Get Us Out of This God-Forsaken Conference

[campcalhoun2009]

Xavier was in the bonus at 14 min, in the double bonus at 11 min. They shot 14 FTs in the second half before we shot one. They shot 20 more free throws than us in a blowout.

This is not sustainable. This conference is an absolute travesty.

The Big East is just terrible basketball. Terrible officiating. It’s not even the Big East anymore really. Why are we playing Catholic schools from Nebraska and Ohio.

Save us AD David Benedict

 

[FfldCntyFan]

My only comment is that for very long stretches it appeared the rule for calling anything on X was "no blood, no foul".

 

[Purple Stein]

For now we're stuck where we are. Hopefully HC JC will make football attractive enough to get us somewhere else.

In the meantime, let's beat the crap out of Georgetown tonight.

 

[jostar1]

Joe Arruda@joearruda9
UConn men’s basketball + football beat writer
@hartfordcourant

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Can someone explain the massive ref conspiracy against UConn?

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Yesterday I felt like the officials were essentially trying to keep it from being a 30 point blow out so they gave X about 10 free points from the line. The most egregious call was early in the game where Silas got called for his second foul on a clear held ball.

Only, at most, 2 more games this year with these clowns in the zebra shirts.

 

[CL82]

Only, at most, 2 more games this year with these clowns in the zebra shirts.

Not necessarily.

 

[Ha Who]

I didn’t know we were trying to exit

 

[Ha Who]

Xavier was in the bonus at 14 min, in the double bonus at 11 min. They shot 14 FTs in the second half before we shot one. They shot 20 more free throws than us in a blowout.

This is not sustainable. This conference is an absolute travesty.

The Big East is just terrible basketball. Terrible officiating. It’s not even the Big East anymore really. Why are we playing Catholic schools from Nebraska and Ohio.

Save us AD David Benedict

 

[freescooter]

Yesterday I felt like the officials were essentially trying to keep it from being a 30 point blow out so they gave X about 10 free points from the line. The most egregious call was early in the game where Silas got called for his second foul on a clear held ball.

Only, at most, 2 more games this year with these clowns in the zebra shirts.

I was driving last night and heard an interview with the ex ProJo guy who is now does a NBE blog. He was talking about officiating in the league vs the NCAA and how other refs don’t allow the “the kind of defense they play in the Big East”. The it hurts a lot of teams but might help UConn. Though he did caution that our lack of depth could be an issue if we try to play NBE defense.

 

[freescooter]

Can someone explain the massive ref conspiracy against UConn?

it is not a conspiracy. It is a decision to market the league as rough, tough, thuggish play conference. UCONN plays defense like that too. You almost have to, but not offense. So we get these weird results.

 

[campcalhoun2009]

it is not a conspiracy. It is a decision to market the league as rough, tough, thuggish play conference. UCONN plays defense like that too. You almost have to, but not offense. So we get these weird results.

The stripes also hate Hurley and the conference hates us because they know we are bolting the first chance possible.

 

[HuskyNan]

Sure, it worked so well for BC and Rutgers

 

[Kowalski]

Sure, it worked so well for BC and Rutgers

I wouldn’t exactly call BC and Rutgers success stories when they were in the Big East either.

 

[KryHavok]

I wouldn’t exactly call BC and Rutgers success stories when they were in the Big East either.

I feel dirty for even saying this, but Rutty wasn't terrible in the Big East. Their football team had some decent years getting 11 wins in 2006 (with 3 9-win seasons afterwards) and their women's BBall team made the NCAA championship game...I remember this cuz Don Imus made some st00p3d racist remarks about that team that led to his firing. That said, now that they're "rolling" in Big10 money and can't get 3 of their teams in any post-season play...

 

[WestCoastHusky]

I feel dirty for even saying this, but Rutty wasn't terrible in the Big East. Their football team had some decent years getting 11 wins in 2006 (with 3 9-win seasons afterwards) and their women's BBall team made the NCAA championship game...I remember this cuz Don Imus made some st00p3d racist remarks about that team that led to his firing. That said, now that they're "rolling" in Big10 money and can't get 3 of their teams in any post-season play...
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RU is bleeding money the last we heard. What did they spent all the money on when all of their teams suck?

 

[freescooter]

Boston Collegevwas actually pretty good in their early years in the ACC. Their problems have more to do with mismanagement and poor coaching hires than anything. They went to the NCAA tournament 2005-2009 I think. After that it was almost like they lost interest. On the football side they have also been badly managed. And they haven’t kept coaches.

Rutgers is Rutgers.

 

[Stinger92860]

Joe Arruda@joearruda9
UConn men’s basketball + football beat writer
@hartfordcourant

I would like to know which Ref this was.

 

[HuskyNan]

Follow up post.

The Colonel forgot three time National Champion field hockey, which got to the Elite 8

 

[Ldandy]

I know that football is apparently all that matters in any realignment discussion, and don't get me wrong I love it, but IMO it's almost criminal that UConn is not at least in the ACC when you read the results in that Tweet. Realistically you would add more to the B1G than a third or more of the current conference membership. A UConn Addition immediately makes the B1G a top 2 league for Men's Hoops and #1 for Women's. You would add competitive teams in the majority of nonrevenue sports while potentially motivating another program to upgrade Women's Hockey so that there could be a Big 10 League. Football would take some time to ramp up, but even if it struggled in perpetuity, you would still bring far more to the table elsewhere than legacy members like Purdue, NW, Minnesota, RU, and a few others are currently providing. I hope that you get your turn when the carousel spins again in the next few years. You've earned that.

 

[CL82]

Sure, it worked so well for BC and Rutgers

Rutty, BCU and FSU?

 

[ZooCougar]

I know that football is apparently all that matters in any realignment discussion, and don't get me wrong I love it, but IMO it's almost criminal that UConn is not at least in the ACC when you read the results in that Tweet. Realistically you would add more to the B1G than a third or more of the current conference membership. A UConn Addition immediately makes the B1G a top 2 league for Men's Hoops and #1 for Women's. You would add competitive teams in the majority of nonrevenue sports while potentially motivating another program to upgrade Women's Hockey so that there could be a Big 10 League. Football would take some time to ramp up, but even if it struggled in perpetuity, you would still bring far more to the table elsewhere than legacy members like Purdue, NW, Minnesota, RU, and a few others are currently providing. I hope that you get your turn when the carousel spins again in the next few years. You've earned that.

Too bad they loaded up on empty calories and they don’t have any room.