Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Orange87, post: 2996200, member: 3333"] 1) The fact that the Big East had already reached out to TCU was an obvious sign that its demise was imminent. 2) Again, the writing was on the wall with the TCU and - if I've got my chronology correct - Boise State invites. If it wasn't spread thin [I]at the time[/I] - it was just about to be. With regard to rivalries and geography - at least the teams in the ACC are all in the same time zone. 3) There was a Big East TV contract [B]IN PLACE[/B] while Syracuse and Pitt and WVU were still members and it was far inferior to the other P5 deals and the conference had just negotiated it. You stating the a contract today would be MUCH more lucrative has no basis in fact. 4) If you really want to get into selfishness and greed contrubuting to UConn's current status in the AAC lets take a look at the Huskies administration/athletic department's decision to go all-in for football. Huge debt and fiscal responsibility was incurred with the hope that UConn would reap the financial benefits that would come with getting an invite to a P5. Had they not done that and still be so completely underwater because of the football program, perhaps the New Big East would still be an option for UConn hoops. Unfortunately the greed you like to speak of prevents that from happening any time soon. You can pretend all the other conference members that left screwed your school but the real reason you're bitter is because schools you root against were in the right position at the right time to take advantage of the economic climate and yours wasn't because of bad internal decisions. Simply put, when the music stopped, your school was the one that was left without a chair. [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach