Thank You SNY

[Tonyc]

We will miss you. Thanks for everything We luv you yeah yeah yeah

 

[BristolN8TV]

Thanks for many memories SNY. Will miss your coverage. Best to all of the crew on their futures.

 

[freekimchee]

Best coverage ever. I'm really going to miss it. Thanks for the memories, SNY...

 

[maple]

Thank you SNY. Started with a NC season. Hopefully ends with one.

 

[sledog]

Gonna miss them. Who will carry games next year
?

 

[victor64]

Meghan Cuomo is terrific. She is for the Huskies but not afraid to gently criticize. Deserves a bigger opportunity.

 

[pghhuskydoc]

Thank you SNY! Hard to see Kara and Meg choking up. Job VERY well done.

 

[fomalhaut]

Obviously their bigger opponents are on national TV, but I think they said the SNY record was 217-3. That's ridiculous no matter who you're playing.

 

[PJCLaw]

Obviously their bigger opponents are on national TV, but I think they said the SNY record was 217-3. That's ridiculous no matter who you're playing.

.986 winning percentage on SNY.

 

[ThisJustIn]

Bob Joyce had a lovely thank you/tribute on the radio call.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Meghan Cuomo is terrific. She is for the Huskies but not afraid to gently criticize. Deserves a bigger opportunity.

I think she's doing some games on Fox Sports now, and Fox shows a lot of Big East games, so hopefully she'll still call our games down the road.

 

[WiseWillie]

Gonna miss them. Who will carry games next year
?

The deal the BE struck calls for games to be broadcast on Fox, NBC and TNT.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Poor Kara I think she lost it there just as they faded out.

 

[JellyBean]

Definitely appreciate SNY. They always did things first class.

 

[WiseWillie]

The deal the BE struck calls for games to be broadcast on Fox, NBC and TNT.

What will be missed is the knowledge and familiarity of UConn that SNY brought especially with two former players, one doing the game color and the other pre-game, halftime and post game analysis. The games will be covered mostly by announcers who aren't that familiar with UConn or their players. It will be like watching any other basketball game with the exception if we are playing against a noted rivalry or a top 10 team there might be some extra commentary but nothing like SNY devoted. It will be much different but the upside is the Big East Conference benefits by getting more $. It would be worthwhile if at some point the $ that the BE will be getting could be broken out and how exactly the schools benefit. Good luck with that.

 

[hoopsfan22]

What will be missed is the knowledge and familiarity of UConn that SNY brought especially with two former players, one doing the game color and the other pre-game, halftime and post game analysis. The games will be covered mostly by announcers who aren't that familiar with UConn or their players. It will be like watching any other basketball game with the exception if we are playing against a noted rivalry or a top 10 team there might be some extra commentary but nothing like SNY devoted. It will be much different but the upside is the Big East Conference benefits by getting more $. It would be worthwhile if at some point the $ that the BE will be getting could be broken out and how exactly the schools benefit. Good luck with that.

I appreciate that Kara highlighted all the extra content SNY provided that the fans will no longer have. This is going to be a good deal for the conference, but at our expense.

 

[slepers]

we can always mute the tv and listen to radio

 

[reelfan]

All star performance by SNY. You will be missed by knowledgeable UCONN fans.

 

[uconnfan68]

What will be missed is the knowledge and familiarity of UConn that SNY brought especially with two former players, one doing the game color and the other pre-game, halftime and post game analysis. The games will be covered mostly by announcers who aren't that familiar with UConn or their players. It will be like watching any other basketball game with the exception if we are playing against a noted rivalry or a top 10 team there might be some extra commentary but nothing like SNY devoted. It will be much different but the upside is the Big East Conference benefits by getting more $. It would be worthwhile if at some point the $ that the BE will be getting could be broken out and how exactly the schools benefit. Good luck with that.

The previous contract allowed us Tier 3 rights. I’m sure SNY was good to us as their ratings often eclipsed various pro games on other channels in the NY area. No idea whether this is better for us.

 

[CL82]

Thank you SNY! Hard to see Kara and Meg choking up. Job VERY well done.

And Gary Apple. He and Kara definitely have a close friendship.

 

[dtbtbtb]

Thank you SNY! You did an amazing job and we'll all miss you!

 

[nickp91]

SNY was fantastic!

 

[OldSchooler]

The post-game on-court interview was most appropriate (don't tell me Holly Rowe could have done it any better), and Geno gave due credit for what SNY had done for UConn's program over the past 13 seasons.

 

[MSGRET]

Meghan Cuomo is terrific. She is for the Huskies but not afraid to gently criticize. Deserves a bigger opportunity.

If I remember correctly I saw her doing color commentator on a Big East game on the weekend that UConn beat SC on one of the fox stations.

 

[Terrierdog]

we can always mute the tv and listen to radio

I've tried that, but isn't the radio always a fraction ahead?

 

[Huskygamble19]

UCONN moving on to another journey, but to what end. How can anybody compare to the concise scrutiny show at the half by Kara and Gary explaining the ins and outs of the game. and the after game highlights and interviews and Geno's postgame comments. How about the superior talents of Meghan & alan calling the game. this will all be missed. My guess is there will be very little analysis after the game so they can get to the next game following UCONN. Not looking forward to an announcing team that is ambivalent to UCONN overall. I may be wrong, but i sincerely doubt it.

 

[Skeets]

Meghan Cuomo is terrific. She is for the Huskies but not afraid to gently criticize. Deserves a bigger opportunity.

Also, consider that one way or another Megan has been with the Huskies almost as long as Geno.

 

[Skeets]

Pre-game, insightful halftime, post-game, Geno shows, and other specials, are all gone. UConn fans have lost a lot.

 

[WiseWillie]

You almost wonder could UConn WBB ever have "bought out" of the BE tv deal? Of course that would be impossible since the tv rights are held by the BE Conference which covers the men as well. But deals are made and deals are broken. But why would UConn want to do that? For one, there is little doubt that without UConn the deal could never have been done. Does UConn get premium return from the BE?

SNY only covered UConn WBB and no other teams. They paid the BE for those rights to carry the games. How exactly did UConn fit into that? Questions. Answers?

 

[uconnfan68]

You almost wonder could UConn WBB ever have "bought out" of the BE tv deal? Of course that would be impossible since the tv rights are held by the BE Conference which covers the men as well. But deals are made and deals are broken. But why would UConn want to do that? For one, there is little doubt that without UConn the deal could never have been done. Does UConn get premium return from the BE?

SNY only covered UConn WBB and no other teams. They paid the BE for those rights to carry the games. How exactly did UConn fit into that? Questions. Answers?

Not sure they paid the BE. I thought, and I’ve been wrong too many times to count, that UConn has Tier 3 rights to itself. The tier 1-2 rights were the league’s, but tier 3 was up to individual teams. No one team in country had the same tier 3 that we did, and I’m pretty sure SNY made money on us from what I have seen from ratings in the largest media market in the US.