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Kolumbo said:
I hate talking about the stadium situation and I'm sure that subject just might be broached during the UConn to the Big XII negotiations. Colleges of all shapes and sizes from your Ohio States to your Muhlenbergs have successfully built football stadiums on campus yet people think UConn can't do it. Take a look at Cinci's campus and how small a footprint that stadium has jammed in between its other athletic fields. We can build on campus and still go much larger. If UConn ends up in the XII, #3 behind the B1G and SEC, there is no reason UConn can't afford whatever kind of freaking stadium the XII would require. It becomes an integral part of the campus and the perfect place to showcase our football legacy.
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It can also be used for a single university graduation ceremony, freshmen orientation, various campus events
 
bendm said:
Except it’s ~$30 million better annually. And no one has said we need to build a new stadium but expanding its capacity to 50k might be a reasonable prerequisite.
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It isn't ~$30 million more. It is ~$30 total and athletic department expenditure will increase to meet the challenges of stepping up into a more competitive conference in most sports.

My reply was more to the "new stadium on campus" folks. Expanding and improving the current stadium would be the reasonable way to proceed.

When the time comes for a new stadium, then consideration should be made to an on-campus facility before recognizing that there is no political will for such and project.
 
superjohn said:
You're hyping up Cincinnati's NIT appearance, good lord. Kobe, how many handles do you have here?
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I’m not hyping it up, it’s mediocre but better than the others. And I would never have any Kobe handle, only this one. Just a kid from New Haven.
 
ucp990411 said:
I have been saying this for oh like the last 25 years. My daughter graduated in 2016 and never cared about football. Why? Because she had to take a yellow school bus to get to the games so she never went. She loves men’s hoops though. She walked to Gampel.
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Yo dude, if UConn is 2-2 in the Big 12 playing TCU ( Houston, or anyone actually) at the Rent and a student doesn’t take the “yellow bus” they better be in the library studying for Advanced Calculus 6.
 
NEforceUConn said:
Yo dude, if UConn is 2-2 in the Big 12 playing TCU ( Houston, or anyone actually) at the Rent and a student doesn’t take the “yellow bus” they better be in the library studying for Advanced Calculus 6.
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She never missed a mens hoop game. She also was a double major who graduated with 157 credits, worked part time in the financial office and is now earning well into 6 figures. And the yellow bus you quote me on really was a yellow bus. My point is that if the stadium was on campus she would have gone to every game and would have become a big fan. Instead she doesn’t give a darn about UConn football
 
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NEforceUConn said:
Yo dude, if UConn is 2-2 in the Big 12 playing TCU ( Houston, or anyone actually) at the Rent and a student doesn’t take the “yellow bus” they better be in the library studying for Advanced Calculus 6.
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With a plastic flask in your pocket the yellow buses sound like a good time
 
CL82 said:
Yep, for certain marquee brands only this keeping down the physical footprint. Everything else could be accessed via catalogue.

I was assured, however, that people would never buy products by just looking at a picture and a description. They felt I was underestimating the need for tactile experience to facilitate decision-making.

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I hope u went long on Amzn when it went ipo. I was smart enough to buy it…then dumb enough to sell it. Head bang
 
Edward Sargent said:
Just looking at the roster of schools in the Big 12 basketball I see a lot of AAC. It will ruin bball even with Kansas, Baylor and AZ
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Playing some of those teams will be amazing. What will ultimately kill basketball (and the entire athletic dept.) is if we stay in a league that cannot compete financially. It is moving to a model where players will get paid. How do you suppose we get too players when certain schools are making in excess of 50 million a year and we are making less than 10 million? We would lose the bidding war every time. The math does not work.
 
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NJHusky said:
I hope u went long on Amzn when it went ipo. I was smart enough to buy it…then dumb enough to sell it. Head bang
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Nope.
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Comparing AAC to Big 12 is silly.
BB with Kansas, Arizona, Baylor, Iowa State, Houston and Cincy would be great. WVU back on schedule would be cool too.

Football would be awesome too. It would be better than Big East football days. UConn would have to up its game, but would be excited to have the Rent rocking again. That Michigan game years ago was last big game I can remember at the rent.
 
GG said:
Playing some of those teams will be amazing. What will ultimately kill basketball (and the entire athletic dept.) is if we stay in a league that cannot compete financially. It is moving to a model where players will get paid. How do you suppose we get too players when certain schools are making in excess of 50 million a year and we are making less than 10 million? We would lose the bidding war every time. The math does not work.
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It’s not just basketball. It’s all sports. Which will eventually lead to admission rates. That said, I do hope we all swallow our pride and continue playing Providence and St. John’s. It will help them, and help us. And then we go cash our 30 million dollar check.
 
