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CL82 said:
Add in “opportunity to win a championship.” That’s kind of covered in your last two items, but I think it stands alone.
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Yeah that’s what I was trying to get at with recent on court success of the program, but yours is a better way to phrase it.
 
@7774 I like this game. I'll play. Go ahead and trash my rankings, it's fine. I want to see your ranking too though.

IMO, some of these are too related, but I will rank individually anyways. For instance, "relationship with staff" should combine "relationship with head/assistant coaches", and your last two should be intertwined into "overall consensus or view of program as a whole." Your third, fourth, and fifth are also very related (playing time/draft prospects/conference), but I guess they differ enough for their own lines. Also, "recent on court success" is related to the conference - you get in The Dance as a 5th placed BE team, but you miss the NIT as a 5th place AAC team, and you get national TV time in the BE...even if you win in the AAC, no one watches ESPN U.

1 - playing time (kids want to PLAY)
2 - conference in which the school plays (kids want to play BIG TIME ball on national TV and to be ranked)
3 - belief the program can put you in the first round of the NBA draft (unless you're UNREAL, you don't go pro from a mid-major, let alone the basement of the AAC)
4 - relationship with the head coach (kids want to like their coach, but will play for a jerk or a drill sergeant if the above three are fulfilled IMO)
5 - recent on court success of the program (these kids are 17 when they are deciding - schools like Indiana, UCLA, UNLV, Georgetown, and Syracuse are starting to lose their luster)
6 - physical location of the school and how close it is to your home (can sway a kid, but won't be top factor)
7 - relationship with the assistant coaches (head coach matters more - I would have liked to see "relationship with staff" as the line item)
8 - historical prestige of the program (same as 5)
9 - having friends on the team (rare)
10 - illegal payments (more rare)
 
XLCenterFan said:
@7774 I like this game. I'll play. Go ahead and trash my rankings, it's fine. I want to see your ranking too though.

IMO, some of these are too related, but I will rank individually anyways. For instance, "relationship with staff" should combine "relationship with head/assistant coaches", and your last two should be intertwined into "overall consensus or view of program as a whole." Your third, fourth, and fifth are also very related (playing time/draft prospects/conference), but I guess they differ enough for their own lines. Also, "recent on court success" is related to the conference - you get in The Dance as a 5th placed BE team, but you miss the NIT as a 5th place AAC team, and you get national TV time in the BE...even if you win in the AAC, no one watches ESPN U.

1 - playing time (kids want to PLAY)
2 - conference in which the school plays (kids want to play BIG TIME ball on national TV and to be ranked)
3 - belief the program can put you in the first round of the NBA draft (unless you're UNREAL, you don't go pro from a mid-major, let alone the basement of the AAC)
4 - relationship with the head coach (kids want to like their coach, but will play for a jerk or a drill sergeant if the above three are fulfilled IMO)
5 - recent on court success of the program (these kids are 17 when they are deciding - schools like Indiana, UCLA, UNLV, Georgetown, and Syracuse are starting to lose their luster)
6 - physical location of the school and how close it is to your home (can sway a kid, but won't be top factor)
7 - relationship with the assistant coaches (head coach matters more - I would have liked to see "relationship with staff" as the line item)
8 - historical prestige of the program (same as 5)
9 - having friends on the team (rare)
10 - illegal payments (more rare)
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Lol wow.
 
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UConnSwag11 said:
Starting from ‘79

Cuse - 1 NC, 5 FF, 5 Conference Tournament Titles, 10 Regular Season Titles,

UCONN - 4 NC, 5 FF, 9 Conference Tournament Titles, 10 Regular Season Titles
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If you go to the NBA, Cuse has 6 players currently and UCONN has 5. If you look at who is in the league from each school, it’s a no brainer. It’s embarrassing honestly.

Since ‘79, Cuse has ~42 total NBA Players and UCONN has ~33.
 
@7774 "lol wow he says" You're a clown with that response and have now lost any and all credibility. I thought I was reading a text from my 12 year old niece. Next time I have any opinion about anything, I'll check with you first to make sure it's correct, since you're the arbiter of opinions and all things debatable. GET SOME FACTS, and come back and see me!
 
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Waquoit said:
The point that those pining for the AAC miss (they know hoop is in infinitely better shape but don't care) is that we are much better positioned to get a spot at the grown-ups table in FB now than if were still stuck in that dungheap.
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Aac wasn't bad for our football program. It was bad for our bball program. Going Indy leaves our FB destiny in our own hands but it could end up worse for us then when we were in that conference.
 
XLCenterFan said:
@7774 "lol wow he says" You're clown with that response and have now lost any and all credibility. I thought I was reading a text from my 12 year old niece. Next time I have any opinion about anything, I'll check with you first to make sure it's correct, since you're the arbiter of opinions and all things debatable. GET SOME FACTS, and come back and see me!
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Your list creates a world where Brian Bowen going to Louisville was way more about Louisville being in the ACC than him getting paid $100K to go there. So yeah, “lol wow“ is the only thing that’s appropriate.

And I’m the only one on this topic actually using facts. The facts are the one year Dan Hurley and his staff recruited out of the AAC they got the same level recruits as the 2 years they’ve recruiting in the Big East. And there is no factual reason to think that would change as long as they had success on the court.

Conference 2nd and getting a bag 10th. Bahahahahaha, there’s really nothing else to discuss at this point.
 
