They have a 0% chance to end up there regardless of what conference they are in. They need to be planning for what happens when they pull away from the NCAA. I had thought it was the P4 that would pull away but no chance the ACC survives which imo also ends any chance of the Big 12 surviving.
I think you seem to be operating under the assumption that UConn, particularly basketball, is not a well regarded brand. Or that in 5 years it will not be well regarded. That simply isn’t true.
I am sure money matters. It does not matter to ME as a fan. All i am saying that money will not go to athletics because there very well not be any athletic department left because of the reason it came in. So sure great UConn gets a nice pay day and maybe the State of CT benefits overall but they are gonna have to use it to turn Gample into an indoor garden because there will be no basketball use for it anymore.
The state would not benefit from any money earned by UConn being in a P5. That would go to UConn.
No I am not operating under that assumption at all. Realignment has nothing to do with how well regarded the UConn brand is and never has. That seems to be the incorrect assumption YOU are making.
I am talking about what would happen at UConn if they were to go to the Big 12. Other schools would operate more closer to normal because they would land in a conference that makes sense for them. I do not think The Big East would take UConn back if football schools only pulled away from the NCAA and then UConn would be at the whims of the ACC to save them which is far from a sure thing.
UConn isn’t in P5 right now because we’ve had terrible leadership who allowed the old BE to fall apart and couldn’t secure us a seat anywhere else. And because football absolutely sucks and has for a while now (and we should have jumped to FBS years before we did). That’s it.
Again you don't see to be understanding what i am saying. If there is no athletics, why do i care about how much money the University has? Great the school has 400 million dollars to tear down Gampel and put up a mathematics building. Maybe it will go to funding cancer research? Those would be good things but from a fan of UConn womens basketball and other sports, I don't consider it a win.
UConn isn't in a P5 right now because it pissed on enough schools when they left the Big East that they didn't get an invite to the ACC when the time came a decade later. There is no P5 anymore if you haven't noticed, the Pac 12 is gone.
Fine P4, have it your way. You knew what I was talking about.
They did keep UConn out of other conferences. That is literally what happened. They voted against adding UConn.
That’s exactly what I was saying. I’m typing on my phone so I probably missed a word somewhere. I’m literally not arguing that’s what happened. I know that’s what happened. Again, whose fault was it? The people in who were in charge.
I understand what you are trying to say. I just think it's oblivious to fairly obvious point.
We need the money. Everyone on this board is excited about the new big east TV Package. It’s chump chang compared to football
Why would UCONN be killed? Ye of little to no faith. UCONN is an outstanding university and tremendous athletic program. Will always have some level of success. No reason to think that we can't enjoy significant success in B12.
What does it cost per year to run an elite college football program? What good is $50 million if it costs $60 million? The only winners would be the vendors who are paid that $60 million.
I'm by no means in favor of this idea, but of course it's viable. A 64 team tourney with Duke, Kentucky, UCLA and UConn up tôp, and teams likè Cal, Northwestern, Penn State and Miss St at the bottom. The fan still gets 3 weekends of excitement and betting, and the sweet 16 would be much the same as the old ncaa tourney anyway.
yeah ... they could unretire that rivalry trophy.Central Floridians could see UConn in person again at UCF! Me likey
The smaller schools ARE the draw of the tournament. Its why casuals tun in. They can try this idea, and it sounds like a great basketball tournament but Cinderalla schools are the the heart of the tournament. Take them away and it would be on par with conference tournament interest in 5 years. Which is to say popular but not a month long event that captures the attention of the country.
I can't believe I had to go three pages into this thread to find some plain healthy skepticism. Amazing how much "per a source" and "where there's smoke there's fire" can give rise to. Completely unprincipled wishful thinking click baiting by this podcaster.
Could they? Last that I heard no one is quite sure what happened to the conflict trophy.
What schools did UConn "piss" on. It was BC that left the BE first, and then blocked UConn from being allowed in the ACC. If that hadn't happened we would've been in the ACC for years now and this discussion would be moot. You want to blame someone? Blame BC. After that the BE broke apart, and because our football team basically had to go independent that determined where our basketball team had to go, and that was the AAC. We had to claw our way out of there to get back into a somewhat respected conference at a cost that has put the sports program in quite a bit of debt.
You backing up what i am saying. Thank you.
Um..OK..