Men UConn Baseball 2023

[huskymedic]

 

[Omahabound]

…another reminder of just how bad of a baseball conference the Big East is. I’m not trying to be negative, however, it’s simply a disservice to the baseball program as a whole. My hope is the schedule continues to be filled up with Power 5 non conf scheduling like we see this year. Bigtime recruiting disadvantage when u look at these attendance averages across the conference. Do u wanna play in front of 4k a night or 250 on avg. The Conference as a whole, does not value Baseball.

 

[HCCForever]

…another reminder of just how bad of a baseball conference the Big East is. I’m not trying to be negative, however, it’s simply a disservice to the baseball program as a whole. My hope is the schedule continues to be filled up with Power 5 non conf scheduling like we see this year. Bigtime recruiting disadvantage when u look at these attendance averages across the conference. Do u wanna play in front of 4k a night or 250 on avg. The Conference as a whole, does not value Baseball.

I agree. I was fortunate to watch a doubleheader at East Carolina in 2019. What an atmosphere. The crowd was rabid in the outfield area. Unfortunately, UConn was swept. It would be nice if Big East schools supported baseball like that.

 

[MarkyMark]

…another reminder of just how bad of a baseball conference the Big East is. I’m not trying to be negative, however, it’s simply a disservice to the baseball program as a whole. My hope is the schedule continues to be filled up with Power 5 non conf scheduling like we see this year. Bigtime recruiting disadvantage when u look at these attendance averages across the conference. Do u wanna play in front of 4k a night or 250 on avg. The Conference as a whole, does not value Baseball.

It's one word: football. If Uconn had a "real" football program P5 would have happened years ago. No disrespect to anyone but it is what it is. Look at B12 discussions last year. Couldn't get it done. You can dominate in hoops all you want but need to be serviceable in football. That hasn't happened.

 

[Omahabound]

It's one word: football. If Uconn had a "real" football program P5 would have happened years ago. No disrespect to anyone but it is what it is. Look at B12 discussions last year. Couldn't get it done. You can dominate in hoops all you want but need to be serviceable in football. That hasn't happened.

Yea, that’s the reality of college athletics…football drives the revenue. There’s no need to debate that nor do i think anyone should feel disrespected by stating that. It’s a fact.

I do believe the expanding playoff will allow a program like Uconn to speed up relevancy. I think of Gonzaga w/ March Madness being there gateway to relevancy. It took 20 years and a few runs to do it, but they remain a basketball somebody. Football is much more difficult to break thru, but it can happen.