I have stated and will continue to state that if there was some sort of "College Draft*" that started completely from scratch, UCONN would be picked over about 1/3 of the currently grandfathered institutions that are in the Power 5. For fun, here's who I think UCONN definitely gets selected ahead of:
ACC - BCu, Wake, Pitt, Fruit, NC State, Miami, Virginia
B1G - Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern, Rutgers, Maryland
B12 - Iowa State, Baylor Kansas State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
PAC - Colorado, Utah, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington, Oregon State
SEC - Vandy, Miss St
Debatable as to whether UCONN gets selected ahead of (not saying/thinking they would, just saying there would be some debate before the selection is made):
ACC - Duke, UNC, Louisville
B1G - Indiana
B12 - Kansas
PAC - UCLA, Cal, Stanford
SEC - Ole Miss, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri
*Selection criteria assumes that politics (both political and institutional) are not a factor. Selection criteria weighed in my hypothetical draft: demographics, academic body as a whole (no specific weight given to AAU status), athletic success as a whole, future growth potential in academics and athletics, and future revenue potential.