Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[JMick]

Memphis takes sports seriously and supports its teams. That is good enough for me. I never minded playing Memphis.

Memphis was worse than us at football for a very very long time

 

[Skies2018]

Well, I know of two people in Australia that did. So you're wrong there. I'm not hyperinflating anything. What are you getting out of marginalizing women's basketball?

I’m thrilled that 2 people in Australia watch Olympic women’s basketball. Not sure what that has to do with conference realignment. And calling that out isn’t marginalizing anything. Nobody disputes we’re the greatest to ever do it. But it doesn’t mean jack to most of the country. If you want to have an honest conversation about the drivers of conference realignment, you can’t say ridiculous stuff like Geno is more famous than Nick Saban. It’s not true and it’s irrelevant. Our women’s basketball team will have pretty much zero to do with whether we get an invite to a P5 or not. And saying otherwise just exposes your own biases.

 

[JMick]

Agreed, and the schools will facilitate obtaining required passports. Latter, similar to UConn for this summer’s hoop trip to Europe (edit).

I think the issue I can see occuring is that the euro trip is planned. For a bowl game, you won't know you need a passport until you get selected for that bowl. There's not a whole lot of time in-between

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

I think the issue I can see occuring is that the euro trip is planned. For a bowl game, you won't know you need a passport until you get selected for that bowl. There's not a whole lot of time in-between

Zero issue. State Dept absolutely prioritizes, and expedites as needed.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Well, I know of two people in Australia that did. So you're wrong there. I'm not hyperinflating anything. What are you getting out of marginalizing women's basketball?

Not sure how much you’ve lived in or traveled across Asia, but generally interest in women’s basketball is negligible compared even with Europe. More in hyper sport-focused Australia where netball is still played than in most actual Asian nations, but still not a big % of female Aussies.

That said, no surprise Aussie sport shows likely featured Auriemma before and during Olympics. Similarly, no surprise 2 Aussie hoop fans might recall him seeing a UConn shirt. Different than in most of Asia, but big personality, wee bit successful impresses in Oz.

 

[Ha Who]

Wow, talk about a derailed thread

 

[Drew]

 

[Bongo Fury]

Sounds like the PAC is having trouble securing the money they desire? Somehow Yormark was able to secure a good contract.

 

[CL82]

This is just ignorant. No person in the history of televised sports has remembered the women’s basketball coach of another nations team that’s on TV once every 4 years at most. Stop hyperinflating the reach of women’s basketball.

UConn women's basketball is known internationally. Auriemma is pulling players from all around the world and all of them have wanted to be Connecticut players from a young age. I don't know that that means anything regarding conference realignment, but that doesn't make it not a thing.

 

[Patman]

UConn women's basketball is known internationally. Auriemma is pulling players from all around the world and all of them have wanted to be Connecticut players from a young age. I don't know that that means anything regarding conference realignment, but that doesn't make it not a thing.

won't be a long term thing though. As much as I like Geno he will retire eventually. Either case, womens basketball isn't getting us into the B12.

 

[CL82]

won't be a long term thing though. As much as I like Geno he will retire eventually. Either case, womens basketball isn't getting us into the B12.

Pretty sure that no one, anywhere, ever, said that UConn woman's basketball was going to get the university into the big 12, but thank you for acknowledging the obvious.

Regarding whether people will remember the fact that the University of Connecticut is the most successful women's basketball program of all time, by a fairly wide margin, once Geno retires, I suspect that they will. Has anyone forgotten that the University of Tennessee had a good woman's program?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Pretty sure that no one, anywhere, ever, said that UConn woman's basketball was going to get the university into the big 12, but thank you for acknowledging the obvious.

Regarding whether people will remember the fact that the University of Connecticut is the most successful women's basketball program of all time, by a fairly wide margin, once Jeanne retires, I suspect that they will. Has anyone forgotten that the University of Tennessee had a good woman's program?

Who is Jeanne?

 

[CL82]

Who is Jeanne?

Or, if you prefer...

 

[stephen Henry]

They could keep doing this indefinitely. Every time there is a potential realignment movement targeting PAC 12 schools, they can keep saying a deal is imminent, until the danger has passed.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Zero change, just inching closer to reports regarding this year's pre-7/1 deadlines for Pac 12 schools and SDSU to inform their respective conferences of any conference departure plans. Wa who!

 

[Stinger92860]

Who knows or has thought out the pros and cons of the PAC staying together in its entirety and how it would affect UConn and SDSU?

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Geno coached multiple Olympic winning teams. Those games were televised worldwide. In Australia, the folks that commented on my UConn shirt knew Geno. I'm sure Alabama college football doesn't have a fraction of the reach.

I had a similar experience in Montreal.

 

[CL82]

I had a similar experience in Montreal.

Australians recognized you?

 

[huskymedic]

They could keep doing this indefinitely. Every time there is a potential realignment movement targeting PAC 12 schools, they can keep saying a deal is imminent, until the danger has passed.

 

[noeynox]

 

[noeynox]

And...

 

[RSTuthill]

Yeah it is weird. I honestly hate southern football culture and won't be looking forward to the constant down talking if we join the conference. People think I'm exaggerating and are giving me crap for pointing out the social and cultural differences. But they'll see if/when it happens.

Down talking even from boosters of a school which is 0-2 against UConn.

 

[Dooooooomed]

Big 12 officials' Memphis site visit 'didn't happen at all,' Dennis Dodd says

On Friday, however, CBS Sports college athletics insider Dennis Dodd refuted that report. Dodd, in an interview on "The Gabe Kuhn Show" on 929 ESPN FM, shut it down completely.

“What was reported didn’t happen at all, and I’ll leave it at that,” said Dodd. “No delegation. No Brett Yormark. That didn’t happen. I wouldn’t give it oxygen. If it had happened, I would’ve written it or confirmed it. This particular (visit) did not happen, according to my reporting.”

 

[Dooooooomed]

Mixed reporting on the Memphis visit/non-visit...

 

[RSTuthill]

Big 12 officials' Memphis site visit 'didn't happen at all,' Dennis Dodd says

On Friday, however, CBS Sports college athletics insider Dennis Dodd refuted that report. Dodd, in an interview on "The Gabe Kuhn Show" on 929 ESPN FM, shut it down completely.

“What was reported didn’t happen at all, and I’ll leave it at that,” said Dodd. “No delegation. No Brett Yormark. That didn’t happen. I wouldn’t give it oxygen. If it had happened, I would’ve written it or confirmed it. This particular (visit) did not happen, according to my reporting.”

Holy cow. Talk about disinformation.

 

[drayenob]

 

[LBird33]

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain LoL

 

[uconnbaseball]

Calkins is much more trustworthy than Thamel.

This entire situation is ridiculous.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Calkins is much more trustworthy than Thamel.

This entire situation is ridiculous.

So are you saying that Thanel and Yormak are lying?

 

[NH Husky]

At this point if these conferences don’t recognize the value of UConn then let them play their games and things will fall out wherever they will. If they are so stupid to walk away from the number one commodity out there then let them. One way or another we will have something to cheer for as fans.