Seth Greenberg on UConn & the Big East

[MilliniumPrince]

Because the new Big East is such a powerhouse. Teams like Nova and................

 

[BlueDogs]

I think that's pretty well documented. It's obviously best to be in a P5 all-sports league. That being said, what's the second best option? Right now, UConn is gambling is the future of its basketball program(s) by maintaining football and hoping to get into a P5. Unfortunately, UConn has no control over that. What is the breaking point? When do they cut their losses, throw football overboard, and save basketball? One thing's for certain - staying indefinitely in the AAC with mediocre basketball and bad football is the absolute worst option.

If you want a flagship to turn into a regional catholic school be my guest .. off to the New BE

 

[AdamaNation]

I think it is time to entertain the Big East. Every day I lean more and more towards that as a solution to recent bball woes. I also think there is a mutual interest too. Do what you can with football. Ya, it might be improving, but will never be even close to even 2nd tier schools, it is about time we stop kidding ourselves with that. At best they get back to 8-4 type seasons and forgettable bowl games. Uconn is bball first, like it or not. Time to go back with other (bball first) schools like Nova, St. Johns, Gtown, Shall and Providence, all rivals in the recent (past 35 years or so) past. Other non rivals like Xavier and other teams with recent success like Butler and decent to (in some years) good teams like Marquette and Creighton will also be solid on the schedule. Depaul? Lol....But hey, I have a fondness for (and only) Cincy from the aac, see if they would join too, imagine that league!

Uconn has been blackballed enough by the ACC, I think that door has, sadly closed, and now espn is starting to join in, barely ever mentioning Uconn. (Uconn should at least be in the mid 60s for that dumb Bilas top 68 article).

After that, can schedule Cuse every year as a key OOC game.

Yes yes yes.

 

[ASweet3781]

It really takes a lot of stones to lecture us what conference to join when they played a big role in destroying our old one.

 

[LIuconn]

Eh, he just means we should be a prize fighter again. I agree with that

 

[Hoophound]

I don’t know why ESPN would support him chasing us to the Big East. That’s weird.

 

[Ewekon]

Seth knows less about basketball than self promotion. And I believe he is a Syrexcuse guy

 

[John]

I think that's pretty well documented. It's obviously best to be in a P5 all-sports league. That being said, what's the second best option? Right now, UConn is gambling is the future of its basketball program(s) by maintaining football and hoping to get into a P5. Unfortunately, UConn has no control over that. What is the breaking point? When do they cut their losses, throw football overboard, and save basketball? One thing's for certain - staying indefinitely in the AAC with mediocre basketball and bad football is the absolute worst option.

NEWSFLASH: AAC Football is on par, if not better than, the old Big East.

THIS JUST IN: AAC Basketball struggles because gold standard programs have not performed. Uconn as much to blame for poor basketball in this conference as this conference is to blame for poor Uconn basketball.

 

[UCDaveD]

How the hell are fans going to get UConn back into the Big East?

 

[MilliniumPrince]

I don’t know why ESPN would support him chasing us to the Big East. That’s weird.

But it is scaring me. Their bots Don't push narratives this hard with out instruction and purpose. Got to...not back, but to...the Big East would kill our programs. The old days are gone. Playing under that name won't bring them back.

 

[BlueandOG]

WRONG! Seth's ignorance is only overshadowed by his enormous head. UCONN is not the problem. AAC is not the problem. Our players are not the problem. Leadership is the problem. I love KO because he played when I was at UCONN, because JC anointed him as his successor, because he won a National Championship for us in a magical way, and because he seems like a great guy. However, I love winning more. We need a new leader.

This is what's going to happen: we are not making the NCAA this year and AD Dave will fire KO. The replacement guy will get us back on top in a few years. With that, the stain of Big Warde will be gone. So mote it be.

 

[Rocktheworld]

If you previously wanted UConn in the BE, this idiot endorsing your opinion should demonstrate the error of your thoughts

 

[Travelman6]

This board is legit a bunch of betas. How do you fools defend the AAC? Nobody respects it. Nobody.

beta? Like the fish? 2nd letter of the Greek Alphabet? huh?

I think it is more about being in denial. Uconn is stuck in the aac so people TRY (boy do they ever) to make the most of it and not admit that, well, this is not quite the old big east...to say the least.

 

[Husky SZN]

So Cinci, Temple, Memphis and WSU aren’t basketball schools? Houston has done more in basketball than 3/4 of the NBE. SMU built a program that has won ever year since this league existed. UCF just beat a ranked Alabama.

It’s a bunch of nonsense. With WSU in the fold, the differences in level of play are minor. The geography favors the Big East a bit, but not all that much beyond PC and St John’s.

WHAT???? lol do you really think the conferences are even close?

 

[shizzle787]

What geographic footprint? We have schools from all over and we have recruits from all over. We don't fit the profile of the New Big East at all. We would be the only public school in the NBE, have far and away the largest enrollment, only school that isn't currently religiously-affiliated other than Butler which historically was. UConn needs to be where the biggest payout is, unless it's the ACC v B1G at which point other factors can be debated.

We were the only full public in the original Big East. Pitt was a public/private hybrid and everybody else was private.

 

[shizzle787]

Because the new Big East is such a powerhouse. Teams like Nova and......

Seriously? The Big East got seven teams in the tournament last year, have a better RPI than half the P5 leagues, and are respected by the NCAA committee. The American will NEVER be able to say any of those things.

 

[shizzle787]

But it is scaring me. Their bots Don't push narratives this hard with out instruction and purpose. Got to...not back, but to...the American has killed our programs. The old days are gone. Playing under that name won't bring them back.

FIFY

 

[Kitaman]

And what are the things a UConn fan can do to make that happen if s/he is so inclined?

Well we all tried bitchin and moaning, perhaps doing that got us to Seth.

 

[shizzle787]

And what are the things a UConn fan can do to make that happen if s/he is so inclined?

Make a gofundme account for the AAC exit fee.

 

[WrenchFan69]

We were the only full public in the original Big East. Pitt was a public/private hybrid and everybody else was private.

UConn today is not even close to what UConn was back then thankfully

 

[shizzle787]

UConn today is not even close to what UConn was back then thankfully

Which has nothing to do with it being a public school and the rest being (good) privates.

 

[intlzncster]

Drinking heavily has had no effect.

C_NFIRM_D.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Greenberg was ur number 9 hitter 5 years ago in CBB on ESPN and now all of a sudden he is being thrust into the limelight....

 

[shizzle787]

It just hit me why Greenberg might have been talking about this: Disney just bought FOX regional sports networks today.

 

[Fishy]

It just hit me why Greenberg might have been talking about this: Disney just bought FOX regional sports networks today.

Or he has no idea that Disney just bought Fox regional networks, but he can see that our once-dominant basketball program has turned into a pile of garbage in a conference no one ever wanted to see created.

You know, one or the other.