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[QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4658918, member: 71"]
I have another perspective to add to this, being second generation of both Italian and Irish immigrants who placed their religion above nearly everything in their lives.

Look at the academic rankings of our school compared to all but the top couple catholic members of our conference.  From there, compare how vast the available course study is at UConn when compared to all other member schools and add to that the level of research dollars at UConn when compared to the other members of the conference.

For what can only be labeled as narrow minded thought process built on many decades of programming, there are countless people (including some a generation plus younger than I am) who believe that a private catholic school is automatically superior academically than UConn.  The truth is the bulk of our conference members fall short of us I  academics.

Culturally we would be far better served being in a conference that primarily consisted of similar institutions.  We are a severe outlier here.  The similarities are that the fan bases of some of our opponents are in geographic proximity.  That is where the similarities begin and end.
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