Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="dennismenace, post: 2440674, member: 6158"] Very good summary. In short we had and to some degree still have a great basketball program. Football program has never been. It will be much easier to resurrect the basketball program (though it won't be easy at all) than establish a football program at this point I believe. If I were the AD I would have planning options which many have already suggested re: Kevin Ollie. None of us (probably) know the full inside story and where it is going but I suspect the AD probably does. The Big East is one of those options (presumably/ we don't know) and the powers that be would have to look at the revenue stream of: Big East or not and/or sit tight for the time being and try to resurrect both in the AAC. I think this is what you just said and IF the numbers are favorable only for Big East basketball so opt. That might be in the cards if P5 looks extremely doubtful for the foreseeable future. I am of the opinion that the Uconn brand is still big and the decision on the coaching will probably dictate where all this goes in the short term. Uconn is a state academic institution first and foremost. The word state (and all that entails) and academic need to be highlighted. As important as sports are they are not going to supersede those issues. That would be the tail wagging the dog. I don't think the Administration wants the basketball program to go down and the AD will address that. We also don't really know what the Administration knows about the likelihood of P5 acceptance. If P5 is even a somewhat remote possibility that will drive everything and the Big East will wait. To disrupt that somewhat remote possibility, if indeed it even exists, by moving towards the Big East is a non starter. As a basketball fan I would love to see a renewal of Big East rivalry but the bigger picture most probably includes at least a somewhat remote possibility of P5. I am guessing we are going to have to live by faith and hope for the foreseeable future. So: Resurrect the basketball program with or without KO in the near future (maybe a decision by season end). Big East decision, if any, depends on likelihood of P5 in the near future. There are financial headwinds that might bring this to a head sooner than we think as far as the State's finances but only the insiders have the full information to make those calls. Fingers crossed. [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach

Forum statistics

Threads: 164,738

Messages: 4,408,430

Members: 10,228

Latest member: NEONDOHA