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

[Skies2018]

Can anyone give a logical explanation for why we’ve heard absolutely nothing about UConn today? Wasn’t the whole logic here that the Big XII would add the two together? Maybe I’m missing something but this seems like a terrible day for us.

 

[shizzle787]

If we lose out to a G5, Maric and Benedict need to go.

 

[giddyup]

Yo

It obviously depends on how reduced it is. If it's $28mm vs $32mm then whatever. If it's $16mm vs $32mm then that's a different conversation.

u know what’s 4 times better than 4? 16.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Yo

u know what’s 4 times better than 4? 16.

Don't BE teams get about 8 right now? And the contract renegotiation is coming due for the first time since we joined.

 

[tzznandrew]

If we lose out to a G5, Maric and Benedict need to go.

Those schools were just added to bring those fans into conversation. Memphis/UNLV/SDSU...those schools aren't going to the B12.

 

[superjohn]

How many west coast teams do they want. The PAC issue is clearly the time zone. I think you need to add one more ET team to balance more west coast teams.

It makes no sense.

 

[tzznandrew]

Him saying it's "14 or 16" is like being in an Elite 8 alongside Gonzaga, Texas, Florida Atlantic, Kansas State, San Diego State, Miami, and Creighton. It's not quite inevitable, but things look

 

[JMick]

Hmmm. What is Fanta trying to get at here

So someone in the Big East thinks we're gone

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Can anyone give a logical explanation for why we’ve heard absolutely nothing about UConn today? Wasn’t the whole logic here that the Big XII would add the two together? Maybe I’m missing something but this seems like a terrible day for us.

That was never the logic for anyone but Twitter know it alls.

If UConn were making statements today after the Colorado news, it would be the clearest possible indication we were 100% not making a move to the Big 12.

 

[Gburyhusky]

Those schools were just added to bring those fans into conversation. Memphis/UNLV/SDSU...those schools aren't going to the B12.

Actually I think it is a deliberate leak by Yormak intending to further destabilize the PAC. Makes it less likely that the G5 schools will want to rescue the PAC.

 

[ToolzieFan]

I’d really like to think that while the media pundits, bloggers, and folks like us make it sound like this process changes on a dime from minute to minute, there is actually a more purposeful and determined path behind the scenes.

It’s UConn, nope Gonzaga, nope, Oregon State. Now it’s ARizona. Does it really change that fast?
I’m hopeful that the path is set and that the underlying Colorado, then UConn theory holds.

I agree. The information circulating in the media might be changing from minute to minute, and the timing of moves is probably somewhat unpredictable, but huge decisions like adding a member to your conference aren’t just made at the last minute. I understand why nobody here wants to get their hopes up. Still, if the most plausible rumors were always Colorado and UConn as the two Big 12 additions, then I believe this move is solid news for us.

 

[noeynox]

Hmmm. What is Fanta trying to get at here

Fanta was VERY against UConn going to the Big12 by the way.

 

[upstater]

As far as I am aware, there was a reason for every single time a fee was withheld. It wasn't just randomly "we don't feel like paying you everything." For what it's worth, it's been stated publicly that Colorado is getting a full share.

Now, I could see a situation where football joins in 2024 but basketball doesn't join until say 2026. Under that circumstance Connecticut would get less than a full share. Given the relative value of football and basketball in media contracts, it should not be a big number though.

I guess we'll see:

About the Colorado full share, it could simply be someone repeating what everyone already knows. The networks have guaranteed pro rata to any P5 invite, so in that sense, the conference automatically receives $32m with Colorado's addition.

 

[upstater]

Cincinnati budgeted $26,000,000 from the conference next year .
That probably includes football playoff revenue , but I doubt they get a share of Basketball revenue .
If I’m correct they are probably getting 2/3 of the current payout
They budgeted about $6+ million this last year .

It's half for the 1st yr. I know that.

 

[CTBballfan243]

If we lose out to a G5, Maric and Benedict need to go.

Don’t be ridiculou. Benedict is not losing his job regardless of the B12 outcome. He has done a fantastic job at UConn. We are in the conversation. Can’t ask for much more than that.

 

[CL82]

About the Colorado full share, it could simply be someone repeating what everyone already knows. The networks have guaranteed pro rata to any P5 invite, so in that sense, the conference automatically receives $32m with Colorado's addition.

Right, but that's the same deal for Connecticut.

 

[aburks41]

Fanta was VERY against UConn going to the Big12 by the way.

As he should be, he'd be losing his largest fanbase audience if we left.

 

[RSTuthill]

So if not this week, I think half time at the NCST game would be ideal. Honor the MBB Team followed by Brett Yormark and AD David Benedict at the mic. Does that work for an announcement?

 

[jostar1]

Yormark: "We also aren't just a football conference. On the basketball front, we've got to bring the product to all the right places, and New York is the place for it. I want us to have a big moment in New York".

If Yormark doesn't add UConn, he will never be satisfied.

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[noeynox]

As he should be, he'd be losing his largest fanbase audience if we left.

He was dismissive though. Saying it made no sense and being disparaging of the school's FB aspirations. Came off like a penis to be honest.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Fanta was VERY against UConn going to the Big12 by the way.

Well yeah, he's employed by the Big East.

 

[superjohn]

He was dismissive though. Saying it made no sense and being disparaging of the school's FB aspirations. Came off like a penis to be honest.

He loves the Big East and it's his life/job. It would be weird if it wasn't upsetting to him.

 

[noeynox]

Well yeah, he's employed by the Big East.

Didn't know that. Thought he worked for FOX.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

He was dismissive though. Saying it made no sense and being disparaging of the school's FB aspirations. Came off like a penis to be honest.

Who cares. UConn in the Big 12, in all honesty, doesn't make a lot of sense. Doesn't mean it can't and won't happen, but it's absolutely not a move that "makes sense." Get off your high horse.

 

[LBird33]

He was dismissive though. Saying it made no sense and being disparaging of the school's FB aspirations. Came off like a penis to be honest.

People don’t like change and don’t have a vision it easier to not take risks and keep people in a box