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Message: [QUOTE="UConntLose, post: 4347696, member: 6146"] Reggie is in the portal simply because of NIL. If he doesn't get his asking price in the draft, he will go to an SEC school (believe he was at Tennessee this weekend and LSU today) and not only make a ton off an NIL, but improve his draft stock if he does well against better competition than the BIG EAST has to offer. He has no ill will toward UConn or the coaching staff. This is simply a case of him trying to capitalize on his potential, and sadly, he has outgrown UConn (simply because of the competition - or lack thereof). If UConn is left out in this new round of realignment, it will be a dagger to the baseball team. Guys like Reggie simply won't stick around for two years, as good as a coach as Penders is. The BIG EAST is great for our basketball brand, but it is horrendus for sports like baseball. You can't have a three horse race in an eight team conference year-after-year and expect top talent to stick around. Even a watered down ACC with schools like NC State, VaTech, L'ville, Pitt and BC is better than what we currently compete against. And no, the answer wasn't to stay in the AAC. That dumpster fire will keep getting bigger year and year. [/QUOTE]