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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 1377572, member: 2920"] Not to make excuses (but I will anyway!), but it is easier to draw ratings when 1) a team is ranked, 2) playing against other ranked P5 programs with larger followings than the AAC schools we play, 3) and play on larger platform channels (ESPN vs ESPNU/CBSSN). Kansas would certainly bring value to the B1G. I don't know who would bring more value: UConn or Kansas. The football is about the same and both would bring outstanding basketball. Here is my very quick analysis between the two: Football - both prone to cyclical performance; KU more history (everyone does); both offer mediocre football recruiting. Edge - KU slightly Hoops - KU is "blue blood" (I hate this term...in 25+ years, does UCONN earn the "blue blood" title? 50 years? When, because UCONN certainly has the hoops success?), UCONN has more recent success/history; KU = Naismith, UCONN = Basketball HOF; UCONN offers superior hoops recruiting territories. Edge - UCONN slightly Academics - KU = AAU, UCONN spending $1.5B to expedite AAU profile; KU 106 undergrad ranking, UCONN 58 undergrad ranking; KU endowment $1.3B, UCONN endowment $440M. Edge - KU (because AAU is such an important B1G metric) Markets - Hartford/New Haven ranked 30th DMA, Kansas City ranked 31st DMA; UCONN presence in NYC (part of NYC DMA located in CT) and a little Boston, KU presence in St Louis and a little Denver (I don't know?). Edge - UCONN Intangibles - KU tied up by GoR and pressure to bring along KSU; UCONN owned by ESPiN for pennies on the dollar. Edge - UCONN It's probably a lot closer between KU and UCONN than most would care to admit. In a perfect world, the B1G would go for the gusto and invite OU, KU, UCONN, and a few B12 leftovers to get to 20. But if it's a choice between OU + KU/UCONN, that choice would be very difficult. [/QUOTE]

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