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Message: [QUOTE="maple, post: 5061517, member: 7970"] 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. Also being in a “lesser” P5 helps you get to a “better” P5. What in the world could the Big East possibly give us? Can you honestly tell me that you want to see UConn WBB continue to play the scrubs of the BE when they could be playing in an actual conference with real competition? Being in a P5 would improve UConn football by leaps and bounds and that matters. Stay independent just makes us worse and puts us at every possible disadvantage, the most of which is the lack of $ and lack of conference. And for the record, I was saying that UConn’s brand IN BASKETBALL is alive and well. If we are talking about a hypothetical situation where football is basketball removed and basketball drives the bus, then yes, UConn’s brand and success matters. [/QUOTE]