Because it is an elite basketball-centric conference. Arguably the most underrated. Who cares if the refs screw us so Providence can hang a regular season banner, we were more equipped in March than anyone else in the country because of it.
Our attendance problems in the aac were because we sucked most of those years and there were a lot of bad teams in the conference. Cincy and Houston were not the problem. Nor are Xavier or creighton in the big east, despite having very little history with them and not being close geographically. It’s about being good and playing good teams.
No we don't have to concede its a death blow at all. For once this AD has a chance to be ahead of the curve. There is a very real possibility that Pitt, SU, and BC will come hat in hand to the Big12.
I'm not disagreeing with what you're saying, because you're absolutely correct regarding Ollie, but what you're describing is us becoming Like syracuse cheering for the paycheck and lamenting the results on the court.
A lot of us on the board won't even be around in 2036, it's so far away it almost feels abstract.
Speak for yourself old man. I plan on collecting my SS checks by then. No joke.
I see the sincerity in your argument, but if Kentucky decides to set the market and make him the highest paid coach in MBB i do not believe we can match that at the moment. These are hypotheticals. Ultimately the school will decide what is whether it is worth pursuing or not. In my heart i feel Cuse, Pitt, and BC original BE members will end up there (hoping to join us fingers crossed.) Thats no different than being in a league for BB with PC, Hall, St Johns, Nova and GTown. Just once it would feel good if the school didn't get caught with their pants around their ankles like when Pendergast was acting AD.
Hope is never a good plan.
Its not an apples to apples comparison and you know it. A better comparison would be when UConn was playing BE football against Cuse, Pitt etc. Right now we are playing big time CBB and some level of FBS fb between FBS and FCS. We played 2 FCS home games recently and lost 1.
You nailed it. I'd expect nothing less from a straight-A geography major at UConn. Yep, everything west of the Hudson River is a big cow pasture -- endless numbers of cows wandering college campuses, especially in the B12. Because all B1G campuses are also west of the Hudson, they're swarming with cows too. The moos are deafening. And the ground is littered with cow-pies. UConn would want no part of that.
Some of us don't live in Chicago so we have a better chance of being around by then.
Don't be so sensitive. It was an attempt at humor. There were cows at UConn and that is East of the Hudson. Ain't you a BC fan anyway?
Now do that for Michigan and Ohio state
What’s the difference? Seriously. You had a 20 year bite of the apple. I’m not a big Pat Forde fan but he nailed it this week. We need to lean into our hoops.
that's a ridiculous idea
You know what’s funny I can pull up posts from 2012 here saying the same thing about 2024
Agree to disagree. That apple was not there for 20 years. When the Big East broke up and UConn was abandoned by the FB and BB schools the FB program had no chance. They were literally too broke to do anything but put bandaids on bleeding arteries after Diaco flopped. Forde has always been a UConn and Calhoun hater. His is the last viewpoint i would ever agree with in relations to anything to do with UConn.
We've lost a few, along the wayyy, everything is going to be alright now.
We went to a FB conference!