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Message: [QUOTE="Point6, post: 1284994, member: 708"] Why would the B1G pick up UConn as an affiliate member and not take men's and women's hoops? Is Delany going to leave our "bell cow" programs on the table if he can get them? I hope to god we would move hoops to the B1G this a.m if asked. Once we win a few NCs under the B1G banner and otherwise improve the conference's eastern hoops profile, I like our chances to get to full membership by 2019/2020. The potential $ would justify any further improvements the B1G might deem necessary for us to get there. This model also protects the B1G's potential future investment in UConn by preserving our elite hoops programs while they evaluate/we ramp up FB. It would also be short sighted for the B1G to let our FB die on the vine once we are an affiliate member so I would expect some scheduling help on that front too. [/QUOTE]