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UConn still must climb big mountain to make NCAA case
This article has turned me into a proponent for a move back to the Big East if we can get it.... (to) maintain elite status in Men's hoops?
I agree with The Honorable "Point6" that UConn must at all cost protect it's elite men's basketball program. My fear is that if UConn men's basketball is left in the mediocre AAC that it will be reduced to the mediocrity of its in conference competition.
Would I rather UConn men's basketball be in the Big 10, or ACC? ....... Yes, of course..... but .... in my opinion UConn men's basketball will remain more relevant in the new Big East then playing SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF, USF and the other AAC schools.
No doubt that the if new Big East accepted UConn that it would require a substantial "buy out" if it left for the ACC or Big 10, but hey, UConn has already received a substantial windfall when the $ was divided when the separation occurred. Let's hope it has an opportunity to pay the "buy out".