Purely basketball. What is the best conference for us.

[gtcam]

If only speaking in the sense of basketball - ACC or the Big 10
Big 12 is intriguing because they would probably extend the invite first but with all the infighting between Texas and the rest, I see that conference imploding at some point

 

[puppygenius]

1. The original Big East (R.I.P.) - unnatural causes
2. The bloated Big East (R.I.P.) - literally gutted
3. The ACC (The default no brainer)
4. The NEW Big East (would feel like moving back in to your childhood home)

 

[FartMan69]

As long as football exists this question is just a waste of internet.

 

[David 76]

As long as football exists this question is just a waste of internet.

A guy at the car wash told me football might be ending soon.

 

[80shusky]

When I think purely basketball I think the ACC. The geography is right for us, the teams are teams we know and have history with. However, the ACC has that Big East feel to it that it had after we added a bunch of teams and got big and diluted like Louisville and Cincinnati. They were great programs and helped the league but it always seemed like they didn't belong. Like they are getting too big and unwieldy and it will fall apart. Big 10 and Big 12 offer more stability it would seem but not the same geographic similarity of the ACC. It would be oddly ironic to get an ACC invite and join the league only to have it start to fall apart as some of the better football schools get pulled out into the SEC or other conferences. I could see the "core" old school ACC teams staying put and surviving that but I never though Maryland would leave either. Any league that offered us better in conference strength of schedule and better TV money would be an improvement.

 

[huskiesnyc]

Big 12 is the obvious choice for anyone paying attention to expansion this month

 

[CAHUSKY]

Purely basketball means just that. Basketball being the only factor. Not money, not football, not network contracts.....basketball. Through that prism, ACC is obviously the answer.

 

[nomar]

Purely basketball means just that. Basketball being the only factor. Not money, not football, not network contracts.....basketball. Through that prism, ACC is obviously the answer.

I thought the question was kind of a silly one because the answer was so obvious. If you could guarantee us that the ACC (with us in it) would stay around forever and generate as much revenue as the B1G, then of course we'd want to play BASKETBALL against Duke, UNC and Cuse rather than Ohio State, Michigan and Indiana. Or more importantly, we'd rather play Clemson, VT and Wake rather than Northwestern, Penn State and Nebraska. No brainer if you read the question correctly.

If money's involved, B1G. But if the B12 offers this summer, then we go to the B12.

 

[HooperScooper]

I thought the question was kind of a silly one because the answer was so obvious. If you could guarantee us that the ACC (with us in it) would stay around forever and generate as much revenue as the B1G, then of course we'd want to play BASKETBALL against Duke, UNC and Cuse rather than Ohio State, Michigan and Indiana. Or more importantly, we'd rather play Clemson, VT and Wake rather than Northwestern, Penn State and Nebraska. No brainer if you read the question correctly.

If money's involved, B1G. But if the B12 offers this summer, then we go to the B12.

I think that's a pretty good summary. We can just go ahead and delete all the other responses in this thread. Thanks nomar!

 

[Com'rGordon]

I thought the question was kind of a silly one because the answer was so obvious. If you could guarantee us that the ACC (with us in it) would stay around forever and generate as much revenue as the B1G, then of course we'd want to play BASKETBALL against Duke, UNC and Cuse rather than Ohio State, Michigan and Indiana. Or more importantly, we'd rather play Clemson, VT and Wake rather than Northwestern, Penn State and Nebraska. No brainer if you read the question correctly.

If money's involved, B1G. But if the B12 offers this summer, then we go to the B12.

Hey hey hey Nebraska is on the rise

 

[upstater]

My new answer: NEITHER. B12 is the right answer.

Why? Vengeance on BC.

UConn is in the B12 when the B1G raids the ACC and takes UNC and Virginia. FSU and Clemson scamper to the B12, NC State and Virginia Tech run off to the SEC. Duke goes begging to the B1G, and maybe the B1G throws them a bone. ND and Duke join the B1G.

Syracuse, BC and Pitt look around and realize that Wake Forest is telling them, "you still have us." Syracuse and Pitt still think they have a chance for the last slot with the B12 which just added BYU, but then Miami swoops in and takes it. Louisville is resigned to reforming the ACC with Pitt, Syracuse, Wake and BC by adding USF, UCF, Memphis, Houston, Navy, Temple, and East Carolina.

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

ACC... just because we would have a chance to make Duke cry every year

 

[nomar]

Hey hey hey Nebraska is on the rise

My wife's a Nebraskan. I love Nebraskans! [Insert pic of me eating corn on the cob.]

(Really, though, she is.)

 

[Drew]

Hey hey hey Nebraska is on the rise

Timmy Miles is recruiting well and is a solid coach. Need to be patient. PBA is beautiful.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Purely Basketball: ACC
Everything else: B10 and it's not close.

 

[amory]

The ACC. Which would be the best conference for us overall, too.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Purely basketball means just that. Basketball being the only factor. Not money, not football, not network contracts.....basketball. Through that prism, ACC is obviously the answer.

It's a logical fallacy. It's impossible. I can't consider UConn basketball without considering the long term health of the overall athletic department. The two aren't separable.

Perhaps you should ask: would you prefer to play an ACC schedule or B1G, Big XII or SEC schedule, all things being equal.
I still think the Big Ten is pretty close to the ACC there.