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zls44 said:
Imagine if instead of spending $150-200 million upgrading football, UConn spent it on a first-class BB/Hockey arena? They'd be in the exact same long-term situation conference-wise. But they wouldn't be throwing cash down the drain in football.

Sorry for the overdramatics, but, frankly, this sucks.
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you guys serious about lowering standards for athletes? I can't tell if certain people are being serious or sarcastic and it's a bit worrisome. UConn is still an institution of higher learning, and seeing as I have an undergraduate and graduate degree from there, I'd like to see those as continue to rise in prestige, not be sullied at an attempt to get into a better conference. I'm all for high admission standards. You can't make grades in high school? How are you going to do that in college?
 
Appeases the basketball schools. Don't get in knot over academics and standards. OK graduates 40% and would admit somebody who breathes. I am happy that the academic standards are high and we graduate kids at a high rate.
 
mattp said:
i'm relatively happy with Memphis for the last reason you list. to be honest, as a fan, what else do you possibly care about? i don't get why people complain about how parts of Memphis are a rathole. it's not like we're requiring you to spend a night there living on the streets as a part of BE admission. i've spent 3 or 4 days in Memphis on a little vacation and had an incredible time. for a weekend football trip i doubt there's many better places to spend a saturday night than Beale Street. academically it's in the same ball park as our current bottom feeders, and again, who gives a crap? it's not like it'll change the value of your UConn degree any more than a Duke degree is hurt by being in a conference with NCState.
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Agreed. Great place to go for a weekend and a conference W for the foreseeable future. Not optimal but at this point I'm good.


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.185915,-73.171165
 
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J187Money said:
Which is why you are still pining for the Whalers? I love this board.

(all said in jest...please don't take it as more than that)


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.200473,-73.122856
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I don't pine for the Whalers - I actually find the people who delude themselves into thinking the NHL is coming back quite humorous.

The one thing being a Whalers fan would teach you is that you need to be able to enjoy your team and sports even when they suck :). It's what UConn fans under 35 don't understand - they didn't sneak their Walkman into junior high school to listen to UConn get buried in the Big East Tournament when they were lucky enough to be the 7 seed and didn't lose the 8-9 game.
 
The Whalers may come back. You never know. Who expected a franchise back in Winnipeg? Quebec is also high on the list.
 
Butchy said:
The Whalers may come back. You never know. Who expected a franchise back in Winnipeg? Quebec is also high on the list.
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The Whalers aren't coming back. Quebec and Winnipeg aren't anything like Hartford with respect to the NHL.
 
whaler11 said:
The Whalers aren't coming back. Quebec and Winnipeg aren't anything like Hartford with respect to the NHL.
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Quebec and Winnipeg do have more hardcore hockey fans. We may be sandwiched between Boston and New York. But the NHL and their fans don't forget we are the largest market without a pro sports franchise. The NHL or NBA would work wonders here, with the NHL more likely to come. Had the Whalers been better managed, they would have stayed.
 
Butchy said:
Quebec and Winnipeg do have more hardcore hockey fans. We may be sandwiched between Boston and New York. But the NHL and their fans don't forget we are the largest market without a pro sports franchise. The NHL or NBA would work wonders here, with the NHL more likely to come. Had the Whalers been better managed, they would have stayed.
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The NHL has made it clear they want no part of Hartford on many occasions. The NHL won't put a team in Hamilton to protect Buffalo and Toronto, so you can't really just brush off Boston and New York. The NBA wouldn't put a team in Hartford in 10,000 years.

Winnipeg built a building on spec - do you think that is going to happen here? You can't even think about the NHL without a state of the art arena. Hartford is moving further away from the NHL, not closer.
 
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AJC88 said:
you guys serious about lowering standards for athletes? I can't tell if certain people are being serious or sarcastic and it's a bit worrisome. UConn is still an institution of higher learning, and seeing as I have an undergraduate and graduate degree from there, I'd like to see those as continue to rise in prestige, not be sullied at an attempt to get into a better conference. I'm all for high admission standards. You can't make grades in high school? How are you going to do that in college?
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UConn's admissions department wants the best applicants it can get. And I'm not talking about athletes. Honors kids, valedictorians... there was a period where every year the number of HS valedictorians who enrolled at UConn went up, and every year it was part of a press release. Admissions would looooove for UConn to be in the same league as UVA/UNC or Wisconsin/Michigan since those are some of the schools those kids like to apply for. A few sports columnists might make a stink about changing conferences but believe me, joining the ACC or the B10 wouldn't hurt UConn's reputation, it would only help.
 
junglehusky said:
UConn's admissions department wants the best applicants it can get. And I'm not talking about athletes. Honors kids, valedictorians... there was a period where every year the number of HS valedictorians who enrolled at UConn went up, and every year it was part of a press release. Admissions would looooove for UConn to be in the same league as UVA/UNC or Wisconsin/Michigan since those are some of the schools those kids like to apply for. A few sports columnists might make a stink about changing conferences but believe me, joining the ACC or the B10 wouldn't hurt UConn's reputation, it would only help.
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I think you are misinterpreting what I was saying. I was commenting about the people on this thread who were insinuating that to play with the big boys we need to act more like an SEC team and accept partial qualifiers.
 
Ah. I kind of glossed over the first sentence in your post which led to the misinterpretation. Also I've been hanging out with my friend Mr. Jack Daniels. (just for a bit).
 
Butchy said:
Quebec and Winnipeg do have more hardcore hockey fans. We may be sandwiched between Boston and New York. But the NHL and their fans don't forget we are the largest market without a pro sports franchise. The NHL or NBA would work wonders here, with the NHL more likely to come. Had the Whalers been better managed, they would have stayed.
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when you consider how bad they were on the ice, attendance was amazing. if they could have managed the playoffs every 3 years or so the place would have been sold out.
 
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