Report: UConn Going To Big East For 2020-2021 Season

[WrenchFan69]

Rumor is Army is going to AAC as a football only.
Plus another BB only school.
The queue will be a mile long including BE schools.
I think you mean FSB , FCS is the old Div 1A ,
This is a dumb move , but not unexpected.
Re- Higher Randy was a big clue.

The rumor, more accurately, is that AAC wants Army as football only. Exactly zero Big East schools will attempt to become basketball only schools for the AAC.

 

[John]

It's not the same Big East. No powerful schools such as Syracuse, Boston College, Miami, Virginia Tech, Pitt, WVU, and Notre Dame. At least.

Yes exactly. Big East in name only.

 

[olehead]

I knew this was coming, posted on this over and over and attacked last Spring by Stunning Steve & crew when I maintained joining the NBE was our future and in our best interest. Here's why.

1. Restores our NE recruiting advantage which year in and out has a bounty of kids who know how to play, have great to elite athleticism and can flat out hoop.

2. Of all AAC schools membership is least beneficial to UConn.

Travel: Notwithstanding Temple, the remaining schools are all hikes. Long flight travel, having to play and turnaround and do it again is a grind. Those travel miles wear hard on players physically and mentally and undoubtedly contribute to losses. Mostly a mental grinding in my opinion.

No geographical rivalries: Recruiting, recruiting, relationships, relatuonships, recruiting, recruiting.

Easy to lose your way: Back on the map for all of New England, NYC, and the Atlantic Coast. Respect SNY but New England and Atlantic Coast media were disincentivized following AAC membership. I lived in Philly until 2016 and I can tell you outside of us busting up Temple and Nova in the 2014 tournament there was no Philadelphia metro media coverage for UConn. I will say local high-school players and those in recruiting circles think well of us though.

3. I got killed when I said a relocation of AAC headquarters southward suggested a conference shift away from the value assigned to UConn by the conference Exhibit A: Aresco and Co. media contract. Take it or leave it deal for us.

 

[joober jones]

Name me a program they can get right now

Chaminade

 

[Walker11]

Big day for that one Uconn twitter account that operated as an anti-AAC agitator for the past 7 years. No escalators I think the account name is.

No escalators being happy is the only bummer with today's news. That guy couldn't suck more. It's embarrassing that he represents us as a (kinda) popular UConn Twitter account.

 

[Engineer90]

If Army signs on, Navy may follow. Add UMass. Nova upgrades. Perhaps Temple bails and joins the Big East in all sports. That's six for a small football conference.

 

[Yardigan]

Everyone join me in hating Creighton now! They are the absolute worst. Cheaters, players are punks, and rich entitled preppy fans in sweater vests.

Not sure how one can hate a school that has a Dollar Beer Night....

 

[UconnU]

If Army signs on, Navy may follow. Add UMass. Nova upgrades. Perhaps Temple bails and joins the Big East in all sports. That's six for a small football conference.

Add BYU too right? A little far away but they’re looking for a home.

 

[BugsyCT]

Very doubtful Temple would leave what they have now in the AAC for whatever concoction gets put together in Northeast football. They've had success in the AAC and a fertile recruiting ground within their home state.

 

[Deepster]

All these “what about football” posts.

The only people who should whine about football are the 1,200 people left at the end of most home games.

 

[aburks41]

Even if you are not happy about this move, how can you not be excited about the fact that for ONCE, we actually were in control of where we landed. Our leadership finally got off their butts and did something proactive instead of wasting away in the abyss of not knowing where our next destination is.

 

[Waquoit]

All these “what about football” posts.

The only people who should whine about football are the 1,200 people left at the end of most home games.

I'm one of those 1,200 and I'm not whining. In fact, the more it sinks in the more I'm liking it.

 

[superjohn]

Wellness check on Stainmaster...

 

[huskyinfl]

Not sure how one can hate a school that has a Dollar Beer Night....

Does nickel night not exist at UConn any more?

 

[whaler11]

Fox is moving out of the college football business

You are just trolling I hope

 

[Waquoit]

You are just trolling I hope

I don't think he trolls, I think he just doubles down on stupid

 

[Adios]

Did you read the post I replied to?

 

[whaler11]

Just thankful that we're a year away from never having to see that American logo on a UConn uniform again

Go full West Virginia. It’s gone tomorrow.

My God if they run around with those ridiculous P6 flags at the Rent I may be escorted out.

 

[Adios]

If Army signs on, Navy may follow. Add UMass. Nova upgrades. Perhaps Temple bails and joins the Big East in all sports. That's six for a small football conference.

What? Temple would leave when they've had great success. Sure.

 

[Jaker]

We will be taking the American conferences only NC's with us, gotta love that.

 

[8893]

Everyone join me in hating Creighton now! They are the absolute worst. Cheaters, players are punks, and rich entitled preppy fans in sweater vests.

But Omaha is actually pretty cool.

 

[UconnU]

Even if you are not happy about this move, how can you not be excited about the fact that for ONCE, we actually were in control of where we landed. Our leadership finally got off their butts and did something proactive instead of wasting away in the abyss of not knowing where our next destination is.

Proactive. UCF, Cincinnati and Houston are heading to P5s soon.

We will be taking the American conferences only NC's with us, gotta love that.

wasnt UCF awarded a national championship? lol...

 

[aburks41]

Proactive. UCF, Cincinnati and Houston are heading to P5s soon.

wasnt UCF awarded a national championship? lol...

UCF maybe, but Cincy and Houston have no shot. OSU will not let Cincy join the Big 10, and they are never going to the ACC. Houston has no shot with the Big 12 because of Texas, and the SEC will pluck Oklahoma or Texas before it takes Houston.

UConn is #4 on that list - Big 10 made it VERY clear that they don't think we have the NYC market which is why they took freaking Rutgers over us. The ACC has made it clear twice now that we are never getting in because BC will always veto, and FSU/Clemson has verbally said that they will bolt if the league adds UConn.