UConn to Big XII Imminent?

[ESLNKY03]

Hi

Whatcha hearing this go round?

 

[Hamms30]

x.com

x.com

 

[ZooCougar]

Sir, this is not the Non Key Tweets thread.

Also I can't think of a person on Twitter that has less credibility.

 

[Banta55]

Don't believe this fool!

 

[CL82]

Maybe we should rename it the UnCivil ConFLiCT

Or, alternatively, maybe we should just never speak of it again?

 

[huskymedic]

Attention in the Terminal > Paging Berry Tramel… Mr. Tramel please pick up a courtesy phone.

 

[jostar1]

Or, alternatively, maybe we should just never speak of it again?

It will be laughed about on TV every time we play UCF. Thanks, Bob.

 

[LetsGoUC]

anyone got a version that works so I can read what this clown is saying?

 

[Hamms30]

Sir, this is not the Non Key Tweets thread.

Also I can't think of a person on Twitter that has less credibility.

was just reposting the x.com no screenshot post

 

[huskymedic]

anyone got a version that works so I can read what this clown is saying?

Copy the link to the story here: archive.ph

 

[LetsGoUC]

Copy the link to the story here: archive.ph

thanks. Do not love this but does he realize we aren't in for football till 2031 with investment measurements? feel like that wasn't really clear on his end besides we just have stunk at football.

 

[Waquoit]

Berry has a perpetual hair across his ass over UConn.

 

[ZooCougar]

was just reposting the x.com no screenshot post

It's all good. Just funning with you.

 

[jostar1]

thanks. Do not love this but does he realize we aren't in for football till 2031 with investment measurements? feel like that wasn't really clear on his end besides we just have stunk at football.

Yormark hasn't made his presentation to the Big 12 Presidents yet.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[NowInStorrs]

He's also claiming that FSU, Clemson, and UConn are all in play for the B12

 

[Forte]

I have said it before, but until there is a glitch in the Matrix, UConn football is the most groundhog day program ever in every sense. This hit piece and dubious leak of not having the votes is like clockwork with how our realignment chances play out every time....

UConn to power conference gets leaked initially > BBall board has meltdown> football skeptical but cautiously optimistic > major outlets pick up on it > Power conference talking heads baffled and mostly against > talking heads hit piece articles and podcasts start > leaks UConn no longer considered > Power conference. Sorry but not sorry > Charlie Brown gif spammed across BY > 1 to 2 years later repeat.

 

[superjohn]

ESPN way too early preseason basketball rankings- 1. Kansas 3. Uconn 4. Houston 6. Baylor 7. Iowa State 9. Arizona

Adding UConn and making you far and away the best basketball conference in the country makes a ton of sense.

 

[B1GEast]

Do we even have this conversation without winning back to back?

Winning changes everything.

 

[storrsroars]

He's also claiming that FSU, Clemson, and UConn are all in play for the B12

Could be. I doubt that FSU or Clemson were in the original plans, but neither the B1G (non-AAU) or SEC (don't need 'em) will take them.

 

[ec33]

ESPN way too early preseason basketball rankings- 1. Kansas 3. Uconn 4. Houston 6. Baylor 7. Iowa State 9. Arizona

Adding UConn and making you far and away the best basketball conference in the country makes a ton of sense.

While the Big 12 is the already the best basketball conference, the addition of a second "blue blood" and one outside of the region will provide a ton of prestige (especially for the casuals).

 

[HuskyHawk]

Could be. I doubt that FSU or Clemson were in the original plans, but neither the B1G (non-AAU) or SEC (don't need 'em) will take them.

I’ve been saying for some time, the ACC being raided/dissolved is increasingly unlikely even with FSU and Clemson throwing their public tantrum.

 

[Slasher]

I'm sorry but there's no way Yormark wants to add OSU and WSU when they're available at any point. You definitely wait to see what happens with UConn and the ACC first before you add two far flung west coast schools.

 

[cellocgg]

If the B12 is imminent shouldn't there be a UConn BoT meeting also on deck? I haven't heard about one

 

[ninety-nine]

I'm sorry but there's no way Yormark wants to add OSU and WSU when they're available at any point. You definitely wait to see what happens with UConn and the ACC first before you add two far flung west coast schools.

I always cringe when I see the "available at any point" logic applied to UConn, and I think it's likely just as oversimplified to apply it to any other school. Programs that are competitive (or in UConn's case, outright dominant), but don't have access to the money of a power conference program, can only stay "available" for so long before the program declines and becomes less valuable due to a loss of program infrastructure. UConn, for example, can only circle the airport for so long as a football independent with great facilities before a decision has to be made to downscale the program (though I doubt it would be dropped completely, but hey, anything is possible). Putting it back together afterward would be much, much harder, and possibly impracticable. Meanwhile, the basketball programs (and possibly other sports) that are currently very successful will eventually stop being able to compete at the highest level unless a complete decoupling from football takes place, and will be worth less as acquisitions because they were allowed to deteriorate due to the ongoing financial imbalance.

If you're the Big 12 or ACC and you think you're likely to want one of these schools later on, doesn't it make sense to make arrangements now, before the programs fall back due to underfunding? This especially applies to UConn basketball, which is outright incredible. Dynasties provide a unique "greater than the sum of its parts" value which can't be easily replaced if they fade, and UConn somehow has two of them.