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

[StunningSteve]

“Lyons is a graduate of St. John’s University in New York, where he earned his degree in Sports Management. An avid fan of the St. John’s basketball team, he served on St. John’s University’s Sports Management Advisory Council for the College of Professional Studies.”

Lol yep, That’s a St John’s fanboy running the DigitalDooDooNetwork. Besides the UConn article he’s pumping is a bunch of updates on Justin Simon and Ponds.

 

[Chief00]

I keep refreshing Twitter every 30 seconds just waiting to see if anybody from the horde has confirmed or denied the report. With this story breaking last night, and with this thread, you would think at least some guy is on this by now...

You actually think they would beat the BY?

 

[JCSuperstar]

We're going to raise the exit fee funds by letting BY'ers pay $100 for a pass at the AAC logo. I already bought 3.

 

[UConnNick]

Why do you assume that football will be downgraded or shutdown?

It has to be if the Big Least is allowing us to join. A couple of years ago they interviewed NBE commish Val Ackerman and asked her about us joining her league. She said we'd have to decide what to do with football, meaning shut it down or downgrade it so there's no chance we'd leave the NBE. She wants to wear a hard hat and swing the wrecking ball at PAWS-ARF.

 

[Dove]

The report is true - basketball is heading to Big East. Chief has been holding back on publicizing this news but here it is.

The Chief can actually be held back? This can't be true!! Holding back Chief ain't easy!!!

 

[conorg223]

NBE President Val Ackerman spoke publicly this winter after the league re-upped an extended deal to play at MSG. Ackerman made mention that the league would be active in pursuit of an 11th member for when the league went to a 20-game conference schedule. Consensus at the time was the league would look to St Louis or even south to Davidson but adding UConn is clearly a grand slam for the league. The ease in which the MSG extension was negotiated with B1G and ACC banging on the door signaled Ackerman had something in the works.

What New Deal With MSG Means For The Big East

By extending its contract with Madison Square Garden through 2028, the Big East was able to fend off advances to MSG from other power basketball conferences

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[DefCONNOne]

For what it’s worth I have a high up connect at one of the NBE schools (not St.John’s) who told me this was talked about at the last big east meetings. I didn’t believe it at the time do to the logistical questions, but combined with this report it seems likely.

How can I take this post seriously when you don't know the difference between "do" and "due"?

 

[Chief00]

Chief. How do I get on the IM mailing list?

Thanks but it was only a few people and I did not want to be the one publicly breaking the story for obvious reasons.

 

[swami7774]

The one thing I dont understand is why the school would even chance having news like this leak before they make an official announcement. With how huge this is, you would think UConn would want to be in control of the timing.

What CT public institution is in control of anything these days?

 

[uconnell]

I hate this. Please say it’s not true.

 

[JMick]

I hate this. Please say it’s not true.

I think it's hard to hate it if it's true, because we have literally no details

 

[UConnNick]

Uh why would the ACC want our football program and not our basketball programs?

That was just wild speculation regarding about the only way I can see football being saved. Technically, the NBE wants us out of the football business as a prerequisite to joining their conference, at least as to FBS football. The last thing they'd go for is us turfing FBS football in any conference.

 

[businesslawyer]

You have to understand Big East sources don’t care about football - it’s about Fox Sports ponying up up dollars, SNY and UConn monetizing the WBB franchise and the NBE locking up MSG forever. Hurley is going to kill it on the recruiting trail.
I am going to withhold my comments on football.

We know that the Big East side doesn't care about football numbnuts. The point you are responding to is that the thought that UConn would definitively have determined it's going to the Big EAst before -- and not after -- it has made a decision on what it's doing with football is beyond idiotic.

I'm not even saying this will never happen any more. Our sports have become such a disaster I don't take anything for granted. But if we go it won't be BEFORE there is a plan for football, whatever that plan is.

 

[Chief00]

The Chief can actually be held back? This can't be true!! Holding back Chief ain't easy!!!

Actually it happens quite often - LOL - I try to make vague references instead sometimes but naturally I get slammed for it.

 

[DefCONNOne]

I've never met someone who's had "coattails" before. Has anyone else?

 

[Hoophound]

I have no issue with basketball in the Big East. I have a huge issue with damaging football further. Football is essential to my fan experience. Even bad football is far better than no football.

 

[JMick]

Even bad football is far better than no football.

I think you're in the minority there. and attendance shows that.

 

[mauconnfan]

Chief I don't think I've ever seen you be so adamant about something and not ride the fence. If this is true I take back everything negative I've said about you.

Oh I can tell you all Chief knew a while ago and held back. This is real!

 

[Chief00]

We know that the Big East side doesn't care about football numbnuts. The point you are responding to is that the thought that UConn would definitively have determined it's going to the Big EAst before -- and not after -- it has made a decision on what it's doing with football is beyond idiotic.

I'm not even saying this will never happen any more. Our sports have become such a disaster I don't take anything for granted. But if we go it won't be BEFORE there is a plan for football, whatever that plan is.

Don’t know why you so often resort to name calling but it’s the BY I guess? Keep in mind UConn hasn’t announce this - it leaked. What I said was I wasn’t commenting on football. That is still being worked on and is not as far along as the BB side. The idea that both negotiations with different parties could progress at the same pace - is challenging.
Chief has always been a football guy but many UConn BB fans aren’t - so it’s a crazy battle to keep it the priority it should be - especially at 1-11.

 

[JMick]

Keep in mind UConn hasn’t announce this - it leaked. What I said was I wasn’t commenting on football. That is still being worked on and is not as far along as the BB side. The idea that both negotiations with different parties could progress at the same pace - is challenging.

are you saying it's basically a conditional move right now based on finalizing the football situation?

 

[Palatine]

UConn hasn't been able to compete in the AAC. We are stuck in the lower half of the conference.

Maybe taking a step backward to the Big East will give us abetter chance to be competitive.

 

[StunningSteve]

You actually think they would beat the BY?

But, it’s just... it wasn’t the BY...

It was the Lyons kid from St John’s. Lmao..

(And I get it.. The NBE got destroyed this year by Wofford and Kent State.) In it’s current state, it is reverting back to A10 status.

UConn can’t “rejoin” a league it never left.

 

[nycscooby]

Name me a program they can get right now

UMass

 

[gampelcrazies]

Why not keep UConn then. UMass and UConn is a wash.

 

[Buffett10]

I can’t wait for UConn to play Syracuse and Pitt twice a yr. exciting news