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jostar1 said:
“We pursue championships in every sport, including football and basketball. We’ve won 17 national championships overall in the last 15 years. We’re directed at championships."

Some other good info here.

http://247sports.com/Article/Delany-We-pursue-championships-142936
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It's interesting that while the Big Ten has won those 17 national championships overall in the last 15 years, the ACC in the same timeframe has won 58 national championships overall since 1998. UConn as mentioned has won 11. UVA has won 8 in that timeframe.

I wonder if Jim Delaney is trying to impress?
 
btstimpy said:
It's interesting that while the Big Ten has won those 17 national championships overall in the last 15 years, the ACC in the same timeframe has won 58 national championships overall since 1998. UConn as mentioned has won 11. UVA has won 8 in that timeframe.

I wonder if Jim Delaney is trying to impress?
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I tell you what, my Wahoo loving friend.. If the Huskies and Cavaliers walk hand in hand into the BiG, well that would be awesome.... Here's to the great John Casteen!!!!!
 
btstimpy said:
It's interesting that while the Big Ten has won those 17 national championships overall in the last 15 years, the ACC in the same timeframe has won 58 national championships overall since 1998. UConn as mentioned has won 11. UVA has won 8 in that timeframe.

I wonder if Jim Delaney is trying to impress?
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Here in SEC country they believe that although the B1G pursues a lot they are too slow to catch many.
 
NickyNewark said:
Its obvious you feel the need to strike out at an innocent neighbor school for their hard work in CR to assuage your inadequesies....in that case RU is indeed a winner or you can move the school to NJ ? See you at the RU/UConn FB game..good luck!....Merit?I'm just a fan whether we win or lose its not life or death and one day you'll realize that!
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Congrats, you won in CR. the one and ONLY thing you have or EVER will win at.
 
UC990411 said:
Congrats, you won in CR. the one and ONLY thing you have or EVER will win at.
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Except when playing you in FB!!Your one of the worst examples of a UConn fan and so common as to be a typical SU fan poster with nothing to add to a stimulating intelligent conversation so STFU!...btw lay off the booze and get some sleep!
 
NickyNewark said:
Then keep him and see where you championships will come from!What a sense of entitlement!!Lotsa luck!SU's boards laugh at the retread hire!It wasnt long ago Wiscky and Oregon were known for perpetual losing too but that won't stop a team trending up and popular!Check out the recruiting at RU so the kids at least are buying and thats all that counts!I can't believe the jealousy and negativity by some of you guys instead of going positive!
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So you aren't 'we' with UConn in this post?
 
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UC990411 said:
Congrats, you won in CR. the one and ONLY thing you have or EVER will win at.
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You are forgetting all the February recruiting championships.
 
Is it just me or does Delany have this Gargamel look going for him?

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WestHartHusk said:
Great news - UVA, GATech, FSU and Mizzou are out of consideration. That leaves two of UNC, KU and UConn.
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Sorry this sounds more like a non answer to me... its about relationships in the east... UVA, GA Tech and FSU are all out east. Right? Plus this says nothing about what AD at TExas and OU are are talking about. Big 12 will let something fly or those two are leaving.
 
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formerlurker said:
12, you're forgetting our 2007 paintball title.

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And what about Polo? Can't forget about Polo! Don't we have 4 or 5 championships in that span... we dominate at everything... but CR.
 
UConn Dan said:
you beat me by a second
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I get a kick out of the polo thing. I mean CT does have some serious agrarian roots and I grew up surrounded by corn and cows... but polo?
 
btstimpy said:
It's interesting that while the Big Ten has won those 17 national championships overall in the last 15 years, the ACC in the same timeframe has won 58 national championships overall since 1998. UConn as mentioned has won 11. UVA has won 8 in that timeframe.

I wonder if Jim Delaney is trying to impress?
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I thought the number looked funny so I looked it up and the Big Ten has won about 90 team NCAA championships since 1998 - it'll be higher if you start counting Maryland's and Nebraska's prior to them joining Big Ten.

