They let Pitt in the club.
Wow! "I think so" really validates your claim! Bohol, you can believe what you want. Beating BCU 26 straight times in men's basketball had something to do with it. And ESPN didn't want us in. Deflippo even said that in the Globe interview (which he tried to walk back later). Which, if you see how ESPN has screwed us at every turn since, certainly had a lot to do with it as well. But I know those reasons aren't an, "I think so", from the Senior Associate Athletic Director at SU.
You're wrong and you're an idiot. They won't decide whether or not to add a program over one point in time. UCONN has won more championships in men's basketball than any program since 1999. Hell, we won the national championship in men's basketball just four years ago. Plus WVU is in a crummy market. We bring the NYC market to the ACC. West Virginia could never do that. And if the ACC was so enamored with WVU they would have added them when they had the chance. Lastly, yes, academics matter. Cringeworthy? You're a genius.
Walmart is such a great way to measure a school's popularity.
Walmart is such a great way to measure a school's popularity.
College football's top 10...according to Walmart
You called me an idiot over this and now you are calling ConnHuskBask an idiot for the same thing. As for your fourth to last sentence, we can turn it around to say if the ACC was so enamored with UConn why didn't they add UConn when they had the chance? You, actually, are the genius. WVU was headed to the Big 12 before the Big East reconfiguration. At that time, they didn't care what the ACC thought of them, they had a landing spot. I also don't believe UConn brings the NYC market to the ACC. I live in NYC. I see ACC ads at every Yankee game. They don't mention UConn anywhere. The ACC is thriving in NYC without UConn I am sorry to say. Your anger, I believe, is appropriately directed toward ESPN. To that I agree. They orchestrated the whole thing. I am not posting this an an anti UConn poster. I am an alumnus, but just stating what I perceive to be realistic. WVU is thriving in the P5. UConn not so much.
You're wrong as always troll. The ACC could have preempted the Big 12 if they wanted them so bad. You live in NYC? Go ahead and ignore that UCONN owns MSG when they play there. No ACC team is capable of doing that. For an alumnus you work really hard to root against UCONN. And you are an idiot.
It's really difficult at this point to tell what the ACC would do. I could have told you what the ACC team that studied expansion in 2012 would do, but we have mostly new players now. UVA, UNC, VT, Pitt, Syracuse, Miami, Florida State, Louisville, and Clemson all have new Presidents, and most have new Athletic Directors. None of these people have ever been asked to analyze this and offer opinion on expansion choices. There aren't many clues as to what they would prefer. The league office would have to put together the expansion committee again and go through the analysis process all over again. That's not going to be in the works unless Notre Dame decides they want to join for football. We know that the current President and Athletic Director at Notre Dame aren't interested in that. So we'll need to have their successors in place to have any opportunity at that, and who knows when that will be? If Notre Dame does decide to join, they will have influence on who joins with them. They won't be able to ram someone through, but if who they recommend doesn't have much objection, they'll probably get in. It is important to be pals with Notre Dame. I don't know if West Virginia is. I don't know if UConn is.
The ACC channel needs content and UConn has that in spades with the UConn Women, and maybe the greatest coach in the history of the sport of basketball. Instead of the Geno Show on SNY, I would think the ACC Network would bend over backwards to distribute it. The rivalry with Muffit McGraw and Notre Dame is legendary.
I think to need to open your eyes and get real. Neither the Big 12 nor the ACC chose UConn. That is a fact. MSG is in fairly close proximity to Fairfield County. Easy commute to watch a game for UConn fans, nothing more. As far as UConn "owning" NYC, I don't see it here. Sorry. I do not root against UConn. I watch and hope they win every game, ands have attending many games at MSG, but the fantasy bubble of conference realignment for me has burst.
You openly root against UCONN. It's obvious that you're a WVU fan. You should spend time on their message boards. Every one of your posts is anti-UCONN. You're such a tool.
I only stated that WVU has strong successful athletics. Nothing more. The are in the Big 12 and will be there until the GOR expires or the conference collapses. If stating the truth makes someone anti UConn then you are one with the problem.
Geno is only 62, Jim Calhoun retired when he was 70, and would still be coaching the UConn men had some health issues not slowed him down. Mike Krzyzewski is 70 now and still going strong. I think your post is a ridiculous feeble attempt to not only write off Geno but the future of UConn athletics as well. It also gives ammo to the usual trolls that prowl this thread like sharks.
Just for the record I think he coaches here until he's in his early 70's, maybe longer if his health is good.
That's crap. You promote WVU over UCONN every chance you get. You should spend time on their boards.
Yes tool, every chance you get. Go on WVU's message board. It's clear as hell that's who you root for. You add nothing.
I see trolls all around this thread. Lol
Their are 5 stages of grieving: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. I have been through all of them with UConn and I am now in the Acceptance stage. You and SCHusky are nearing the end of the denial stage and beginning the anger stage. You will see.