Poll on conference membership

[olehead]

Ok, let's see what they do with football. Not buying the conference as an excuse. They have been under Shittu leadership for several years, led by Herbst. Far more of an issue than the conference, where others have been successful.

Meaning others similarly situated? Which would be who?

 

[ctchamps]

Yay.

Familiar foes in Gampel and XL again
MSG in March
20 conference games
Big 12 Challenge
Big 10 Challenge (Gavitt Games)
Dan Hurley and staff recruiting to the Big East
No more 9pm game times in Texas or Oklahoma
Gus Johnson and Raff (FS1 isn't really that bad)

My wife is a Yay. She can log in and vote if she wants.

As an American male I statistically won't have to worry about global warming.

Before I cast Yay or Nay could you, as a reasonable poster, explain to me why everyone is so sure men's bb recruiting will get a big uptick with UConn joining the BE?

Television ratings for the BE conference are abysmal. It's disconcerting given Villinova's recent successes. I believe kids we need to recruit for relevancy are more interested in knowing what the media exposure will be versus the rivalries that make me excited. You make great points about the challenges and the game times but I believe it is more than negated by kids wanting to be seen on ESPN and getting greater viewership.

My guess is recruiting will be on par at best with what happened while UConn was in the AAC. UConn had some very good recruiting classes in the AAC including this year's class. The bad recruiting occurred after KO imploded and was left in the lurch with defections. How does the BE's recruiting the past two years compare with the AAC's recruiting?

 

[Matrim55]

Opinion: UConn rejoining the Big East means the school has given up on football program

UConn is expected to exit the AAC as soon as it formally receives a Big East invitation, which will boost basketball but means football is dead.

amp.usatoday.com

Here you have it. Proof how stupid our fans are. Didn't Army finished ranked this season?

A piece that's literally labeled "Opinion" is now "Proof"?

 

[Adios]

A piece that's literally labeled "Opinion" is now "Proof"?

The fact people come up with such opinions on national platforms is proof.

 

[8893]

I don't want to skim through everyone's rationalizations in other threads. This move will likely have a short term positive impact on the men's basketball team, while trashing the rest of the athletic department over time.

So...is that a yay, a nay, or curtain number three? Because it's exactly what I think, too.

 

[CL82]

More than palatable. Giving up any chance of a P5 Invite so basketball can play who, nova?
Who gives a # 2 about providence, gtown, Seton hall and the rest

Georgetown will draw well because it will remind people of the old Big East. St. John’s, Prvidence and Seton Hall and Providence are all local games, relatively.

 

[Adios]

Yes and that means exactly what?? It didn't get us a P5 invite at our peak.

Uh, maybe we've been on the map? Needed some new facilities and are now getting them? But are still so weak we can't pay dues to move up?

 

[Adios]

Georgetown will draw well because it will remind people of the old Big East. St. John’s, Prvidence and Seton Hall and Providence are all local games, relatively.

Awwww. Memories. So cute. More important than sharing institutional goals and cultures.

 

[TRest]

So...is that a yay, a nay, or curtain number three? Because it's exactly what I think, too.

I’m yay because I’m class of 83, the AAC was a poisonous pill to swallow, and in ten years I will start being a chicks hoops fan.

 

[TRest]

Awwww. Memories. So cute. More important than sharing institutional goals and cultures.

We don’t share anything institutionally with either league.

 

[JMick]

More than palatable. Giving up any chance of a P5 Invite so basketball can play who, nova?
Who gives a # 2 about providence, gtown, Seton hall and the rest

there is no chance. we missed the chances multiple times

 

[CL82]

Awwww. Memories. So cute. More important than sharing institutional goals and cultures.

Nope. But it will fill the seats. Especially vs. say a Tulsa game.

 

[Yardigan]

It's fine. I'm happy with independent football. What better way to improve than spend a few years crushing New England rivals on our way back up

Right...just like they put it to URI last year.

 

[Bobol]

I am glad that UConn will resume its geographic rivalries.

The Big East needs UConn.

UConn needs the Big East.

The affiliation is a marriage of necessity for both parties.

 

[Adios]

We don’t share anything institutionally with either league.

Tulane is in the AAU. I know that's one aspiration that UConn wishes to join. Also some public schools. And some that used to be in more powerful conferences before, as well. All trying to take the step back to a top conference. The only n00bs are technically Tulsa, ECU, UCF and USF.

