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UConn “Mid-Major”?

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UConnJim said:
In the portal era, nobody really knows how good G5 teams are at this point. There are too many moving pieces.
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And no one has a clue how good UConn will be this year by the same logic.

Btw, did you see the thing about basketball in which UConn was described as a mid major? Hahaha, that must not have gone down well in certain circles.
 
RSTuthill said:
And no one has a clue how good UConn will be this year by the same logic.

Btw, did you see the thing about basketball in which UConn was described as a mid major? Hahaha, that must not have gone down well in certain circles.
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I saw something in baseball.

They aren't going to call our basketball mid-major yet as it would lead most of the general public to question their entire narrative.

And for the record, as a baseball conference the BE is absolutely mid-major.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I saw something in baseball.They aren't going to call our basketball mid-major yet as it would lead most of the general public to question their entire narrative.
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Actually that post did do that. UConn having the fifth best recruiting class in the nation, the highest ranked of the mid majors. Hahaha.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Please provide a link.
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Doubt I could find it. I thought at the time, wow, I should post that, but decided nah. Not a BB guy even though I am proud of the Huskies. I am a hockey guy.
 
RSTuthill said:
Doubt I could find it. I thought at the time, wow, I should post that, but decided nah. Not a BB guy even though I am proud of the Huskies. I am a hockey guy.
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Just to memorialize this:

I'm calling BS on your assertion. Yes, the baseball conference was called a mid-major (by a talking head shortly after the tournament selection this past Monday. The basketball conference has not been referred to as a mid-major by anyone of substance (freescooter & kobe don't count). The P-whatever conferences want that to happen but they need to be careful about their narrative. They are fully aware that a claim that a conference that has won four of the nine most recent titles will destroy their credibilty, calling their entire narrative into question.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Just to memorialize this:

I'm calling BS on your assertion. Yes, the baseball conference was called a mid-major (by a talking head shortly after the tournament selection this past Monday. The basketball conference has not been referred to as a mid-major by anyone of substance (freescooter & kobe don't count). The P- whatever conferences want that to happen but they need to be careful about their narrative. They are fully aware that a claim that a conference that has won four of the nine most recent titles will destroy their credibilty, calling their entire narrative into question.
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It was a story by Jacob Harrison on May 28. When I figure out how to post the link I will do so.

This is the best I can do at the moment. It is an SI story,

www.si.com

ESPN Reveals Eye-Opening Ranking for UConn, Dan Hurley

Dan Hurley's efforts on the recruiting trail have not gone unnoticed.
www.si.com www.si.com
 
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AllHusky said:
The Big East is not a Power(P-2/4) Conference. Hence, outside the P Conferences we had the highest ranked class. Non-story.
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Except for the term mid major. UConn is not a mid major in basketball. Both programs are THE most successful programs in the nation in the last quarter century.
 
RSTuthill said:
And no one has a clue how good UConn will be this year by the same logic.

Btw, did you see the thing about basketball in which UConn was described as a mid major? Hahaha, that must not have gone down well in certain circles.
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I think it was about baseball. Arguably, it's true in that there are only three quality baseball programs in the big east. It's our best alternative right now, but it's far from a good situation for us.

For all the people who say, "but, but, but basketball!", I wonder how much they would like the current big east if Dan Hurley wasn't our coach. He is, obviously a much bigger factor in our success than our current conference.

That said, I do like the big east for the men's basketball season, but it seems to me like a lot of of the schools in the conference have given up fielding quality, sports teams, with the exception of men's basketball in some cases.
 
RSTuthill said:
It was a story by Jacob Harrison on May 28. When I figure out how to post the link I will do so.

This is the best I can do at the moment. It is an SI story,

www.si.com

ESPN Reveals Eye-Opening Ranking for UConn, Dan Hurley

Dan Hurley's efforts on the recruiting trail have not gone unnoticed.
www.si.com www.si.com
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I'm curious as to how you know Joe to post a link to an article that does not validate your assertion yet you don't know how to post a link if it is to the article that allegedly does validate your assertion.

I believe you read the post calling the baseball conference mid-major (after the tournament selections on Monday), later, while on this thread, erred in your recollection of what you read, assuming that all BE sports were called mid-major and posted what you thought you had read.

It would be far easier for you to admit that you were mistaken than to continue trying to defend something that is not defensible.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I'm curious as to how you know Joe to post a link to an article that does not validate your assertion yet you don't know how to post a link if it is to the article that allegedly does validate your assertion.

I believe you read the post calling the baseball conference mid-major (after the tournament selections on Monday), later, while on this thread, erred in your recollection of what you read, assuming that all BE sports were called mid-major and posted what you thought you had read.

It would be far easier for you to admit that you were mistaken than to continue trying to defend something that is not defensible.
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I am totally missing your point. Go back to my original comment as an aside to a different discussion (it's #233). The story by Jacob Harrison is about Dan Hurley and basketball, not baseball. What exactly about the paragraph do you not understand?

The No. 5 ranking showcases UConn as the top mid-major recruiter out of the Big East; the next highest ranking school outside of the power conferences is Marquette at No. 16.​
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I think that pretty much validates my point, don't you? If not, read the entire story.

The reason it was difficult for me to track down was that I saw it first as a Google post on my phone and it was part of a long string of stories about UConn sports. So the URL was not that story only.
 
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Show me where we were called mid-major.
 
Yup, here it is, UConn hoops mid-major

"UConn as the top mid-major recruiter out of the Big East"

Guess we are a mid-major. Who is that tool?
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I'm curious as to how you know Joe to post a link to an article that does not validate your assertion yet you don't know how to post a link if it is to the article that allegedly does validate your assertion.

I believe you read the post calling the baseball conference mid-major (after the tournament selections on Monday), later, while on this thread, erred in your recollection of what you read, assuming that all BE sports were called mid-major and posted what you thought you had read.

It would be far easier for you to admit that you were mistaken than to continue trying to defend something that is not defensible.
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The SI article literally called UConn mid-major…. Why is it difficult to think that another post or article did the same.

What interesting is that the P4 -G6 moniker largely based for football is becoming mainstream for all sports.

Most people that follow BB would put Big East in with power conferences. But you can see where this road is going and how easily perceptions can impact reality.
 
The national media has been rubbing our noses in it for a long time, because their P4 buddies can’t stand what UConn has done on the court. As much as they have managed to rig the system we have defied it.
 
Scoe said:
It's obviously click bait material why give it any attention.
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It's not, I would submit. It was said in passing in the middle of an article. Clickbait is in the headline.
 
The fact of the matter is that UConn is THE preeminent program in the nation, both men and women. They have won more natties over the last quarter century than any other school. I sent him a note on LinkedIn. It was inexcusable on his part.
 
RSTuthill said:
The fact of the matter is that UConn is THE preeminent program in the nation, both men and women. They have won more natties over the last quarter century than any other school. I sent him a note on LinkedIn. It was inexcusable on his part.
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There's a very large chance that he didn't even write the article, almost everything on SI these days is just AI generated nonsense that's aggregating other news sites' stories
 
navery12 said:
There's a very large chance that he didn't even write the article, almost everything on SI these days is just AI generated nonsense that's aggregating other news sites' stories
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It's got his name on it so he owns it. He is not an SI writer anyway. He is a freelance contributor. SI picked up the story and paid him a pittance for the content.
 
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