Bonehead
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Fanatic. Not supporter. I heard you the first time.
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Here you go all programs better than our crappy football team.
Men's cross country/track and field
Head Coach: Greg Roy
American Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships: (1) 2014
American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships: (1)
2015Penn Relays Championship of America Titles: (1) 2000
Big East Indoor Track and Field Championships: (9) 1987, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
Big East Outdoor Track and Field Championships: (4) 1982, 2002, 2011, 2013
Big East Relay Championships: 2
All-Americans: 32
Women's cross country/track and field
Head Coach: JJ ClarkOlympians: 1 (in women's bobsled)Big East Indoor Track and Field Championships: (2) 2008, 2009Big East Outdoor Track and Field Championships: (1) 1995NCAA All-Americans: 9
Field hockey
Playing facility: George J. Sherman Sports Complex
Head Coach: Nancy Stevens
Most victories: 23 in 1999, 23 in 2017.
NCAA Tournament appearances: 26
NCAA National Championships: (5) 1981, 1985, 2013, 2014, 2017NCAA
Runner-Up: (2) 1982, 1983
Final Fours: (15) 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Big East Regular Season Championships: (15) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Big East Tournament Championships: (15) 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
All-Americans: 46
Olympians: 2
Men's golf
Head Coach: Dave PezzinoNCAA appearances: (1) 1980
Big East Championships: (1) 1994
Men's ice hockey
On June 21, 2012 Connecticut announced the program would join Hockey East as the conference's 12th member beginning in the 2014-15 season. As part of the move from Atlantic Hockey to Hockey East, the university added 18 scholarships for the men's ice hockey team and additional scholarships to existing women's sports programs to meet Title IX gender equity requirements. The university was also investigating options to build a new, larger ice arena on-campus as its then-current venue, the Freitas Ice Forum, has a seating capacity of only 2,000 and was too small for the jump up to Hockey East. Since then, UConn has used the XL Center, a former NHL venue in downtown Hartford, as its primary men's home. While the arena has a hockey capacity of 15,635, UConn has capped ticket sales at 8,089. Select home games have also been played at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport. The Freitas Ice Forum now hosts games only for the women's hockey team.
Women's ice hockey
Playing facility: Mark Edward Freitas Ice ForumHead Coach: Christopher MacKenzie
Most wins: 22 in 2007–08
Women's lacrosse
Playing facility: Sherman Sports ComplexHead Coach: Katie WoodsMost wins: 13 in 2013NCAA Tournament appearances: (1) 2013ECAC Championships: (1) 2006All-Americans: 2
Women's rowing
Home surface: Coventry Lake
Head Coach: Jennifer Sanford
Men's soccer
In addition to its basketball success, UConn is known for its championship soccer teams. The men's team has won two NCAA national championships, in 1981 and 2000, and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America named the undefeated 1948 team the national champion. The 2000 team was known for its stellar depth on the bench including the likes of Garrett Grinsfelder, Michael Rueda, and Ryan Brown, who exuded the team's "never say die" attitude. The men's team won back to back Big East championships in (2004 and 2005). As of 2011 UConn led the nation in total attendance in eight of the preceding 12 seasons. No program can match it for having drawn better on-campus support for more than 30 years. In the early 1980s, before the NCAA kept soccer attendance records and before Morrone Stadium was downsized, the Huskies drew huge crowds. Total attendance in 1983 was 64,535—a record that held until 2010.
