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National Championship or ACC?

Would you rather...

  • Win the next 2 NCAA National Championships

    Votes: 145 51.4%

  • Receive an invite to the ACC

    Votes: 137 48.6%
  • Total voters
    282
zls44 said:
I'd love an ACC invite but I really don't see how being the second team to repeat in the last 25 years isn't the pick.
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National champions in consecutive years? With Florida being the only men's hoop team to repeat in the last 25 years and Bama and maybe Nebraska the last repeat gridiron national champions, which school? Great to be enthusiastic ...
 
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I'd rather watch us play the upper tier ACC competition. This is entertainment after all. And on a serious note, our AD needs that money.
 
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Winning in 2014 did nothing for the long-term standing of this program. Maybe a different coach would have kept the momentum going, but getting into a P5 would give us stability in a way that not even a championship can guarantee.
 
People choosing 2 championships because money magically grows on trees and don’t care about the long term viability of the school. That’s pretty sad, I guess that’s how we got to this point. I guess this is why we have a crowd that wants us to move to the big east...
 
polycom said:
People choosing 2 championships because money magically grows on trees and don’t care about the long term viability of the school. That’s pretty sad, I guess that’s how we got to this point. I guess this is why we have a crowd that wants us to move to the big east...
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Can you assure me that the current ACC will even be around in 10 years? 20 years? This business model is destined for failure and the future is bleak even for the have nots(which we would be) of the ACC. Hell, give me the ship. You have that forever. What you won't have is the current structure and I am not sure where UConn lands regardless of the conference they play in now.
 
Stainmaster said:
Where is the "return to the Big East and live out everyone's fantasy by playing DePaul, Creighton, Butler, and Seton Hall in conference" option?
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Our incoming president's remarks concerning the football program have thrown some ice water on that nonsense. Last year during an interview, NBE commish Val Ackerman practically said she'd have to see a wrecking ball destroying P&W Stadium before UCONN would be considered for admission to her conference.
 
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MervthePurvis said:
Said Syracuse
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Syracuse plays zone as their primary defensive strategy they have done incredibly given what they are working with there. They just don't win titles. Why can't we be objective here...
 
ACC.

I’d go so far as to say I’d give back the 2014 title to get that invite. If you are voting title I don’t think you understand how this sport works.
 
The Ultimate goal is Chips. Who knows the two chips could lead to an invite somewhere but getting into the ACC doesn't mean we get two chips. 6 Chips, are you kidding me! Damn right going for the chips.
 
RayRay19 said:
The Ultimate goal is Chips. Who knows the two chips could lead to an invite somewhere but getting into the ACC doesn't mean we get two chips. 6 Chips, are you kidding me! Damn right going for the chips.
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This. I love the optimism but there’s a non zero chance we become Pitt like.

A bird in the hand...

Plus if the big 12 ever breaks up the remainders joining the AAC would probably bring it back to P6. Still might be the best chance
 
whaler11 said:
is the project proving how dumb the fanbase is? if so great success.
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Agreed. I had no idea that almost half of our fan base wished they were able to root for BC instead.
 
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BUConn10 said:
If you are voting title I don’t think you understand how this sport works.
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I'd say the exact opposite. The goal of the sport is to win titles. You would have a better point if you said those voting title(s) don't understand how much of an impact football has on everything else, titles or no titles.
 
BUConn10 said:
ACC.

I’d go so far as to say I’d give back the 2014 title to get that invite. If you are voting title I don’t think you understand how this sport works.
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I don’t think they understand anything.
 
8893 said:
Agreed. I had no idea that almost half of our fan base wished they were able to root for BC instead.
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Like I’ve said. We have the athletic department we deserve. Turns out many of those who have lambasted UConn for years for being short sighted... actually are just as short sighted.
 
I’ll take the imaginary 2 titles over the imaginary ACC invite all day. Though some of you would rather wave your imaginary ACC flag around.
 
Every time I think about UConn, the ACC, and the Big East, I get so pissed off thinking about Notre Dame. They are essentially taking up 2 places in the ACC because if they went full football that would create an opportunity for another school. They don’t need the money. I’m pretty sure NBC pays the more for 12 football games than the entire AAC ESPN deal. The Big East is essentially a mid-west Catholic conference now. Beyond frustrating.
 
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It seems pretty simple. ACC membership makes the athletic department viable in the long term.

Two more basketball championships let you tweet 6>1 at Syracuse fans while they knock down Rentschler and shelve the hockey team.

You really have to only give a damn about basketball to make that trade.
 
You know how Michigan State was invited into the Big Ten? They were winning championships!

Golly gee willigers.
 
8893 said:
I'd say the exact opposite. The goal of the sport is to win titles. You would have a better point if you said those voting title(s) don't understand how much of an impact football has on everything else, titles or no titles.
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Winning a title is a moment in time where a TEAM succeeds. Getting into a premier conference is not a singular moment but essentially all time going forward, where your PROGRAM is put in a favorable position to win future championSHIPS (plural).

It is kind of like politics. Winning the election is cool for a few months, but what really matters is the future of your country.
 
I guess I am different than many here in that our basketball National Championships have provided me with much more sustained happiness for decades. In the years before we won championships it was cool to be in what was then considered a premier conference, but winnning championships is so, so, so much more satisfying to me. I think many who voted for ACC don’t know what it’s like to not have them, nor appreciate what a difference each one makes. Two more—in consecutive years no less—would be an insanely unique and defining characteristic that no one can take away (barring severe NCAA improprieties).

A conference, by contrast, can be fleeting; and I am not convinced that the ACC won’t ultimately get swallowed up by the other four of the P5, because it is the weakest football conference among them. So while it is no doubt better than where we are now, the same can be said of the Big East, and I’m not sure that either one of them secures long-term viability, especially for the last one in the pool.

In this poll, the NCs were a no-brainer for me. If the conference choice was switched to the Big Ten I would probably vote the other way, because I think we have a lot more in common with those institutions and it would provide much more certainty for long-term viability, such that it would probably be worth the trade-off with the two consecitive NCs.
 
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