You get about 17 if you just go by what the Big Ten considers to be rev. sports: FB, M B.Ball, W B.Ball, M Ice Hockey, M. Lacrosse, F. Lacrosse

FB - 1
M B.Ball - 1 (2 w/Maryland)
W B.Ball - 1 (2 w/Maryland)
M.Ice Hockey - 5
M. Lacrosse - 0 (2 w/ JHU)
W. Lacrosse - 7
 
woomba said:
I thought the number looked funny so I looked it up and the Big Ten has won about 90 team NCAA championships since 1998 - it'll be higher if you start counting Maryland's and Nebraska's prior to them joining Big Ten.

You get about 17 if you just go by what the Big Ten considers to be rev. sports: FB, M B.Ball, W B.Ball, M Ice Hockey, M. Lacrosse, F. Lacrosse

FB - 1
M B.Ball - 1 (2 w/Maryland)
W B.Ball - 1 (2 w/Maryland)
M.Ice Hockey - 5
M. Lacrosse - 0 (2 w/ JHU)
W. Lacrosse - 7
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We will be happy to add ten more in revenue sports since 98 and throw in a soccer ship for good measure.
 
UConn9604 said:
No -- Delany said they pursue championships, so he definitely couldn't have been referencing the ACC...
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Thats pretty big talk coming from Delany, considering they haven't won jack lately.

How many have they won this century, compared to the ACC, or, the BE/AAC?
 
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Sea Goat said:
NN,

Please understand that we don't feel the least bit inadequate. Our resentment comes from seeing many unaccomplished old BE members land in real conferences while UConn is stuck in a gulag. If decisions were made solely on the merits of academic growth and athletic accomplishments, then UConn would be long gone out of the old BE (or the horrid AAC) and placed in a real conference. If decisions were made that way, UConn would be one of the first taken. Rutgers has been called the biggest winner in CR. Other than location what explains that? Be honest, your athletic performance over the last decade or so has been mediocre at best. Rutgers is a good school - no better than UConn, however. Other then location what else is there? I wish Rutgers well, but you have to admit issues other then accomplishment were driving the bus for you to get a B1G nod.

I still maintain that we'll get placed soon and I hope it is the B1G. It seems a lot less susceptible to petty grudges and jealousies that plague the ACC.
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The present unpleasantness towards UConn is coming from your former BE brethren, IMHO.

I do not understand their points of view. All of you seemed to be good conference mates in the old BE. That makes their stance towards you now crazy in my book.

From what I've been able to gather, the pettiness is not coming from the ACC's original members. They were ready to vote you in, especially the Tobacco Road schools. Clemson certainly voted against UConn, but, that was 100 percent football-related.
 
If the B1G considers women's lacrosse a revenue sport, I will start questioning how much intelligence is really a factor in those AAU requirements. Most women's lacrosse games are played in front of parents and devoted boyfriends. I'd like for us to be better at it for Your Corporation Here Cup points (and I like to be good at everything), but not because we need the extra revenue stream.
 
Fairfield 1st said:
I tell you what, my Wahoo loving friend.. If the Huskies and Cavaliers walk hand in hand into the BiG, well that would be awesome.... Here's to the great John Casteen!!!!!
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UVA and UNC are peer institutions. Fellow Public Ivys, and, the South's most played rivalry, now that Texas-Texas A&M has been put on hold. I really doubt that one would leave the ACC for the B1G, without the other.
 
SouthronCross said:
UVA and UNC are peer institutions. Fellow Public Ivys, and, the South's most played rivalry, now that Texas-Texas A&M has been put on hold. I really doubt that one would leave the ACC for the B1G, without the other.
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Don't be so sure. Money changes everything. I never thought I would see a world where Texas and Texas A&M didn't battle. I didn't think I would see a world without West Virginia - Pitt, either. Or Missouri - Kansas. If there is one thing that conference realignment has taught me, it's that tradition doesn't matter. It's all about the Benjamins...
 
