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

[BRG 1]

Many UConn fans / alums have to be excited about seeing their team locally for a road game in RI/NY/NJ/Philly , not only in MBB, but WBB, and Olympic sports. And road trips to RI with dinner on Federal Hill and trips to NYC. Many mentioned to me they REALLY missed busing/driving to THE MECCA for BE tournament.

 

[Excalibur]

What a pile of horse$:&+ that is. UConn could have made this deal three years ago or ten years from now. The response from the Big East would have been the same.

 

[Towney007]

There's nothing I could care less about then anyone's opinion on how we add value. We're in. They can suck on it.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

That first conference game... i'm going to pay so much money to be there.

I'm not exactly rolling in the dough but I'd be shocked if you couldn't get into for $30 lol.

 

[wheelerdog]

This could turn out to be a disaster. With recruiting up in the AAC and the Big East being mediocre last year it is quite possible that the Big East could be looking up at the AAC in a couple years. There wasn't a big difference between the leagues this year.

Since 2013-2014, the BE has had 32 NCAA bids, won 32 tournament games, and had 2 NCs +1 E8 and 3 S16s. Excluding UConn and the 1 year Louisville was in, the AAC has had 17 bids and won 8 games with 1 S16.

The BE has had 17 players drafted and had 31 players on opening night rosters last year. The AAC numbers, again excluding UConn, are 7 and 18.

I think the BE will be just fine.

 

[Danzz]

What a pile of horse$:&+ that is. UConn could have made this deal three years ago or ten years from now. The response from the Big East would have been the same.

True but there was hope for football and a P-5 invite. 3 years latter and hope was gone.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

How will people feel about DePaul at 8:45 on a Monday? Is that much different than bemoaning “USF at 9:00 on a Tuesday?”

 

[UofCT]

How will people feel about DePaul at 8:45 on a Monday? Is that much different than bemoaning “USF at 9:00 on a Tuesday?”

Here is the issue: Following the USF @ 9pm Tuesday game the guys go on a road trip to Texas to play SMU Sunday at 6pm during NFL playoffs and then head to New Orleans to play Tulane on Tuesday @ 9pm on ESPN News and perhaps going home to play our good buddies East Carolina before getting back on a plane to play Houston in Texas on ESPN U.

 

[gtcam]

Since 2013-2014, the BE has had 32 NCAA bids, won 32 tournament games, and had 2 NCs +1 E8 and 3 S16s. Excluding UConn and the 1 year Louisville was in, the AAC has had 17 bids and won 8 games with 1 S16.

The BE has had 17 players drafted and had 31 players on opening night rosters last year. The AAC numbers, again excluding UConn, are 7 and 18.

I think the BE will be just fine.

While you are excluding - take Nova out od NBE and add UConn/Lville to AAC and see what the numbers bring
You can contort and mold in many ways my friend

 

[WrenchFan69]

How will people feel about DePaul at 8:45 on a Monday? Is that much different than bemoaning “USF at 9:00 on a Tuesday?”

Somewhere between 3-6x better about it.

 

[aburks41]

How will people feel about DePaul at 8:45 on a Monday? Is that much different than bemoaning “USF at 9:00 on a Tuesday?”

We'll feel great because we will have a home game against #1 ranked Villanova right after

 

[Ha Who]

 

[superjohn]

[/QUOTE]

Ask sports fans if the big east still exists and see what happens. My brother works in pro sports and had no idea it even existed anymore

You're talking complete nonsense here.

 

[dennismenace]

Only winners are the people for whom MSG is a fetish and the makers of Tide since those folks will be messing themselves until we actually face Creighton on a Wednesday on FX1 and nobody cares. Basketball step back football huge step back baseball huge step back. Only field hockey and ice hockey are not facing a step back. Might as well see if we can reconstruct the old YANKEE Conference

You prefer Tulane over Creighton?

 

[kobe]

mfw i heard uconn is leaving me

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

How will people feel about DePaul at 8:45 on a Monday? Is that much different than bemoaning “USF at 9:00 on a Tuesday?”

Pretty good, considering it'll be accompanied by 7:00 Monday 7:00 Tuesday against Villanova and Georgetown, and that it won't be accompanied by another plane ride to Tulsa afterwards.

 

[gtcam]

It’s a basketball conference that puts the interests of their basketball programs first. Big time upgrade.


Thanks for clarification - I thought mens and women swimming might be the focus in that conference
Without football what else could they focus on?
UConn shares a lot less in common than all the other schools but it does help with basketball awareness among fans/student body

 

[gtcam]

Oh so it’s not like Georgetown have James Akinjo or Mac McClung and a new coach in HOF Patrick Ewing.

Akinjo - that's a familiar name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wheelerdog]

While you are excluding - take Nova out od NBE and add UConn/Lville to AAC and see what the numbers bring
You can contort and mold in many ways my friend

It's a fair point. But my reasoning for leaving out Louisville was that they were a lame duck that one year. I excluded UConn because I was trying to get a picture of the competition.

Not sure why I would exclude Villanova, but that would still result in 26 bids, 16 wins, 1 E8 and 3 S16s. The draft picks would reduce to 10 and the roster count to 23.

My point here is that the AAC is not passing the Big East in talent level anytime soon.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Pretty good, considering it'll be accompanied by 7:00 Monday 7:00 Tuesday against Villanova and Georgetown, and that it won't be accompanied by another plane ride to Tulsa afterwards.

No 7 pm on Monday. 6:30 or 8:45.

 

[Big East Fa]

Most FS1 windows on Monday's are filled by the Big Ten.

 

[AllAbout5]

Akinjo - that's a familiar name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn’t he win Most improved in the NBE?

 

[Towney007]

Akinjo - that's a familiar name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Georgetown could trot one of their bulldogs out to center court, have it take a dump on the floor, throw a Georgetown jersey on it and i'd rather watch UConn play that than ever think about playing Tulane, Tulsa, ECU or almost anyone in the AAC ever again.

 

[UconnU]

This is my fear “can’t pull off ticket sales”. What were ticket sales last year? The stadium was 75% empty every game. If it’s still like this 5 years from now is it going to be blamed on the Big East move?