I agree that the players know most of the looming movements... from the UConn perspective, I think it's going to really depend on who the ACC remnants are in terms of the basketball side of things (FB will be an improvement over being independent; especially if Notre Dame continues to be playing a partial ACC schedule; time will tell on that)... from the men's BB perspective, I think as long as ACC remnants include BC, Syracuse, and at least one of Louisville, Pitt, or VA Tech then it will be received fairly well because we could presumably get out of conference games with Villanova, Georgetown, St. John's, Seton Hall, Providence regularly enough to please the fanbase (maybe throw in Marquette). I don’t think anyone will miss Xavier, Butler, DePaul. Creighton, meh....
The biggest heartache/fallout will be no more BE Tournament at MSG.
It's going to be an interesting scenario if/when the ACC loses some top brands.