Women's soccer
Playing facility: Morrone StadiumHead Coach: Len TsantirisMost victories: 23 in 1997
NCAA Tournament appearances: 28
Last NCAA appearance: 2010
NCAA Championship Game appearances: (4) 1984, 1990, 1997, 2003College Cups: (7) 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2003All-Americans: 26 Players Awarded 44 Times
Big East Regular Season Championships: (8) 1995,1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Big East Tournament Championships: (2) 2002, 2004
All-Big East Selections: 81
Softball
Playing facility: Connecticut Softball StadiumHead Coach: Jennifer McIntyreMost victories: 45 in 1993
Women's College World Series appearances: (1) 1993
Big East Regular Season Championships: (6) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Big East Tournament Championships: (7) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001All-Americans: 47
Men's and women's swimming & diving
Playing facility: Wolf-Zackin NatatoriumHead Coaches: Swimming – Chris Maiello[16] | Diving – John BransfieldBig East Champions: 5Olympians: 1
Men's tennis
Playing facility: UConn Tennis CourtsHead Coach: Glenn MarshallMost victories: 20 in 2000
Women's tennis
Playing facility: UConn Tennis CourtsHead Coach: Glenn MarshallMost victories: 14 in 2002
Women's volleyball
Playing facility: Gampel PavilionHead Coach: Kristopher GrunwaldMost victories: 35 in 1979Big East Regular Season Championships: 2 1994 & 1998
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Certainly hoped it would never have come to an ‘either or’ decision because football could have been a great window into the University for students/alums. Certainly hasn’t worked
out that way after we got left at the altar in conf realignment.
Bonehead
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But you dont support those teams only mens basketball. You are missing out on alot just being a basketball fanatic.
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UConn can become a Villanova...
They can not become a Virginia or Duke.
Or Michigan State or other all sports program.
Basketball may prosper in the BE...and fans will squint and, through misty eyes, see Marquette, St. Johns, Seton Hall, et al as the beloved old home place.
There is something to be said for being a Villanova....but still a different world from Duke or Michigan State.
And, someday, it may be Memphis, UCF, or Houston moving into that different world.
They can not become a Virginia or Duke.
Or Michigan State or other all sports program.
Basketball may prosper in the BE...and fans will squint and, through misty eyes, see Marquette, St. Johns, Seton Hall, et al as the beloved old home place.
There is something to be said for being a Villanova....but still a different world from Duke or Michigan State.
And, someday, it may be Memphis, UCF, or Houston moving into that different world.
I support them all by rooting for them. Just not Football who put us in this conference.
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Bold maybe. But it is the exact opposite of a strong mood
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We can “become Villanova.” Go condescend somewhere else.
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Bud, I thought Nova was a sinking program in a sinking conference?
Your FSU bluster means nothing, you have been proven wrong about UConn and the Big East, and UConn football isn’t dead.
A thriving basketball program in the Big East helps UConn’s future. Football-Only in the AAC, or independent football, doesn’t hurt UConn’s future P5 prospects. UConn is only better positioned today.
If the P5 comes calling UConn will take the cash. If not the Big East is a great home where fans don’t have to want to jump ship each time the schedule comes out.
Bud, your program is a has been in football and a never were in basketball. Go fix your own problems.
UConn fans - welcome back home!
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That is not condescending. It is a truth.
UConn can be a national champion basketball team in the BE like Nova.
But won't play in a bowl game again.
I guess a P5 can come calling for Villanova or UConn...but I still see a Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, UCF as more likely.
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That is a such a loser mentality. It only died by our own doing. A winner would have forged their way in and Louisville gave us a million chances to prove they were the wrong choice. Not once were we able to do that. Instead, we became an embarrassment.
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If the landscape stays the same, neither are leaving. My guess is by 2024 the entire landscape may change and none of this will matter anyway.
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Bud, you are foolish and wrong. Again.
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Football, and it driving 80% of media dollars, has been the great game changer.
Until that dynamic changes...good basketball programs not in a P5 with football, will not have the media dollars available that mediocre basketball programs in a P5 have.
As long as basketball is primarily a one month season
My opinion may be wrong...foolish? That's mainly smack talk.
Until that dynamic changes...good basketball programs not in a P5 with football, will not have the media dollars available that mediocre basketball programs in a P5 have.
As long as basketball is primarily a one month season
My opinion may be wrong...foolish? That's mainly smack talk.
