I wouldn't worry too much about UConn not making much noise in realignment talk. At least, not if your goal is to join the B1G. No team that ever made noise publicly about wanting to join the B1G has ever been invited.
Penn State was added in secrecy and the nation was stunned when it was announced the Nittany Lions would be the 11th member of the B1G.
Missouri publicly praised the magnificence of the B1G for months on end when the B1G announced it was exploring adding a 12th member. The result? Nebraska received an invite.
Maryland and Rutgers, much like Penn State, were added in secrecy.
So history shows us that these decisions are largely made in private. No amount of parading will have any effect on UConn receiving an invitation. I'm sure Delany and the B1G Presidents all have a fully vetted list of the pros and cons of adding UConn if they are even considering future expansion. It might happen and it might not happen, but no amount of public outcry to join the B1G will have any impact on the final decision.
So while UCF, Cincinnati, etc. publicly posture for expansion, I don't think its really necessary to do so. At least not if your end goal is to join the B1G. In fact, it's probably good that the UConn administration is so quiet on realignment. Schools that negotiate to join the B1G sign a confidentiality agreement. So no public talk by UConn admins means that UConn could be negotiating with the B1G. If the UConn admin. was being public in the same manner as the UCF's of the world, that would tell us that UConn is not negotiating to join the B1G because it would go against the confidentiality agreement.
Penn State was added in secrecy and the nation was stunned when it was announced the Nittany Lions would be the 11th member of the B1G.
Missouri publicly praised the magnificence of the B1G for months on end when the B1G announced it was exploring adding a 12th member. The result? Nebraska received an invite.
Maryland and Rutgers, much like Penn State, were added in secrecy.
So history shows us that these decisions are largely made in private. No amount of parading will have any effect on UConn receiving an invitation. I'm sure Delany and the B1G Presidents all have a fully vetted list of the pros and cons of adding UConn if they are even considering future expansion. It might happen and it might not happen, but no amount of public outcry to join the B1G will have any impact on the final decision.
So while UCF, Cincinnati, etc. publicly posture for expansion, I don't think its really necessary to do so. At least not if your end goal is to join the B1G. In fact, it's probably good that the UConn administration is so quiet on realignment. Schools that negotiate to join the B1G sign a confidentiality agreement. So no public talk by UConn admins means that UConn could be negotiating with the B1G. If the UConn admin. was being public in the same manner as the UCF's of the world, that would tell us that UConn is not negotiating to join the B1G because it would go against the confidentiality agreement.