Gurleyman said:
If the B1G considers women's lacrosse a revenue sport, I will start questioning how much intelligence is really a factor in those AAU requirements. Most women's lacrosse games are played in front of parents and devoted boyfriends. I'd like for us to be better at it for Your Corporation Here Cup points (and I like to be good at everything), but not because we need the extra revenue stream.
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Well, that speculation is because I'm working backwards to try to get to 17 since its actually closer to 90 NCAA championships since 1998.
 
SouthronCross said:
Thats pretty big talk coming from Delany, considering they haven't won jack lately.

How many have they won this century, compared to the ACC, or, the BE/AAC?
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If you look at the entire NCAA and not just FB and BBall it's pretty competitive - pretty sure it's higher than both ACC and BE/AAC, especially if you don't just look at team championships but also include individual wins

Big Ten had probably more 2nd place finishes than wins for the past few decades in FB/BB though :|
 
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woomba said:
Well, that speculation is because I'm working backwards to try to get to 17 since its actually closer to 90 NCAA championships since 1998.
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Gotcha - I sort of looked at the list in isolation and not the full context of your point.
 
woomba said:
If you look at the entire NCAA and not just FB and BBall it's pretty competitive - pretty sure it's higher than both ACC and BE/AAC, especially if you don't just look at team championships but also include individual wins

Big Ten had probably more 2nd place finishes than wins for the past few decades in FB/BB though :|
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When it comes to high profile national championships: FB, MBB, Hockey, and WBB—UCONN has won more National Championships than the BIG Ten Conference has won over the past 15 years (sorry, women's lacrosse doesn't make the cut, at least for now). Throw in Men's soccer and baseball, and UCONN is still out in front. One school versus an entire conference. There really isn't any way to sugarcoat it when it comes to high profile National Championships. Please stop trying.

The B1G would improve their chances for high-profile national championships considerably, and instantaneously, if they were to add the University of Connecticut.
 
itgoeslike said:
When it comes to high profile national championships: FB, MBB, Hockey, and WBB—UCONN has won more National Championships than the BIG Ten Conference has won over the past 15 years (sorry, women's lacrosse doesn't make the cut, at least for now). Throw in Men's soccer and baseball, and UCONN is still out in front. One school versus an entire conference. There really isn't any way to sugarcoat it when it comes to high profile National Championships. Please stop trying.

The B1G would improve their chances for high-profile national championships considerably, and instantaneously, if they were to add the University of Connecticut.
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I'm not trying to state anything - the only thing I'm trying to dispel is the notion that the Big Ten won 17 NCAA championships total over the past 15 years, which is what the past 2 pages of comments have been all about and is factually untrue.

As UConn has found out, championships by itself isn't a good measure of school value anyway.
 
woomba said:
As UConn has found out, championships by itself isn't a good measure of school value anyway.
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Which is ironic considering until recently I thought that was the point of college sports.
 
woomba said:
I'm not trying to state anything - the only thing I'm trying to dispel is the notion that the Big Ten won 17 NCAA championships total over the past 15 years, which is what the past 2 pages of comments have been all about and is factually untrue.

As UConn has found out, championships by itself isn't a good measure of school value anyway.
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Conference Realignment isn't a good measure of school value. . .

You seem to be confused, the person attempting to put value on championships was Delany. He was also the one quoting the B1G's championships at 17 over the past 15 years, which you attempted to substantiate by utilizing women's lacrosse championships along with the suggestion that JHU lacrosse championships could be part of the tally. Delany would have been better served saying that the B1G has won championships in over 17 NCAA sports over the past 15 years. At least that would have been more accurate and more impressive. The B1G would benefit from adding a school that actually wins championships and ups their overall academic profile.

BTW, did I say anything that was factually inaccurate? I don't think so.
 
SouthronCross said:
The present unpleasantness towards UConn is coming from your former BE brethren, IMHO.

I do not understand their points of view. All of you seemed to be good conference mates in the old BE. That makes their stance towards you now crazy in my book.

From what I've been able to gather, the pettiness is not coming from the ACC's original members. They were ready to vote you in, especially the Tobacco Road schools. Clemson certainly voted against UConn, but, that was 100 percent football-related.
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If the ACC decides to expand again and we are not taken in by the B1G, I'd have to assume UConn is #1 on the list.
 
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