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MattMang23 said:


Dude is claiming BYU might have nine votes. This after saying he thinks expansion will only be two teams and it will be Houston and Cincy.
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Ahhh the days when you are happy to be blocked on Twitter by that loser...and the bunch of memphis losers as well!
 
huskeynut said:
If this is true, its great news. But with the B12, who knows!
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Not trying to defend Houston but if there were real sources indicating that they were out, I doubt Tillman Fertitta donates $20 million for a renovated basketball stadium yesterday. I mean, I guess he could just be a great donor but I had never heard of him caring much about UH before the Big 12 expansion noise starting coming through.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
Not trying to defend Houston but if there were real sources indicating that they were out, I doubt Tillman Fertitta donates $20 million for a renovated basketball stadium yesterday. I mean, I guess he could just be a great donor but I had never heard of him caring much about UH before the Big 12 expansion noise starting coming through.
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Not to play Devil's advocate, but UConn's gotten plenty of charitable gifts to our football and bball programs with our future very much in doubt.
 
NYUConn said:
Not to play Devil's advocate, but UConn's gotten plenty of charitable gifts to our football and bball programs with our future very much in doubt.
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Very true. It just seems like strange timing to me. Fertitta has been eating up this media attention but I think he would be less vocal if someone in the know told him UH to Big 12 ain't happening. I'm basically saying that I think S w a im's tweet is BS but it's not like that's news to anyone hah.
 
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UConnTrumbull said:
Very true. It just seems like strange timing to me. Fertitta has been eating up this media attention but I think he would be less vocal if someone in the know told him UH to Big 12 ain't happening. I'm basically saying that I think S w a im's tweet is BS but it's not like that's news to anyone hah.
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I mean to quote someone else here the other day, a GS tweet and a token will get you a ride on the Subway.

Also rich donors like Frittata love attention. Doesn't matter if Houston was in the Sun Belt, he'd still be milking this for all it's worth.
 
Has Houston cashed the check or is this a Kraft/Rowland situation?
 
UConnTrumbull said:
Very true. It just seems like strange timing to me. Fertitta has been eating up this media attention but I think he would be less vocal if someone in the know told him UH to Big 12 ain't happening. I'm basically saying that I think S w a im's tweet is BS but it's not like that's news to anyone hah.
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I think you're looking at it backwards. you're assuming the $20M is because Houston is in. It might be that nobody knows anything as widely speculated and Fertitta is leveraging his wealth to make a statement and get houston some positive attention. in that case the timing is perfect. Uconn's announce of $90M in approved capital projects is a similar ploy I believe.

Burton has been somewhat quiet in this whole process.
 
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dr.holiday said:
Heard from someone at KU today that BYU and UConn are being talked about most. Take it FWIW.
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I believe our Hoops history counts for something here among schools like KU and Oklahoma. Academics and markets definitely part of the equation too. They just need to get that travel talking-point off the table in the offices where opinions count most.
 
SubbaBub said:
Has Houston cashed the check or is this a Kraft/Rowland situation?
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That is a good point. It's easy to make a contingent donation like this. Grabs a headline, and no risk. I think T.Boones did something similar at some point (or maybe he donated stock which ended up dropping significantly in value later)?
 
dr.holiday said:
Heard from someone at KU today that BYU and UConn are being talked about most. Take it FWIW.
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It wasn't a hire-up, but back in the spring I spoke with someone close to the KU basketball program who said then to expect UC/UConn. Obviously, that was well before the UT campus master plan update (a/k/a the University of Houston).
 
Marty Jackson said:
I think you're looking at it backwards. you're assuming the $20M is because Houston is in. It might be that nobody knows anything as widely speculated and Fertitta is leveraging his wealth to make a statement and get houston some positive attention. in that case the timing is perfect. Uconn's announce of $90M in approved capital projects is a similar ploy I believe.

Burton has been somewhat quiet in this whole process.
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Not exactly. My thinking isn't that they're in. It's that if they knew they were out, Fertitta wouldn't be throwing down all this cash and grabbing every interview he could. That wouldn't mean they're in, just means they have a shot.
 
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I heard from my best friend's sister's boyfriend's cousin who lives in Texas that the UT president was seen in the grocery store stocking up on nutmeg. Not sure what this means.
 
HoopsFan21 said:
I heard from my best friend's sister's boyfriend's cousin who lives in Texas that the UT president was seen in the grocery store stocking up on nutmeg. Not sure what this means.
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Did he have any Rolling Rocks in his cart? That would be key!
 
Agree to play the UT and OU homes games @ MetLife or Gillette for the 1st 10 years and provide a subsidy for other Olympic travel for some period

Maybe play UT, KU, OU hoops home game @ MSG, TD, Barclays

If UConn wants to market themselves this way have to leverage



Jimdish255 said:
I believe our Hoops history counts for something here among schools like KU and Oklahoma. Academics and markets definitely part of the equation too. They just need to get that travel talking-point off the table in the offices where opinions count most.
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alexd. said:
You Know....Bob graduated from my high school, Conard in W. Hartford. As great as the WH school system is considered to be, I'm pretty sure he is the most famous graduate of that school. (and no, there's nothing wrong with making millions of $$ selling furniture). :)
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John Mayer?
 
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dr.holiday said:
Heard from someone at KU today that BYU and UConn are being talked about most. Take it FWIW.
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Well - that would be the combination in a two school expansion to deliver the best tv ratings. TV is what is financing this whole thing, hard to imagine tv firepower wouldn't be one the final arbiters.
 
Exit 4 said:
Well - that would be the combination in a two school expansion to deliver the best tv ratings. TV is what is financing this whole thing, hard to imagine tv firepower wouldn't be one the final arbiters.
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Not to be a buzzkill, but they're also the 2 most "controversial" adds, most likely. Them for, well, being them, and us for geography.
 
NYUConn said:
I mean to quote someone else here the other day, a GS tweet and a token will get you a ride on the Subway.

Also rich donors like Frittata love attention. Doesn't matter if Houston was in the Sun Belt, he'd still be milking this for all it's worth.
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On a side note, a Frittata is one of the most overrated highfalutin' things you can eat.
 
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