. been like this for years. when basketball is down, we are all down. we will not be a football school, so get on board again with the basketball support

you're not an alumni are you?

 

[Zissou]

nice little school you have there, and I do mean little.

UCF is laughing at you

 

[Mike1984]

you're not an alumni are you?

So are you saying we should just drop all sports and just be a school with no identity for anything. Sports are what really defines a school. I don’t think anyone except students really care about anything that goes on at these schools. Except maybe parties

 

[UC1995]

The current ZBE powers are Seton Hall, Nova and Creighton. Say no more.

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.

 

[UC1995]

my aim is much higher than that - my aim is playing our real university and athletic peers.

LOL... I am sure you were saying this when we were in the Big East the first time.

 

[Greedo]

devil's advocate, what does moving to the Big East solidify us as then? Holistically, not just basketball-wise since UConn is a lot more than just that.

It allows us to schedule more P5 schools for football (which our AD has been doing), and play in a P5 quality basketball conference. This makes us a P5 school if we succeed. Staying in the AAC does not ever make us a P5 school. Is Notre Dame not a "Power" school because they don't play football in a conference?

 

[HuskyBoi]

It allows us to schedule more P5 schools for football (which our AD has been doing), and play in a P5 quality basketball conference. This makes us a P5 school if we succeed. Staying in the AAC does not ever make us a P5 school. Is Notre Dame not a "Power" school because they don't play football in a conference?

great points. we can't even get those cross conference challenge games like the gavitt games, something the AAC is struggling to pull off. glad we will get opportunities like that outside of the maui tournaments and whatever. makes for more tv time and all that yummy jazz. and you are right about notre dame, they play their conference bball in the acc but schedule several good teams a season despite being indy. this is doable.

 

[glastonbury50]

yes, let's aspire to be Seton Hall or "Creighton". Aim low fellas.

In and out of the top ten and consistently ranked. I'll take it.

 

[UC1995]

devil's advocate, what does moving to the Big East solidify us as then? Holistically, not just basketball-wise since UConn is a lot more than just that.

Did we care about academics of other schools in our conference prior to moving to the AAC?

 

[BlueMAB]

our peers are P5 schools - schools that play all sports.

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).

 

[ZenConn]

We weren't getting an invite to a P5 anytime in the near future. Meanwhile, we were hemorrhaging money and our football team has been one of the worst teams in D1. If the football team were at least halfway decent and selling out our home games that might have been our saving grace in getting an invite. No conference is going to want to invite a school where it's basketball team is on probation and it's football program is in shambles. Perhaps in 2011 or 2014 but not anytime in the near future. Something needed to be done and the Big East was it's best way out.

 

[bendm]

nice little school you have there, and I do mean little.

why does a school's size matter to you? whether a school has 30,000 or 3,000 students they both have 13 scholarships to give out.