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Message: [QUOTE="FlippinCrazy!, post: 4004281, member: 8803"] I’m not sure how you jumped from being committed to success in multiple sports over to academics, but figured I’d point out that the academics at the top school in the AAC, Tulane, has literally held their athletics back and made it one of the most difficult coaching jobs in the country. But if you would like more schools like that, then I’m sure you wouldnt mind schools like Rice joining the AAC. Also, personally I think lots of these academic rankings are BS. For the record, I’m actually a big fan of the AAC and love rooting for them in football (and even basketball). I think they’re annually underrated in those two major sports (especially the middle of the pack teams). But Uconn is just a better fit in the big east, particularly geographically. It’s tough to recruit when the biggest name schools you play in the AAC are halfway across the country. Yeah football is left in the dust, but they weren’t doing much better in the AAC. At least now, expenses are less of a loss. Also one last point, ESPN knows absolutely nothing outside of Duke/Kentucky/UNC and they’re just guessing when it comes to college basketball. [/QUOTE]