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

[BullDawg]

The Big 12 schools do not want us.

But this doesn’t mean they don’t need UConn. They probably held their noses when voting in UCF, but there they are.

 

[djct1999]

I feel like I'm slowly watching our athletic department sign a death certificate. Not immediately, but in 10-15 years?

It sucks.

A very expensive one at that.

 

[Rewster]

My comment was made to make the point that "proving or disapproving" GoKU's supposed sources is not particularly important. Worry less about "winning the Internet."

In that same spirit none of this is important then.
It’s clear I don’t post much so the “winning the internet” is just ridiculous.

 

[Incursio007]

Guys it's ok --- regardless of how this all turns out, UConn athletics will be absolutely fine.

 

[Vowelguy]

We know Yormark would want UConn,

No we don’t know that.

 

[upstater]

Assuming they could do this without withdrawing from the NCAA the P-3 would respond "great, more money for us".

Would they? What would CBS pay for a 64 team tournament composed of all 64 P3 teams?

 

[NH Husky]

If your initial statement is true, why bother?

B1G has already moved past 16. Only a matter of time until XII and SEC do the same. ACC is still only at 14 (+1). Is the ACC supposed to sit around waiting to be poached?

 

[JeepCSC]

B1G has already moved past 16. Only a matter of time until XII and SEC do the same. ACC is still only at 14 (+1). Is the ACC supposed to sit around waiting to be poached?

They'll wait for the Texas schools and Kansas if they were smart. Alas.

 

[ZooCougar]

The Big 12 schools don’t want UConn.

 

[CL82]

In that same spirit none of this is important then.
It’s clear I don’t post much so the “winning the internet” is just ridiculous.

Disagree, I find the placement or not of Connecticut in a P5 conference enormously important, it's just the need to disprove random posters that I find meaningless.

 

[upstater]

On Twitter, most of the B12 fans who hated the idea of UConn are right now butt hurt by the Pac12 meeting this morning, and they're telling ASU/UTah to go to hell.

This comes from the meaningless-tweets-department

 

[cttxus]

You guys have wasted 11 years of your life on this thread.

I look at the BY as being more interesting, stimulating and relevant than Sudoku or crossword puzzles for my aging brain.

 

[Vowelguy]

I have difficulty believing the folks at Stanford want to associate themselves with Iowa State, Texas Tech, and Central Florida in any meaningful context.

Do they prefer associating with Fresno, Boise, and Wyoming?

It’s one or the other.
Unless they want to drop to the WCC.

 

[The Yakk]

Catch up. That’s not a given anymore.

And from the Big 12s POV we aren’t preferable to UA, ASU and Utah.

, why the snark?

You said the BigXII was choosing to kill the PAC instead of taking us.

I'm saying they could take us and still kill the PAC. I'm still hopeful for an invitation, although it doesn't look great.

We will all "catch up" when there are official announcements.

 

[CL82]

B1G has already moved past 16. Only a matter of time until XII and SEC do the same. ACC is still only at 14 (+1). Is the ACC supposed to sit around waiting to be poached?

If everyone else has ceded the East Coast to them, then there is zero need to further divide the pie. That said, particularly with the ACC, they'll do whatever ESPN tells them to do as long as ESPN is willing to back it with cash.

 

[businesslawyer]

Guys it's ok --- regardless of how this all turns out, UConn athletics will be absolutely fine.

We all agree with you 100%. In the short term.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

If it’s really about markets why does adding 2 schools from a state where you can’t go outside for 5 months of the year and 2 schools from a Mormon wasteland make any sense?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

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[uconnyankee]

He should be here instead.

Maybe GoKU is DB!

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Do they prefer associating with Fresno, Boise, and Wyoming?

It’s one or the other.
Unless they want to drop to the WCC.

I am trying to picture Baylor and Texas Tech playing at Stanford. Better yet, Cincy, UCF, or WVU.

If UCONN is located in the West, we would have been in the PAC-12 a long time ago.

 

[jostar1]

Guys it's ok --- regardless of how this all turns out, UConn athletics will be absolutely fine.

Thank you, Susan Herbst.

 

[ctchamps]

Do they prefer associating with Fresno, Boise, and Wyoming?

It’s one or the other.
Unless they want to drop to the WCC.

That’s the alternative.

Yormark and the B12 are salivating at this situation.

And yes I’m still positive they want and need an eastern presence that is the best bb program so UConn will still get an invite.

 

[uconnyankee]

8-4 for UConn according to a post by C W Lambert

Was this actually posted?

 

[Mots010]

If it’s really about markets why does adding 2 schools from a state where you can’t go outside for 5 months of the year and 2 schools from a Mormon wasteland make any sense?

Arizona may be uninhabitable in our lifetimes

 

[ZooCougar]

On Twitter, most of the B12 fans who hated the idea of UConn are right now butt hurt by the Pac12 meeting this morning, and they're telling ASU/UTah to go to hell.

This comes from the meaningless-tweets-department

My irrational UConn centric desire is for Yormark to get the UConn deal done and make the others have a cage fight for the remaining slots.

 

[businesslawyer]

Is it possible that, with the opportunity to add Stanford, the XII goes to 18, taking all 4 corner schools plus Stanford and us? Or does that require too much of Fox and ESPN?

Still assuming we're out, but just wondering how hard a ceiling 16 is.

 

[crazyUCfan23]

Is it possible that, with the opportunity to add Stanford, the XII goes to 18, taking all 4 corner schools plus Stanford and us? Or does that require too much of Fox and ESPN?

Still assuming we're out, but just wondering how hard a ceiling 16 is.

one would think that with the big ten going to 18, SEC and B12 would try to follow suit, but who knows.

 

[pj]

It's amazing how much credence people here put on Internet tweets or news stories. The people who know are under CDA and not talking, the people who are talking are guessing. In the end things will go the way that makes financial sense, and assuming the B1G stops at Oregon and Washington, who is more valuable than UConn? Arizona, Stanford, Colorado, maybe Cal ... and no one else. UConn is way more valuable than Utah or Arizona State (as the second teams from their states), especially if the B12 foresees NCAA basketball shifting toward the football model and revenue going to the revenue producers.

GoKU is the most plausible poster because the scenario he's been describing is business-rational. Let's just wait for all the behind-the-scenes work to get done, and it will probably be a good outcome for Huskies.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Is it possible that, with the opportunity to add Stanford, the XII goes to 18, taking all 4 corner schools plus Stanford and us? Or does that require too much of Fox and ESPN?

Still assuming we're out, but just wondering how hard a ceiling 16 is.

I mean, it’d be Cal and Stanford

 

[businesslawyer]

I mean, it’d be Cal and Stanford

I view Cal like OSU and WSU. I can't imagine that it really brings value worth $30M to anyone.