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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 1270393, member: 1414"]
BU will never leave Hockey East for the B1G.  Not going to happen. Boston is a provincial town, and "local" dominates.  Hockey East has a great travel schedule, and BU won't want to be in a different league than BC in any universe.

That said, your point about UConn Hockey without basketball is interesting.   It makes me think about the deal Notre Dame has with the ACC.  While waiting out the ACC GOR, the B1G could give UConn the same deal, bring in all sports but football, with a 5 game scheduling arrangement.  That would allow UConn to go independent in football and beef it up.  With 5 B1G games, UConn could get the remaining games they need as an independent.  That schedule would be better that what we get in the American, would help recruiting and by the time VT is free to leave, UConn football wouldn't be a negative.  Money would be less than B1G full payout, but more than AAC.

In the meantime, the B1G and BTN gets men's basketball, women's basketball (pretty significant) and hockey.  Plus some well above average other sports, like soccer, field hockey and a decent baseball team.  Since VT doesn't play hockey, they can still add ASU.
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