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

[Drew]

Pete Thamel report confirms AAC will not keep UConn as a football only member

 

[McLovin]

Where is this narrative that they didn’t forecast or analyze multiple scenarios coming from? They’re obviously not going to blindly change conferences.

Ummmm have you seen how UConn has been run the past decade? They don't think before they do anything.

 

[Engineer90]

Yeah, that went over your head. That isn't the option in my world. My world has lots of options where everyone is considered but there are priorities. Your world is some sort of bizarre sports version of communism.

 

[Nostical]

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.

Not at the expense of football.

 

[ATLDYKA]

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Oh yes it was the AAC that killed men’s basketball. Not Kevin Ollie failing to do basic recruiting practices.

Exactly, we have a delusional fan base that thinks its the Conference that hurt us. It was the coaching hires that killed us. News flash, the AAC is just as good as the NBE, the AAC in football is way better than what the OBE had to offer and baseball which is the one program that did have a good coach in place has made major strides against way better competition.

 

[uconnfan68]

Well unfortunately I loved the men's basketball team way before I went to the school. I have even been a fan of the football team by supporting them and going to their first bowl game in Detroit against Toledo. I just don't care anymore about the program as it has been run into the mud by bad hires and lack of administration moves to get us to a better conference when we had a chance. It is sad but real truth. I don't wish bad on the football program but we can't kill off the basketball lifeline by staying in this conference.

You do realize those other conferences had to invite us? Hard to blame administrations for bad teams. AD maybe, coaches yeah, players yeah. School prez, not so much.

 

[Waquoit]

The AAC was all take and no give when it came to UConn. Screw that crappy league.

 

[methodology]

UConn in denial mode

They didn't deny anything with that statement. They are currently part of the AAC

 

[Chief00]

Chief has been up for 29 hours - just was informed announcement was planned in about 3 weeks - by then football narrative would be more substantive - but this leak changed things.

 

[Chief00]

The AAC was all take and no give when it came to UConn. Screw that crappy league.

Aresco screwed up but many of the football schools won’t miss us.

 

[husky429]

Exactly, we have a delusional fan base that thinks its the Conference that hurt us. It was the coaching hires that killed us. News flash, the AAC is just as good as the NBE, the AAC in football is way better than what the OBE had to offer and baseball which is the one program that did have a good coach in place has made major strides against way better competition.

nbe put 4, 6, 7 teams in the tourney the last 3 years, I believe. It's not close basketball-wise.

Baseball is so little of a consideration here it's laughable.

This should be a godsend for every team but football. You think the swim team wants to fly to texas?

 

[Fishy]

Exactly, we have a delusional fan base that thinks its the Conference that hurt us. It was the coaching hires that killed us. News flash, the AAC is just as good as the NBE, the AAC in football is way better than what the OBE had to offer and baseball which is the one program that did have a good coach in place has made major strides against way better competition.

The American definitely hurt basketball. It didn't have the ability to hurt it as badly as Kevin Ollie did, but it definitely hurt.

But this is bad for football and baseball - really bad.

It also slams the door on ever joining a revenue conference. I think we will live to regret this.

 

[Chief00]

Just reached out to some of my sources in the BE and can verify when the BE presidents vote on UConn it will be a unanimous "yes" vote.
Also, reached out to some of my UConn sources and can verify after the BE presidents vote to accept UConn, UConn will accept the offer.

#ChiefCertified

 

[McLovin]

The American definitely hurt basketball. It didn't have the ability to hurt it as badly as Kevin Ollie did, but it definitely hurt.

But this is bad for football and baseball - really bad.

It also slams the door on ever joining a revenue conference. I think we will live to regret this.

Common sense does exist on this board. Agreed 1000%.

 

[Drew]

The American definitely hurt basketball. It didn't have the ability to hurt it as badly as Kevin Ollie did, but it definitely hurt.

But this is bad for football and baseball - really bad.

It also slams the door on ever joining a revenue conference. I think we will live to regret this.

100%. Especially at a time when CFP is going to expand to 8 with a G5 conference champ auto bid that if we're an independent we're ineligible for.

