UConn or Louisville?

[jostar1]

This is from the beat writer for Louisville:


The biggest factor in UConn's favor? The Hartford-New Haven Designated Market Area ranks No. 30 in the U.S., according to The Nielsen Company, with nearly 1 million TV households. Another factor, it's in the home city to ESPN, which, depending on which athletic directors speaking a little too candidly you listen to, has been taking an active "advisory" role in ACC maneuvering for sometime.

And Louisville? It ranks No. 48, with 670,680 households. And ESPN didn't mention Louisville as an ACC expansion candidate in its early stories.

DMA is a pretty clinical measure. It has nothing to do with actual performance on the field, or fairness, or even college sports at all. It's a big reason these conferences shouldn't be allowed to operate as non-profit entities, if their entire decision-making process is based on profit motives.
The challenge for U of L and athletic director Tom Jurich, then, is to try to overcome that. Can they? Absolutely.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/20128671/...ain-could-be-an-underdog-in-realignment-fight

 

[emshorts]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...en-network-riches-maryland-rutgers-to-big-ten

 

[huskymedic]

Hmmm... "Even in the past decade, U of L's academic and campus profiles have changed, with the campus population rising and the admissions becoming more selective. Still, U of L accepts about 73 percent of its applicants. UConn accepts about 44 percent."

 

[pepband99]

Stupid measure, even though it's in our favor. Completely ignores that one of our counties, and the most populous of the 8, is in the NY DMA, which is the largest in the country.

 

[businesslawyer]

Actually, they couldn't be more wrong. The biggest distinction between Louisville and UConn in all this is not the difference in size between the Louisville TV market and the Hartford/New Haven TV market. The biggest distinction is that, along with the added size of the Hartford market by itself, UConn's following brings you into Metro New York.

Academics help. But this is the single biggest distinction.

 

[Dooley]

Actually, they couldn't be more wrong. The biggest distinction between Louisville and UConn in all this is not the difference in size between the Louisville TV market and the Hartford/New Haven TV market. The biggest distinction is that, along with the added size of the Hartford market by itself, UConn's following brings you into Metro New York.

Academics help. But this is the single biggest distinction.

And also a fraction of Boston as well. BC doesn't carry Boston...it's more of a hodgepodge city that covers all New England teams. UConn in the B1G would dominate coverage over BC in the ACC.

 

[johnhuskies95]

I have a hard time believing that the ACC is going to admit what is essentially a commuter school. A pretty good school, but a commuter school nonetheless.

 

[The Funster]

UConn to the ACC. 'ville to the Big 12. Maybell I'll do the / thing. Then again, maybe not.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

UConn to the ACC. 'ville to the Big 12. Maybell I'll do the / thing. Then again, maybe not.

I would hope for UConn to ACC and Louisville/Cincy to Big12. All those teams deserve to be in the national picture in a respectable conference. I feel bad for USF, but they bring the least to the table and can still play their top Rival in UCF in CUSA/NNNNNBE.