Numbers Don't Lie

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Close... it was only 1 revenue sport we were lacking, and that was mostly terrible timing. More championships than anyone else in the last 15 years does indicate value in MBB to anyone that watches the sport.

If the past has proved anything, the value of BB is dwarfed by the value of FB. You could have the top valued MBB team and a weakly valued FB team and lose out to programs with two mediocre valued teams in both sports because the incremental value assigned to football means more than the high value in BB. FB drives the bus in the P5. I am not discounting the value of Uconn BB, it is just not a significant part of the equation, no matter how much people want it to be. The terrible timing for Uconn FB was that it did not make the move-up 20-25 years earlier. The option existed to fill a void when Holy Cross and the Ivies all moved down a class in FB but it was not on anyone's radar at that time. Uconn BB was in its ascendency at that time and we all know what the commitment to BB did for the school's BB reputation over 25 years. The history, or lack thereof, is reflected in the national ratings for Uconn FB which is then reflected in the calculated value of the program. It is all about money. If Uconn had the greater value proposition in football, they would not be in the AAC. I believe that at the end of the day, it is that simple because that is how business works. Add the best value when you have the chance.