Conference Realignment

[mike012]

That does sum things up rather accurately.... just need a giant black hole to open up at 2025

 

[Purple Stein]

Delaware (graduates to FBS.. cool helmet)

I think I love you.

 

[CL82]

By the way it's not Glee.

You ever see the movie Armageddon?

Think of me as the Steve Buscemi character on the asteroid after everything has gone to Spartacus. And he has a mental break.


" It's time to embrace the horror people"

" We have a front row seat to the end of the world"

That's where I'm at now.

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

^^^^ me

Didn't Buscemi go insane and have to be strapped down to a bed?

You're right, it is you!

 

[John]

By the way it's not Glee.

You ever see the movie Armageddon?

Think of me as the Steve Buscemi character on the asteroid after everything has gone to Spartacus. And he has a mental break.


" It's time to embrace the horror people"

" We have a front row seat to the end of the world"

That's where I'm at now.

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

^^^^ me

I'm there too, plus finally came to the realization that the AAC isn't that bad if you look at it from glass-half-full perspective.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Given that we suck at everything maybe we’ll get an invite. Worked for Rutgers and BC

 

[August_West]

Didn't Buscemi go insane and have to be strapped down to a bed?

You're right, it is you!

That is correct.

 

[freescooter]

i would love nothing more than to leave the aac but is there actually any chance of that happening, let alone happening rather soon?

Yeah, we are dropping football and hockey and going back to the Big East. That’s what you really want right? Why start this thread when there is an entire board. Do you want to keep Ollie too? Since the AAC is the reason he is failing.

 

[StunningSteve]

Yeah, we are dropping football and hockey and going back to the Big East. That’s what you really want right? Why start this thread when there is an entire board. Do you want to keep Ollie too? Since the AAC is the reason he is failing.

Ollie can’t blame his failings on the AAC.

AAC is actually decent. Is it the old Big East? No. But neither are most conferences that are currently in the cartel.

I’m meh on the C7/A10 combo. I’d rather have the multibid basketball combined with a decent football league in the American.

UConn needs to climb the ranks in football and basketball, for me to start dreaming about the ACC.

 

[CL82]

Ollie can’t blame his failings on the AAC.

Agreed, but the recruiting is tough and the travel is brutal.

 

[StunningSteve]

Agreed, but the recruiting is tough and the travel is brutal.

Adams and Gilbert were recruited for the AAC. So was Sid. Recruiting is only tough because of the mass transfers. Nothing to do with the league.

The days of bus leagues are gone. The AAC is a metro league and actually has very convenient airport hubs, and there is no bussing into the country.

Imagine if we would have gotten into the Big 12, where we fly and then have to shuttle to Manhattan Kansas.

These are the times we live.

 

[CL82]

Adams and Gilbert were recruited for this conference. Recruiting is only tough because of the mass transfers. Nothing to do with the league.

The days of bus leagues are gone. The AAC actually has very convenient airport hubs, and there is no bussing into the country.

Imagine if we would have gotten into the Big 12, where we fly and then have to shuttle to Manhattan Kansas.

These are the times we live.

Strongly disagree. It is harder to sell top level recruits on the AAC than on established basketball conferences. That can be overcome, but that it doesn't mean it isn't there.

 

[JMick]

Agreed, but the recruiting is tough and the travel is brutal.

Recruiting will cease to be an issue if we win. If we're back atop the conference and Memphis improves then it's a very solid basketball conference.

 

[StunningSteve]

Strongly disagree. It is harder to sell top level recruits on the AAC than on established basketball conferences. That can be overcome, but that it doesn't mean it isn't there.

How did we get the highly rated guys that have signed with us these past few years then?

 

[JMick]

How did we get the highly rated guys that have signed with us these past few years then?

Might have to ask the FBI /s

 

[Bonehead]

Now that should really excite folks..

Joining the acc and being Pitt sounds much more exciting.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

My prediction: UConn is eventually going to run out of money and won't be able to further justify the massive subsidy to fund the non-revenue sports and football. After dropping these programs, they'll have to beg the Big East for an invite.

We will be begging the A10 for an invite in 5 years.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

How did we get the highly rated guys that have signed with us these past few years then?

They thought they were coming somewhere special, just like we fans thought our special ness had a longer tail. We've all been adjusting to the unfolding reality. That doesn't mean the book's final chapter has been written, but it is a sincere answer to your sincere question.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

We will be begging the A10 for an invite in 5 years.

Settle down. If if comes to that, begging won't be necessary.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

The last time I saw that puppy, there was a fiery explosion at the bottom of the stairs. Does that mean things are improving?

 

[weyuo]

Or...the AAC continues to improve in football and basketball and scores big with some eye opening out of conference upsets, an annual invite to a New Years Day bowl and a Final Four run for a few teams over the next decade. It's not out of the question that sooner than later someone in the AAC is good enough to grab a playoff spot and/or a final Four run. Cincy or Wichita St could go on a tear this season. UCF was right at the doorstep for a playoff berth this past season. The league is getting better and if UConn can to there is no reason why there can't be a magical season now and then for the Huskies. Don't give up hope.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

We will be begging the A10 for an invite in 5 years.

If that's the case, then just stay in the American. It's a better league without a doubt.

 

[CL82]

How did we get the highly rated guys that have signed with us these past few years then?

Difficult =/= impossible.
(Also, how you define "top rated" affects the response to this question.)

 

[zls44]

UCF was right at the doorstep for a playoff berth this past season.

You mean UCF was standing outside of the house they were never, ever, ever getting in and screaming at it?

 

[Milo65]

I think that ship has sailed.

 

[huskyinfl]

Let's move basketball to the G League

 

[Bryan Lord]

February 30th 2018.

 

[Bryan Lord]

I hate leap year jokes so much.

 

[UConnNick]

Let me spell it out for you. The warden on the left is a P5 conference . The Dude with the Pie IS NOT UConn, but is any handful of schools that WILL be picked over us if a spot even opens.

"Warden Norton" bears an uncanny resemblance to John Swofford.

 

[UConnNick]

So, in general, I've still got a few more years here to complain that "judgment" isn't properly spelled with an "e?"

'Judgment' is correctly spelled with or without the 'e'.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

'Judgment' is correctly spelled with or without the 'e'.

Kinda. Not so much in US English language, but the "e" may come to be more fully accepted due to prevalent use before UConn's conference fate gets fully settled.