If you could choose.Cast Your Vote

[4UConn]

Longer term, the B1G. It would strongly solidify UConn's football program and our hoops have the opportunity to be among the top in the Conference. Also, culturally, as cited above, I have always thought UConn shares many characteristics with the large state flagship universities of the Midwest. Whatever, if I am Herbst, I just might hire Lew Perkins as a top paid consultant for the next year to help figure this mess out!

 

[Adios]

B1G.

 

[Jimdish255]

ACC. Rivalries, travel etc. You think we have problems getting fans to road games now? Wait until we head out to Nebraska or Wisconsin in Nov-Dec. After the novelty wears off I'll bet there aren't too many takers. Sports other than basketball all fare better in the warmer climates as well. And we keep most of the hoops rivalries too. From an athletic standpoint the ACC has a clear edge. On the other hand those same FB teams will put fannies in our stadium, hopefully our fans if we can elevate to that level.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

If I'm headed to away games, let them be south of Connecticut. Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana,Minnesota,really?

 

[NutmegState]

ACC, and it's not close.

 

[Stinger92860]

If I'm headed to away games, let them be south of Connecticut. Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana,Minnesota,really?

Miles to Storrs CT from random cities in the USA.

Maryland 386
Chapel Hill 645
Atlanta 1,035
Miami 1,416

Penn State 364
Columbus OH 687
Ann Arbor 740
Omaha 1,368

 

[SAMCRO]

Miles to Storrs CT from random cities in the USA.

Maryland 386
Chapel Hill 645
Atlanta 1,035
Miami 1,416

Penn State 364
Columbus OH 687
Ann Arbor 740
Omaha 1,368

You forgot a few; Miles from Storrs to:
Boston 87
Snookieville 205
Syracuse 297
Pitsburgh 514

 

[FfldCntyFan]

B1G and it isn't even close. Imagine a football season where OSU or Michigan and Nebraska or PSU were on our schedule? That would happen every year if we landed in the B1G.

 

[Richmondhsky]

ACC, don't want to see all our road games on at 9PM, or later due to overtime of an ACC game. Many of our home games could also get pushed back to 9PM due to the networks not wanting to air those games at 5PM central time.

ACC

 

[UConn4ever]

Big 10

 

[ZooCougar]

ACC

Then the Big 12, Big East, Boise, Houston, TCU hybrid idea.

B1G is probably not an option for us. If I thought it was, it might make me reconsider.

 

[metsfan2323]

The Big Ten is much better than the ACC. If the Big 10 adds Rutgers and UCONN, Syracuse and BC will be the ones who feel left behind (how sweet would that be?). That said, I would take the first offer that comes my way.

 

[UCHuskies08]

ACC with WVU

 

[BlueDogs]

B10

 

[HomeKing93]

I'd say ACC, but I'm biased since I have relatives that live close to many of the southern ACC teams for possible road trips. And I always enjoy going to the Miami Beach area.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Currently, the best fit for all of our programs is the ACC. We can be competitive in football and have a shot at the BCS, whereas we'd be grossly overmatched in the B1G. At the same token, both of our basketball programs would continue to flourish in undoubtedly the best conference in the nation, whereas we'd be thrust into a very mediocre B1G basketball conference that would be a distant second or third behind the ACC, and also would likely decrease the amount of TV exposure due to the amount of ACC bball games ESPN will televise. We'd be joining five or six other current/recent Big East members, so the connections and rivalries would be there and we wouldn't be an outsider, as we would in the B1G. Travel would also be far easier for our fans.

Both would be miles and miles better than some Big East remnants/Big 12 rejects/C-USA clowns hybrid mess that would be another ticking time bomb.

 

[businesslawyer]

Currently, the best fit for all of our programs is the ACC. We can be competitive in football and have a shot at the BCS, whereas we'd be grossly overmatched in the B1G. At the same token, both of our basketball programs would continue to flourish in undoubtedly the best conference in the nation, whereas we'd be thrust into a very mediocre B1G basketball conference that would be a distant second or third behind the ACC, and also would likely decrease the amount of TV exposure due to the amount of ACC bball games ESPN will televise. We'd be joining five or six other current/recent Big East members, so the connections and rivalries would be there and we wouldn't be an outsider, as we would in the B1G. Travel would also be far easier for our fans.