 

[TRest]

Tulane is in the AAU. I know that's one aspiration that UConn wishes to join. Also some public schools. And some that used to be in more powerful conferences before, as well. All trying to take the step back to a top conference. The only n00bs are technically Tulsa, ECU, UCF and USF.

We are trying to maintain, and move up in, our ranking as a top 20 land grant public university. No one in the AAC looks remotely like us. To be fair, no one in the nBE does either.

 

[rip7774]

Yay.

Familiar foes in Gampel and XL again
MSG in March
20 conference games
Big 12 Challenge
Big 10 Challenge (Gavitt Games)
Dan Hurley and staff recruiting to the Big East
No more 9pm game times in Texas or Oklahoma
Gus Johnson and Raff (FS1 isn't really that bad)

Holy s#$&;, we get Raftery back???? OMG!

 

[gtcam]

It's good for mens basketball and both soccer teams - regardless of what Geno says, it won't mean much for the womens team
Absolutely sucks for football and baseball
The big thing for all sports is the cut down in travel and a chance to create more regional rivalries
For basketball it is a definite step up in competition which translates into a longer road to go until the program will be where a majority of fans wants it to be
IMHO, while I can surely appreciate the quick fix that many foresee for the basketball conference woes, in the long term, I feel being wed to the NBE for a significant time may prove to be a fatal mistake.
The current members of the NBE are "basketball" schools. While the men's and women's basketball programs at UConn have proven to be most successful (pardons to field hockey), I don't consider UConn to be a "basketball" school.
UConn (and the state) has invested a huge amount of funds for a huge football stadium, training center and other football related investments. Going independent in football will not be good. Football needs a conference and rivalries. The program has proven in the past that it can be formidable and I feel it can return to respectability soon, if given a conference slot.
As a huge mens basketball fan and season ticket holder for over 50 years, I love the chance to play the likes of Nova, Georgetown, PC, St Johns et al on a yearly basis. But as a business person and UConn fanatic, I am not sure this is the smartest move to make - in the long run. To pay upwards of $10 Million as an exit fee is hard to swallow now and it won't be made up by basketball revenue.
Baseball may also feel a negative reaction as far as recruitment is concerned. The AAC is a really strong a viable baseball conference. Those trips to Florida, the Carolinas and Texas are so vital for exposure.
I also would like to know, what religious figure will UConn have sitting on the bench at basketball games? Every team it faces in the NBE will have one!! (Not serious but just wondering)
As a UConn mens basketball fan, right now I say Yah. - As a UConn fan, if this is a longterm situation, I say Nah

 

[Robertelamin]

It's either going to be the best move the school/athletic department ever made or the worst move.

Decisive.

 

[David 76]

I have mixed feelings. Goodbye to P-5 hopes but that train, I guess has passed. Sorry for football and baseball. Glad for men's and women's basketball and MSG

 

[JMick]

Decisive.

I just don't see any way it ends up being "meh"

 

[UCDaveD]

Lmao wait a minute, there are still lunatics who think a P5 invite was in the cards? Talk about detachment from reality.

 

[Adios]

Lmao wait a minute, there are still lunatics who think a P5 invite was in the cards? Talk about detachment from reality.

Speak for yourself. You have to be a real imbecile to act as if we don't have a chance when we've been mentioned as a candidate openly for 2 conferences. Thats...40% of the conferences! Lmao.

 

[TRest]

Speak for yourself. You have to be a real imbecile to act as if we don't have a chance when we've been mentioned as a candidate openly for 2 conferences. Thats...40% of the conferences! Lmao.

My personal opinion is that going through the B12 talent show gave the president and AD enough information that we are at best 4th in line for any future invitation, and that the B12 has decided not to expand at all due to the change in cable bundling paying for same. So, even though the AD proactively tried to upgrade non-revenue facilities like baseball, soccer and softball to make ourselves more "P-5" ready, ultimately that invite aint coming. I blame you, Butch, for never investing in football season tickets.

 

[TheChamps990411]

I feel bad for the football side of this but that has been going nowhere. This is our ticket back to national prominence. We are hoop folk over here and I for one want to get back to where we were.

Its funny how years ago I warned people about our football program going absolutely nowhere and it would kill us in realignment and I got absolutely roasted and branded as clueless by most and here we are. Im glad to be back in the BE and if we can back to being what we were I really don't care if every other sports program disappears.