From a football only perspective Rutgers was viewed ( although they were given some leeway) as having a better historical football resume than UConn.
Add to that they are the Flag ship University of a State of 9million people,
satisfied the requirementd for AAU ,and the somewhat flexable policy of contiguousness.
From the contract the B1G signed it's pretty hard to question that decision.
Although we will never know if a UConn add would have achieved the same results. Our opinions really don't matter especially in the face of facts.
Let's get over this Rutgers thing ,lamentation is for losers, bringing down or denigrating someone else does nothing to improve you ,so create a winning football tradition and good things will happen. As the old saying goes "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a drum to your door"