UCONN Reaching Out TO MSG and Barclays Center

[uconNYC]

The way CR works is a conference picks a team they like and then finds reasons to justify their inclusion. There is no common characteristic amongst the schools who switched conferences.

 

[Fishy]

I'm sure our current success is doing nothing but grating on the nerves in Chestnut Hill, Syracuse, South Bend and various other southern outposts.

Our proponents will still be our proponents, but I suspect our detractors will be more committed to our demise than they were yesterday.

 

[Stinger92860]

I think WBB matters, it's just material enough to register on the radar screen. I've turned on the B1G Network and watched (for a few minutes anyway) a Minnesota / Wisconsin WBB game played in front of several hundred people. If anything, UConn's inclusion would yield a bump in TV's turned to WBB.

The women have been on BTN this year.

 

[noeynox]

I'm sure our current success is doing nothing but grating on the nerves in Chestnut Hill, Syracuse, South Bend and various other southern outposts.

Our proponents will still be our proponents, but I suspect our detractors will be more committed to our demise than they were yesterday.

This is why, even though I feel the ACC is the best fit for UConn overall, UConn should not hold it's breath on an invite. UConn makes sense to that conference on every level imaginable, yet there are forces there looking to keep us out. I hope UConn has people trying to persuade The Big12 on the benefits of adding UConn. We bring revenue in NCAA credits earned alone.

 

[Stinger92860]

This is why, even though I feel the ACC is the best fit for UConn overall, UConn should not hold it's breath on an invite. UConn makes sense to that conference on every level imaginable, yet there are forces there looking to keep us out. I hope UConn has people trying to persuade The Big12 on the benefits of adding UConn. We bring revenue in NCAA credits earned alone.

Not sure but I think the credits stay with the conference. Anyone know for sure?

 

[ZooCougar]

Not sure but I think the credits stay with the conference. Anyone know for sure?

Yes. But we bring potential credits

 

[ZooCougar]

This is why, even though I feel the ACC is the best fit for UConn overall, UConn should not hold it's breath on an invite. UConn makes sense to that conference on every level imaginable, yet there are forces there looking to keep us out. I hope UConn has people trying to persuade The Big12 on the benefits of adding UConn. We bring revenue in NCAA credits earned alone.

I hate the idea of the ACC. Being in a conference with a bunch of schools that tried to kill us does not appeal to me. I would rather be in the B1G and take a chunk out of them.

Most ideal situation would be joining the B1G with another ACC school. But it is all very unlikely I know...

 

[Carl Spackler]

I didn't mean to imply that I think you though UConn was selling out. I was comparing the hatred of success between those bands to the Women's team. I prefer the Men's game too, but I can recognize that they are different games without hatred of the Women's game or team. Women's games outside the top 10 or so just don't register for me, and even then, it is still not appointment TV. But that is the point. They do for other people.
The Women's game is an extremely popular asset for the University and any way they can capitalize on that asset is fine with me.

Q: A lot of fans are saying Metallica is selling out with the new [black] album. What do you think?

Jason Newsted: "Yes, we sell out...every seat in the house, every time we play, anywhere we play."


The reality, is that UConn women's hoops is probably in the lead among the three money maker programs when it comes to backing up Mr. Newsted's statement.

 

[Husky25]

Q: A lot of fans are saying Metallica is selling out with the new [black] album. What do you think?

Jason Newsted: "Yes, we sell out...every seat in the house, every time we play, anywhere we play."


The reality, is that UConn women's hoops is probably in the lead among the three money maker programs when it comes to backing up Mr. Newsted's statement.

That quote is precisely why I included Metallica in my post.

 

[Carl Spackler]

That quote is precisely why I included Metallica in my post.

Well, then like me, you're getting old - and we got to edumacate these young uns.

 

[Husky25]

Well, then like me, you're getting old - and we got to edumacate these young uns.

Who you callin' old, Sonny?

Apologies to Justin Long in Live Free or Die Hard, I'm not getting old, I'm growing classic.