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Message: [QUOTE="Husky25, post: 3194161, member: 2839"] I didn't say that (incidentally UConn didn't move. The American [I]IS[/I] the old Big East, but that's semantics.). Apples and oranges, but you know that. Tulsa provides better competition than DePaul does though. Did Calhoun never lose a recruiting battle? Is Illinois really that terrible? Before John Groce, and even for his first couple seasons, Illinois was pretty good. There. You said it (Yes, I purposely took it out of context), but this is not what Basketball onlys think. I get the argument. I just don't think it is based in reality. Alas, perception is reality, which is how the #2 team in the nation gets a 2 seed in the Tournament. I truly have mixed emotions on this move. I think it is outstanding for basketball and the non-revenue generating sports, but I am a UConn fan and have an active rooting interest in both football AND basketball. As a UConn fan, I never understood the active negativity. Though my son is old enough to come to games and actually enjoy them, football gives me 6 full days events in the late summer and fall of adult-time to hang out with my friends. Basketball provides only a few hours. Maybe LAZ will allow tailgating in the church parking lot. Probably not too much fun in February. The other thing is this is not the "Old" Big East. UConn's rivals from earlier in the decade and the last are in the ACC. These aren't PJ's (or even Amaker's) Pirates, Jarvis's Red Storm, Ewing's (the player) Hoyas, or Wade's Golden Eagles. We'll see how football Independence works out. I have a feeling not too well. Obviously, they can set up scheduling alliances and I've read some longshot scenarios here and on Twitter that are just that. One posited that ESPN overplayed their hand with the ESPN+ arrangement, but they desperately want the UConn product and will force them on the ACC in 2025. That doesn't seem likely to me, but neither did this. [/QUOTE]

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