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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 4642343, member: 3850"] UConn's shot at the ACC was at it's peak at the time that there was a transitioning between basketball and football as the main source of media funding. Once football accounted for 80% of the ESPN contract, the media partner valued teams differently. And as DeFilippo famously said.... Swofford has said that the transition took the ACC by surprise. The basketball oriented conference had been making more from basketball and they failed to forsee the ultimate takeover by football in media value. But, saying that, the foray into the Northeast, with Cuse and BC, has been a football lesson. Yep, Cuse picked up NY cable boxes for the ACCN,,,but neither team was a second base hit. [/QUOTE]