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As UConn considers its future conference affiliations its position in football is much different than its position in basketball.
Football peaked at the right time for UConn. UConn had its best foot forward for CR when it unfolded, it just didn’t work out.
As we look forward it might be better to look at what is best for each Revenue Sport.
UConn football as a program has been bad the last half dozen years or so. The outlook for the coming years is uncertain. A recovery is not convincing yet. The AAC for all of its faults is a good spot for UConn football. There is some revenue and good competition. The AAC isn’t so great, however, as to make it a no brainer vs other options, such as independence in football.
For all it’s P6 rhetoric the AAC is not a consensus Top 6 program in either sport. In hoops it’s definitely not Top 6. In football MW has a claim to Top 6. I’m not even sure what P6 is worth, but it is a campaign that is questionable when performance is Top 7ish.
For performance, history, and future UConn is a basketball-first University. The return in the coming years is convincing for hoops. The AAC is Top 7 in hoops and also is footprint challenged with a lack of regional rivals. I’m not sure where the AAC tournament is played.
The Big East is clearly a superior basketball conference. UConn is a great fit for our NYC centric conference. There are some differences, but the basketball first nature of UConn fits the conference mission along with the NYC presence and MSG tournament.
Olympic sports benefit from the more regional footprint, as a small aside.
If not for football, basketball to the Big East is the logical move.
With football, going Big East and keeping football in the AAC or as an independent are credible options.
Football peaked at the right time for UConn. UConn had its best foot forward for CR when it unfolded, it just didn’t work out.
As we look forward it might be better to look at what is best for each Revenue Sport.
UConn football as a program has been bad the last half dozen years or so. The outlook for the coming years is uncertain. A recovery is not convincing yet. The AAC for all of its faults is a good spot for UConn football. There is some revenue and good competition. The AAC isn’t so great, however, as to make it a no brainer vs other options, such as independence in football.
For all it’s P6 rhetoric the AAC is not a consensus Top 6 program in either sport. In hoops it’s definitely not Top 6. In football MW has a claim to Top 6. I’m not even sure what P6 is worth, but it is a campaign that is questionable when performance is Top 7ish.
For performance, history, and future UConn is a basketball-first University. The return in the coming years is convincing for hoops. The AAC is Top 7 in hoops and also is footprint challenged with a lack of regional rivals. I’m not sure where the AAC tournament is played.
The Big East is clearly a superior basketball conference. UConn is a great fit for our NYC centric conference. There are some differences, but the basketball first nature of UConn fits the conference mission along with the NYC presence and MSG tournament.
Olympic sports benefit from the more regional footprint, as a small aside.
If not for football, basketball to the Big East is the logical move.
With football, going Big East and keeping football in the AAC or as an independent are credible options.