Edward Sargent said:
Just looking at the roster of schools in the Big 12 basketball I see a lot of AAC. It will ruin bball even with Kansas, Baylor and AZ
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Replace Texas kenpom 25 with Arizona kenpom 6 and Oklahoma kenpom 46 with Colorado kenpom 24, Utah kenpom 48, and Arizona State kenpom 127 . As for the bottom of the league I would rather play Cincy and WV than Butler and Depaul.
 
tiger paw said:
7 years is a long time to wait for full FB membership. But, like every thing else in re-alignment , things are constantly changing. That 7 year time line could be adjusted along the way. All we want is get our feet in the door. Husky nation will rise to all time record heights.
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Didn’t the big east accelerate UConn’s FBS entrance timeline back in the day?
 
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Edward Sargent said:
Just looking at the roster of schools in the Big 12 basketball I see a lot of AAC. It will ruin bball even with Kansas, Baylor and AZ
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Based on last year: It appears that the B12 had 5 top 25 ranked teams years end without OK or TX. Add us and it’s 6. Yes, bball and our SOS will be ruined. Data shows the opposite of your position.
 
Edward Sargent said:
Just looking at the roster of schools in the Big 12 basketball I see a lot of AAC. It will ruin bball even with Kansas, Baylor and AZ
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Creighton and Marquette are the best programs other than us and honestly they don’t compare with Houston, Baylor and Kansas. Then there is the rest of the Big East. I would only miss playing our little brother Providence. In the Big 12 there also is Cincinnati, Arizona, West Virginia, Texas Tech, TCU, Iowa St, BYU, Utah. All teams who would finish in the upper half of the Big East. I see 2 schools that were in the AAC. UCF and Houston.
 
djct1999 said:
It’s not just basketball. It’s all sports. Which will eventually lead to admission rates. That said, I do hope we all swallow our pride and continue playing Providence and St. John’s. It will help them, and help us. And then we go cash our 30 million dollar check.
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I agree, we should definitely try to keep some local rivalries. In an ideal world we stay in the Big East, but the reality is we cannot, and we just have to accept that. Plus the big 12 has some really good teams and there’s a lot to be excited about.
 
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JSB60 said:
The football money will be spent on football. This does not help basketball. You can’t convince me that we can’t keep winning in the Big East.
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Because conferences will start sharing revenue with athletes soon and the power conferences will likely give something like $5 million per year per school to men’s basketball NIL plus whatever the boosters and local businesses give. Schools that care as much or more about basketball than they do football will likely give a lot more than $5 million to men’s basketball NIL revenue share. UConn would need about 3 or 4 times the current NIL donations in order to be competitive with mediocre teams in power conferences. They would likely need 7-10 times more to be competitive with power conference teams that give extra NIL to basketball such as Indiana or Kentucky.
 
JSB60 said:
The football money will be spent on football. This does not help basketball. You can’t convince me that we can’t keep winning in the Big East.
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No question FB will need more money from increased revenue but maybe listen to Dan Hurley when he talks about these things. And its no coinicidence that the B1G and SEC are suddenly winning in WCBB and Geno is longer waltzing to national championships. The coaches at UConn thankfully, see changing landscape better than the fans.
 
djct1999 said:
It’s not just basketball. It’s all sports. Which will eventually lead to admission rates. That said, I do hope we all swallow our pride and continue playing Providence and St. John’s. It will help them, and help us. And then we go cash our 30 million dollar check.
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There are not that many OOC games against P5-types on the schedule and the Big XII clearly has a heavy-on-cupcakes policy. I would stick with Texas and Gonzaga over PC and St. John's. And if it was former Big East competition, the likes of Villanova (if they right the ship), Marquette, and Creighton would be higher on my list.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
Does it really matter if we are winning national titles and able to schedule those teams now?
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That‘s really not the issue
It’s increasing revenue from
12-13 in the Big East’
to 20-40million
in the a P conference
College sports are ruled by money
You cant’t pay our staff $7 million a year in the Big East on that revenue so winning will be difficult long term
Womens BB post Geno was dead in the Big East . It’s has a significant revenue future
Out success doomed a continuation in the Big East . The more you win the more you spend, the more you need.
Long term success necessitates a bump in revenue .
 
noeynox said:
No question FB will need more money from increased revenue but maybe listen to Dan Hurley when he talks about these things. And its no coinicidence that the B1G and SEC are suddenly winning in WCBB and Geno is longer waltzing to national championships. The coaches at UConn thankfully, see changing landscape better than the fans.
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Does Dan have a choice other than toeing the university line at this point? I think he’s a Big East guy, and I’m just glad this happened after he turned down the Lakers.
 
JSB60 said:
Does Dan have a choice other than toeing the university line at this point? I think he’s a Big East guy, and I’m just glad this happened after he turned down the Lakers.
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Do you actually believe that our conference affiliation was the reason that Dan didn't take the LA job? Interesting take.
 
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