It was only a matter of time until somehow else showed their face but Pal finally has some company
 
Waquoit said:
The point that those pining for the AAC miss (they know hoop is in infinitely better shape but don't care) is that we are much better positioned to get a spot at the grown-ups table in FB now than if were still stuck in that dungheap.
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No doubt. I have made this argument about going to the Big East since late 2016.

We are now in control of our own destiny instead of a victim of it. That’s the best thing about this. ESPN will be the big loser and Fox the big winner.

PS: No one who argues that the AAC was good for our P5 hopes should be taken seriously. It was fools gold.

PS: the pandemic was a blessing for UCONN athletics. It allows us to emerge from this in a really good position athletically on many fronts.
 
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Admins, please lock this thread. It’s becoming embarrassing to the boneyard that we have even an 8 page thread discussing the fruit’s 60-something page thread. This is a hoops board and the whole world already knows that we’re trending up and the fruit is resigned to absolute mediocrity at best. Most of their fan base doesn’t even know what’s it’s like to win a chip. It’s like they got laid once in high school, are in their late 40’s and haven’t been laid since. Now they think cell phone is better than the real thing.
 
The longtime Cuse will always be in denial over how far UConn came to catch up to and eventually pass their basketball program. I was at MSG the second year they hosted the BET. It was UConn-Cuse in the early game and the Huskies had just scored a couple of buckets to knock the lead down to 7 at the 8:00 media time out.
The PA guy comes on and says, "There will be a reception for all UConn fans at the Hotel Penta directly after the game.""The reception for Syracuse fans will be at the Hotel Penta after tomorrow's game" That stuff didn't fly once JC came to town, however that's how these folks will forever think about UConn. I think it's funny.
 
CL82 said:
Wait, your 12 year old niece sends you nasty texts calling you a clown? That's harsh.
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No, she sends me texts that say “lol, wow.” Like 7774.
 
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Pal's in the same place with the guys who whined about the band cancelling for the season. Amazing how being so fantastically wrong shuts you up.
 
Syracuse board advised me today that we targeted a stretch 4 because Mac, a center, told us he was uninterested in coming here.
 
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MDHuskFan said:
Syracuse board advised me today that we targeted a stretch 4 because Mac, a center, told us he was uninterested in coming here.
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Not that I'd be interested in responding but if you feel you must you can tell them that UConn stopped recruiting Mac because they have enough big men for next year and were worried that taking another in the 2021 class might dissuade Clingan from coming to Storrs. On second thought, just forget it. Who needs to respond to those bozos?
 
MDHuskFan said:
Syracuse board advised me today that we targeted a stretch 4 because Mac, a center, told us he was uninterested in coming here.
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It's weird how he became uninterested immediately after we signed Sanogo. It sucks that we're just not desirable to recruits. Oh well, we had to settle for Johnson, a top 100 4* modern big with NBA potential and freakish length. Damn.
 
XLCenterFan said:
www.google.com

Class of 2021 forward Samson Johnson commits to UConn

The 6-foot-10 big man picked UConn within weeks of Rahsool Diggins and Jordan Hawkins
www.google.com www.google.com

#4 ranked recruiting class!? Not possible in the AAC. Where you at @7774?
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I'm not convinced you two are actually that far apart on this. Were we able to get some good recruits in the AAC? Yes, being in that conference wasn't an absolute recruiting death sentence and we got as high as the #8 class (we're #4 now but will likely drop as other teams add players). Are we getting more and better recruits in the Big East? Early results are pointing in that direction. Hurley says its a factor. Recruits are saying its a factor. I'm going to go out on a limb and say its a factor.
 
Peacefrog said:
I'm not convinced you two are actually that far apart on this. Were we able to get some good recruits in the AAC? Yes, being in that conference wasn't an absolute recruiting death sentence and we got as high as the #8 class (we're #4 now but will likely drop as other teams add players). Are we getting more and better recruits in the Big East? Early results are pointing in that direction. Hurley says its a factor. Recruits are saying its a factor. I'm going to go out on a limb and say its a factor.
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Oh we are in fact apart. He/she laughs at me and claims conference isn't that big of a factor in recruiting, and I claim it's a huge factor. Without the BE, these kids don't all land here, and we're stuck being classified as a mid-major. They would get scooped up by Jay Wright, Kevin Willard, or worse yet, Ed Cooley. No top recruit wants to hear "we play ECSU, Tulsa, Tulane, and UCF...oh, and do your friends and family get ESPN U?" Gimme a break.
 
XLCenterFan said:
Oh we are in fact apart. He/she laughs at me and claims conference isn't that big of a factor in recruiting, and I claim it's a huge factor.
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Didn't Diggins and Sanogo both comment on our return to the BE being a factor in their decision? One of them talked about how great it was that their family could travel to more road games.

Opposing coaches complained that they couldn't use the AAC to negatively recruit against us anymore. "Do you know what it's like to play in front of 2,000 fans at Tulsa and ECU?" Paraphrasing...

Conference always matters but in our case it was even bigger when comparing AAC UConn vs other Northeast schools we're competing against. I mean, we were losing out on recruits to Providence and Seton Hall and St. John's (granted a large part of that falls on KO's apathetic approach). It's one thing to lose out to Villanova or Syracuse or non-northeast bluebloods but to be consistently losing out to these mid-tier schools was troubling.

Sure, Hurley would have recruited better in the AAC than KO did but there's no doubt our classes will be better in the BE than if we stayed in the AAC. We aren't sniping someone like Diggins out of Nova's backyard if we're still in the AAC.
 
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