 

[ASweet3781]

When they go through with this white flag of surrender, and it looks like they will, we are owed on apology on camera by everyone in charge. An apology for failing in 2011-2013 when it counted.

 

[ASweet3781]

The AAC was all take and no give when it came to UConn. Screw that crappy league.

And what did we give them? The worst football program in the country? A 9th place men’s basketball program?

 

[Chief00]

The American definitely hurt basketball. It didn't have the ability to hurt it as badly as Kevin Ollie did, but it definitely hurt.

But this is bad for football and baseball - really bad.

It also slams the door on ever joining a revenue conference. I think we will live to regret this.

For football I guess we will see if Fox Sports is the inverse of ESPN for UConn football - these networks pay the bills and carry a lot of weight - otherwise you make some good points.
My basketball friends though have been calling all morning excited - Hurley is going to kill it in the Big East.

 

[bendm]

100%. Especially at a time when CFP is going to expand to 8 with a G5 conference champ auto bid that if we're an independent we're ineligible for.

ineligible for what now? making the CFP? now that's funny

 

[Ha Who]

They didn't deny anything with that statement. They are currently part of the AAC

Sarcasm

 

[Waquoit]

And what did we give them? The worst football program in the country? A 9th place men’s basketball program?

How many titles do they have, Skeezix? How many are UConn?

 

[Chin Diesel]

For those members of the horde lurking here, this is your plot line for your "investigative" stories you will produce over the next 6 months.

To make this easier for you, UConn is Scuffy and the BE is the bathtub.

 

[Chief00]

You do realize those other conferences had to invite us? Hard to blame administrations for bad teams. AD maybe, coaches yeah, players yeah. School prez, not so much.

Conference realignment as we have just seen today - is exclusively a game played in the Presidential Club.

 

[Waquoit]

It also slams the door on ever joining a revenue conference. I think we will live to regret this.

When do you cut your losses? What scenario can you see in your wildest dreams where that door opens for us?

 

[aburks41]

We were never ever getting the P5 invite. The ACC and Big 10 have made that incredibly clear by now. If there is another round on expansion in a few years, Houston, UCF, and Cincy would be the first to go. This was 100% the correct move. Our football program is beyond dead, the least they could do was save basketball

 

[navery12]

nbe put 4, 6, 7 teams in the tourney the last 3 years, I believe. It's not close basketball-wise.

Baseball is so little of a consideration here it's laughable.

This should be a godsend for every team but football. You think the swim team wants to fly to texas?

This is very bad for baseball. But doesn't change how happy I am that this is happening

 

[Engineer90]

The American definitely hurt basketball. It didn't have the ability to hurt it as badly as Kevin Ollie did, but it definitely hurt.

But this is bad for football and baseball - really bad.

It also slams the door on ever joining a revenue conference. I think we will live to regret this.

Agreed on basketball. No one thinks the AAC hurt us more than Ollie did.

It may hurt baseball but I am not sure it will hurt THAT much and I am not sure it matters that much either. The tail shouldn't wave the dog.

For football, sure, it is initially bad but football is already effectively dead. Maybe we can find a spot where the team can be better than 1-11, even if it is with lower recruits. And, maybe, that actually puts us in a better spot for a P5 invite. Is it better to be a laughingstock in the AAC or a decent team in something like the MAC?

 

[UconnU]

Lol at our buy out for the conference being the exact same amount we owe Kevin Ollie. Maybe the American conference violated some obscure clause in the contract? One can hope.

 

[husky429]

This is very bad for baseball. But doesn't change how happy I am that this is happening

You're right. A couple other teams too.

Baseball isn't bringing in basketball money no matter what they do anyways.

 

[Lefty2one]

This is fantastic news.

I don't see how anyone is holding on to the pipe dream of a P5 invitation at this point. It was never going to happen. The university finally accepted its reality.

We're probably not one of the top choices any more of the remaining non-P5 schools. UConn was in a very different spot at the 2013 realignment; we were coming off a decent stretch for the football program and the basketball program was still great. What exactly do we bring to the table if we stay in the AAC? A basketball program that can hopefully be turned around by Hurley and one of the worst football programs in the country in a region that does not care about college football.