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Regardless of how you feel about the health of UConn athletics moving forward, you have to LOVE the gigantic Spartacus the school showed the AAC and ESPN. That alone sure feels good. Other than that, huge short term uptick for hoops. Longterm, is tbd. I still think that if the P5 contracts to the P4 that the NBE is still more viable than the AAC and because of tradition and branding and large tv markets, I can see a scenario that they are included in some basketball only relationship. This is the beginning of the end for football. One of the hardest things in life is to make that very difficult decision to realize a loss. UConn essentially did that yesterday. If you dig deeper, this also shows that they must have good intel that the P5 is never again expanding. Its over. UConn for once was proactive. On the one hand, I really enjoyed the response yesterday by the rest of the AAC. Their delusion was hilarious. Then I was reminded that 24 hours earlier, we were part of that delusion.
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The P5 will contract before it expands. Your last statement is as dumb as it gets.
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Hey Hamden boy, if you wanna root for a school with no football team go find the Quinnipiac board.
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UConn is playing poker...
With increasing blinds and a chip stack getting shorter, and getting bad starters after bad starters, the admin sees a possible hand to play and goes all-in.
It is a gamble...but when your chips are being whittled down, it is sometimes the only strategy.
With increasing blinds and a chip stack getting shorter, and getting bad starters after bad starters, the admin sees a possible hand to play and goes all-in.
It is a gamble...but when your chips are being whittled down, it is sometimes the only strategy.
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Except UConn and the AAC are not part of the P5. This decision by UConn is a net gain. My guess is by 2026, there is a greater chance that Syracuse, BC and Pitt re join the Big East than it is Cincy or Houston or UCF joining the P5. And if Texas and OU leave as another poster suggested, its only because the Big12 is being ushered out. That new conference with the Big12 leftovers, maybe with some AAC schools included, will remain on the outside. Kudos to UConn for looking into the crystal ball and seeing the future. This will be a trend and more schools will look to regionalize.
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so you see that staying in the aac dying on the vine wasn’t going to lead anywhere but somehow this move hurts them?
solid logic
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This isn't a gamble. Its the opposite. UConn sees its stack getting increasingly smaller, realizes it doesn't have a big enough stack to play onto the final table, so decides to slow play to ensure a higher net payout.
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That was about the worst comparison that could be made. Kinda funny actually it's so bad - UConn w/o Football = Wash U. That's about as odd as you can get!
Don’t lie. Be a cheerleader for the BE all you want, but don’t lie. It might be in the same position (no shot) or it might be in a worse position. But UConn is certainly not in a better position.
Whoever said this was football vs basketball was kind of right. Though more accurately it’s half-full vs half-empty crowds. Those that thought there was a chance and those that didn’t. The debate is now academic.
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Florida State is a dying program.
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You slow play a guaranteed winner to keep other players throwing in chips....you go all-in when you must take a "now or never" chance that a hand will allow you to stay in the game.
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This isn't going all in. Its the opposite. I get how most "slow play" a winning hand to trap others. So maybe thats not what I meant. Many in the WSOP will slow play just to survive the next round to ensure a higher payout. UConn isn't pushing all its chips to the middle. They are holding on to the few chips they have left.
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I think that the BE will be good for UConn basketball....
It has been good for Nova.
Will UConn be better off ultimately than Houston, Cincy, Memphis?
That depends on too much crystal balling...but we will see in the upcoming Big Ten and Big 12 contract renewals how much football is still driving.
It has been good for Nova.
Will UConn be better off ultimately than Houston, Cincy, Memphis?
That depends on too much crystal balling...but we will see in the upcoming Big Ten and Big 12 contract renewals how much football is still driving.
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The opposite is folding.
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Folding, but without putting in a blind. Exactly my point. The rest of the AAC is putting in a big blind with few chips and a bad hand. They will all bust before we do. This move will help UConn net more than the remaining AAC members.
I am not suggesting UConn has a winning hand. They are finally playing their bad hand better than the rest.
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