UConn is No. 1 in the polls

[HuskyNan]

The undefeated 9-0 UConn Husky field hockey team is (unsurprisingly) ranked No. 1 in the polls. The Huskies are going for their third consecutive National Championship title this fall and fifth overall. Another dynasty in Storrs!

Incidentally, the women's soccer team is 4-0 and ranked No. 25.

 

[Kaizen]

Wow, go UConn ~~~~

 

[CocoHusky]

This University UCONN would probably make a great contribution to a Power 5 conference like Big 10 or ACC.

 

[cferraro04]

Capital One Cup - Recognizing the best in Division I Women's College Sports -
Capital One will award a combined $400,000 in student-athlete scholarships

Women College Sports.

SCHOOL POINTS
1. Stanford 136.5
2. Florida 131
3. Penn State 105
4. Florida State 93
5. Maryland 90
6. Oregon 89
7. North Carolina 81
8. Connecticut 80
9. Texas A&M 63
10. UCLA 58

 

[Goodgood]

What about the men?

 

[cferraro04]

Capital One Cup - Recognizing the best in Division I Women's College Sports -
Capital One will award a combined $400,000 in student-athlete scholarships


Men's College Sports.

SCHOOL POINTS
1. Virginia 149
2. Oregon 121
3. Ohio State 93.5
4. Florida 84
5. Denver 72
6. Duke 71
7. TCU 67
8. LSU 66
9. Notre Dame 65
9. UCLA 65

 

[cferraro04]

The NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to colleges and universities in the United States with the most success in collegiate athletics. Points for the NACDA Directors' Cup are based on order of finish in various National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sponsored championships or, in each case of Division I Football, media-based polls. The award originated in 1993, and was presented to NCAA Division I schools only. In 1995 it was extended to Division II, Division III and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) schools as well, each division receiving its own award. The University of North Carolina won the award in its inaugural year, and since then Stanford University has won the Division I award for twenty-one straight years. The Directors Cup includes both Men's and Women's sports.


2014–15 NACDA Directors' Cup standings:
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
Ohio State
Penn State
Texas
Notre Dame

 

[HoopsFan21]

This University UCONN would probably make a great contribution to a Power 5 conference like Big 10 or ACC.

How we are passed over whenever conference realignment comes up is beyond me. I'm also sick of hearing that it's because of TV markets. A good chunk of our fan base resides in the biggest and 7th biggest TV markets in the country. UConn itself is located in the 30th biggest TV market. That means UConn offers up a TV market that is better and bigger than most P5 teams.

 

[Orangutan]

How we are passed over whenever conference realignment comes up is beyond me. I'm also sick of hearing that it's because of TV markets. A good chunk of our fan base resides in the biggest and 7th biggest TV markets in the country. UConn itself is located in the 30th biggest TV market. That means UConn offers up a TV market that is better and bigger than most P5 teams.

It is because of football.

 

[CocoHusky]

It is because of football.

I agree you can't be losing games to schools like Army and expect to be invited into a Power 5 conference.

 

[HoopsFan21]

I agree you can't be losing games to schools like Army and expect to be invited into a Power 5 conference.

Penn State just lost to AAC member Temple in football.

 

[cferraro04]

I agree you can't be losing games to schools like Army and expect to be invited into a Power 5 conference.

Have we played Army yet???

 

[calpedaler]

Have we played Army yet???

I think Coco is referring to last year.

 

[triaddukefan]

I agree you can't be losing games to schools like Army and expect to be invited into a Power 5 conference.

Losing to Army isnt as bad as losing to Towson.

 

[msf22b]

UConn is No. 1 in the polls

Well duh.

 

[CocoHusky]

Have we played Army yet???

November 2014 UCONN played Army and lost.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=400547705

 

[CocoHusky]

Penn State just lost to AAC member Temple in football.

Yes but Penn State is already in a Power 5 Conference. UCONN is trying to get into one. Big 10 is not going to throw out PSU for losing to Temple for the first time in 41 Years.

 

[ASweet3781]

UConn was coming off 4 straight bowls including the Fiesta Bowl and still got passed over.

There is something else going on here and it stinks IMO.

And it's absurd to judge our football program based only on how it is right now. We had a coaching change that didn't work out. Obviously that has a negative effect. But every sport UConn commits to is a success. And that included football and if Diaco is the right man they will start to be respectable again.

 

[jsloanjr]

I believe strongly that Diaco is the right man for UCONN.........The BIG 10 is waiting for UCONN within 2 years.........

 

[reno tony]

Have we played Army yet???

Next week at home.

 

[cferraro04]

How is this year's version of the Huskies expected to do against Army?

 

[Wally East]

What about the men?

UConn doesn't have a men's field hockey team

 

[Bonpland]

I believe strongly that Diaco is the right man for UCONN....The BIG 10 is waiting for UCONN within 2 years....

 

[Bonpland]

I believe strongly that Diaco is the right man for UCONN....The BIG 10 is waiting for UCONN within 2 years....

What information have you got that leads you to that conclusion? I thought that we were a good candidate for the ACC three years ago, but that didn't happen. The Big 10 seems like a stretch to me. What do you know?

 

[HuskyNan]

We have both a Football board and a Conference Realignment Board here on the Boneyard. I just thought a UConn team going for a three-peat deserved its own thread.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

What information have you got that leads you to that conclusion? I thought that we were a good candidate for the ACC three years ago, but that didn't happen. The Big 10 seems like a stretch to me. What do you know?

The information is Jim Delany's words and actions plus logic. The B10 has made a very specific opening move for the 60+ million person northeast market by acquiring Rutgers and Maryland. They've opened up offices in New York. Logic, I would argue, tells us two schools (three if you count Penn State) don't create enough compelling interest to secure the region for the B10 to the same degree the other 11 schools do for an equal 60+ million person midwest region. The only two reasonably qualified "free agents" in the northeast are us and Temple. Penn State and Rutgers already secure eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Temple would just be excess baggage. Maryland secures D.C./Baltimore. New York/Boston and New England, however, have not been secured and that means us. Q.E.D.

 

[Bonpland]

The information is Jim Delany's words and actions plus logic. The B10 has made a very specific opening move for the 60+ million person northeast market by acquiring Rutgers and Maryland. They've opened up offices in New York. Logic, I would argue, tells us two schools (three if you count Penn State) don't create enough compelling interest to secure the region for the B10 to the same degree the other 11 schools do for an equal 60+ million person midwest region. The only two reasonably qualified "free agents" in the northeast are us and Temple. Penn State and Rutgers already secure eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Temple would just be excess baggage. Maryland secures D.C./Baltimore. New York/Boston and New England, however, have not been secured and that means us. Q.E.D.

Well I certainly hope that your logical analysis comes to fruition.

If football is the thing that's keeping us out of a P5 conference, playing Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Maryland et al should solve our attendance problems.

This is a great market and it should have already have appeared to be one that had to be acquired by one of the major conferences. You make the right points in your post describing just how attractive an institrution that we really are.

Does anyone know if Big 10 officials read The Boneyard?

 

[Fiftyish]

We have both a Football board and a Conference Realignment Board here on the Boneyard. I just thought a UConn team going for a three-peat deserved its own thread.

Going for a third consecutive NC? Wow! Maybe it's time to start a Women's Field Hockey board.

 

[calpedaler]

We have both a Football board and a Conference Realignment Board here on the Boneyard. I just thought a UConn team going for a three-peat deserved its own thread.

A thread that doesn't stray from the original topic. What a concept!