I don't understand the "grossly overmatched" part. while the Big Ten has more historic names, if you look at computer rankings over the past five years there is not a huge difference between the Big Ten and the ACC (or, frankly, between either of them and the current Big East).

Both would be miles and miles better than some Big East remnants/Big 12 rejects/C-USA clowns hybrid mess that would be another ticking time bomb.

 

[huskymedic]

Nebrich....

 

[DMW88]

ACC...totally selfish as I live in NC and am 15 min from NC State, 35 min from Duke, 45 min from UNC, 75 min from Wake Forest....

 

[Lawson56]

ACC. Living in ACC country (Charlotte) and having UConn in the conference would give my water cooler conversations some relevance. I can only get so much mileage out of our bowl win against South Carolina. For some reason my Gamecock co-workers insist on calling themselves either "Carolina" (sorry, there's only one and it is North) or "USC" (again, only one).

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

B1G gives you the money and football prestige, but I don't see how you can argue with ACC. You restore huge rivalries (Cuse, Pitt, BC), create new ones (Duke, UNC, Maryland), you get to play some reasonably good football teams (VT, FSU, Clemson, GT). I think the ACC just makes infinitely more sense. That being said, if they get the B1G invite (which I fail to see how that would happen, given how content B1G with its current number unless ND comes knocking), you gotta take it.

 

[spsct]

ACC Hands down

 

[rw005]

ACC!

Wishful thinking:
Cincy, L-Ville, or West Virginia join UConn in the conference.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

Ivy League - we would win everything every year. Seriously though ACC - With the chance to beat duke every year in hoops. Big 10 would be great to see those teams in football.

 

[FDNY99]

While I think ACC makes the most sense from geography p.o.v., I'd rather be associates with the B10 1st, then ACC, then a modified B12 w/ remaining BE and B12 FB schools. Whatever it is we MUST break off from the non FB schools.

+1

 

[UCDaveD]

Atlantic Coast Conference

 

[mets1090]

I like being in the ACC with North/South divisions. Pitt, Cuse, BCU, Maryland, Va Tech, Virginia, RU and ourselves seems pretty legit to me. Replacing RU with WVU (who I believe goes to the SEC, not the ACC) and it would be the best case scenario in my eyes.

 

[JaYnYcE]

B1G

*I would love to see programs like Ohio State, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan and PSU at the Rent on a yearly basis

*We would have our own network

*Arguably the 2nd or 3rd best Football conference in America

*The only true northeast/new england team in the B1G would give us a leg up in recruiting

*UCONN can be another option for northeast recruits to play big time schools and stay close to home

*We would go undefeated in basketball, seriously, who would compete with us on a year to year basis?

*With all the B1G alum in NYC, it's not a stretch to imagine getting MSG


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[freescooter]

This is entirely about football. You can be successful in a moderately good basketball conference, but for football, to be taken serioulsy you need traditonal partners for the most part. In fact, in basketball the conference members are almost irrelevent as long as you schedule properly. In fact ove rthe past few years, the Big East has really become nothing more than a scheduling alliance. it assures everyone has enough home games and everyone has enough "good" games. the rest is window dressing. You could do that even as an independent, though it would be more difficult.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

The B1G for sure
That conference afflitation brings more than athletics to th table.
Plus geographically it's pretty much a wash .
You can drive to Rutgers, Penn State,and Maryland.
After BC even Cuse is a haul.
In football bringing , OSU,Mich, Nebraska, Mich State , into Ct creates a buzz that even FSU can't duplicate.
I'm a BB first fan and although the the ACC edges the B1G for Matchups ,wars against Indiana ,Mich State and a few others aren't to shabby.
We have much more of a historical connection to the Midwest than the South.