More trouble in ACC paradise?

[UConn Dan]

Dave and Dan asleep at the switch?

Beyond the compelling nature of the non-con games, the business arrangement is also unprecedented. The Duke/Amazon partnership is a multiyear agreement and the NIL opportunities for Duke will be huge — in the millions annually — sources told CBS Sports. In fact, other event organizers had been pursuing Duke for significant nonconference games, sources said, but none of those could match the payouts that will come with Prime Video's package. There is also the advantage of being able to independently control the teams. Because of that, Scheyer aggressively pursued the innovative deal for months. He has been among the most prominent tone-setters in ambitious nonconference scheduling since he took over the program in 2022.

The reality is Duke is just in a different universe than we are. They have a significant national following. Just compare Duke vs. UConn instagram followers as a data point.

Can UConn get this type of deal someday? Maybe. It would require the Big East and Fox to sell the rights for one, but I don’t think we have that cachet yet. I think we are the best program of the last 25-30 years but unfortunately we don’t have the Duke name pull. Yet!

 

[Hoophound]

The reality is Duke is just in a different universe than we are. They have a significant national following. Just compare Duke vs. UConn instagram followers as a data point.

Can UConn get this type of deal someday? Maybe. It would require the Big East and Fox to sell the rights for one, but I don’t think we have that cachet yet. I think we are the best program of the last 25-30 years but unfortunately we don’t have the Duke name pull. Yet!

Sort of. UConn needs deals like this to create that national following. A similar deal that doesn’t pay as well as theirs is a start.

I’d probably make it a men’s and women’s doubleheader in our case. As much as I dislike watching women’s basketball, it is clearly growing. UConn needs to keep a stranglehold on its royal status in women’s ball, even after Geno.