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UConn to Big XII Imminent?

Waquoit said:
Can you blame them? They saw what happened to both BB programs when football mandated leaving the Big East. And they saw what happened when they came back to the Big East. The football first fans believe that UConn football can never fail, it can only be failed.
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It isn’t either or. Football wasn’t reason UConn basketball failed in the aac. I think the move has worked great for UConn basketball.

Basketball can’t hold up the athletic department and its future .
 
freescooter said:
Or Georgetown. I mean can you imagine a tourney without Georgetown. They were the best team in the country…once…40 years ago.
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Does anyone really believe that if that judge approves that deal, that the SEC, and Big aren't going after a bigger share of the NCAA tournament pot. They will find a way to limit most conferences to 1 bid, and probably end up forcing all conferences outside the power 4 to a maximum of 2 bids.
 
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Let’s get real folks. Do a little research on various fan bases reaction to their school moving conferences. You will find there is always a certain segment opposed, This never stopped the movement. There is a part of the fan base that has followed this for years and is sick of being jerked around. They just wants to wake up when the nightmare is over. If a move is announced tomorrow they would move into the support column.
 
MilliniumPrince said:
I don't understand why this isn't crystal clear to anyone paying attention. I fully expect the P4 to form their own Basketball Tourney within a decade.
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And the BE could be left behind. We are in peculiar situation in the BE. We aren't going to become a small Catholic, liberal arts college with no football. Right now our BB can help us get into a P-4 conference, if we commit to FB . BB is a nationwide marquis brand. It will help us in our conference quest.

As I have said ad nauseam, we need BB to be monetized for the schools for us to accomplish this. It is not, far-fetched. UConn BB will lead us to a P-4 conference if the BB powers wrest control of MM from NCAA.
 
Sea Goat said:
And the BE could be left behind. We are in peculiar situation in the BE. We aren't going to become a small Catholic, liberal arts college with no football. Right now our BB can help us get into a P-4 conference, if we commit to FB . BB is a nationwide marquis brand. It will help us in our conference quest.

As I have said ad nauseam, we need BB to be monetized for the schools for us to accomplish this. It is not, far-fetched. UConn BB will lead us to a P-4 conference if the BB powers wrest control of MM from NCAA.
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There is no such thing as a basketball power where we are going. The writing is on the wall. Will people choose to read?
 
Has UConn talked to a major conference
as being added as an most sports minus football.
The objective Isn’t to save UConn its to save the program
Its not a sellout in fact the other sports being in might even help an Indy football prog
 
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What’s the most successful league in the history of sports….the NFL.

32 teams with the resources to pay for the best players at every position. If adding more teams added value they’d do it.

Just my opinion, but I think that’s where this ends up.

Everyone else will be P4G5-level quality and resources.
 
Seamus84 said:
What’s the most successful league in the history of sports….the NFL.

32 teams with the resources to pay for the best players at every position. If adding more teams added value they’d do it.

Just my opinion, but I think that’s where this ends up.

Everyone else will be P4G5-level quality and resources.
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I agree college football power league will probably be about 40 teams.
 
AZHuskiePop said:
Has UConn talked to a major conference
as being added as an most sports minus football.
The objective Isn’t to save UConn its to save the program
Its not a sellout in fact the other sports being in might even help an Indy football prog
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It was an honor just to be considered by the Big 12
 
buddy said:
It was an honor just to be considered by the Big 12
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We should probably have a banner make made up. Maybe UCF can recommend someone?
 
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AZHuskiePop said:
Has UConn talked to a major conference
as being added as an most sports minus football.
The objective Isn’t to save UConn its to save the program
Its not a sellout in fact the other sports being in might even help an Indy football prog
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You are wrong. Without being in a power conference the program is finished. Just look at the NCAA Tourney last year and the invites from the Big East.
 
uconnbill said:
You are wrong. Without being in a power conference the program is finished. Just look at the NCAA Tourney last year and the invites from the Big East.
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Agreed. The power conferences have consistently been grabbing more power and wealth as time goes by.

If football drives the bus, UConn needs to try and be in a position to help steer the bus (power conference) instead of being a passenger (Big East) and let someone else make all the decisions.
 
uconnbill said:
You are wrong. Without being in a power conference the program is finished. Just look at the NCAA Tourney last year and the invites from the Big East.
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I am so tired of “fans” effectively rooting for UConn to fail by their constant concern trolling. IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR UCONN IF WE WERE IN THE BIG 10. No spit, Sherlock. Thanks for this brilliant deep insight that no one but you figured out.

Wait, actually everyone already knows this, the rest of us just choose not to crap all over UConn on a public message board while pretending to be UConn fans.
 
uconnbill said:
You are wrong. Without being in a power conference the program is finished. Just look at the NCAA Tourney last year and the invites from the Big East.
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My post suggested UConn consider joining a major conference , as I agree that basketball could diminish as a top brand in the Big East. Certainly women’s basketball is at an even greater risk .
The consensus seems to be that the thing keeping us out of a P conference is football ,and that eventually only basketball teams in P conferences will dominate. Which is a pretty scary thought if you’re on the outside .
Then. floating the idea of partial membership certainly should be considered an option. It all depends on the finances ,
Obviously it would be preferential to have full membership in a relatively secure conference .
But that seems like an elusive target
Why is this controversial ?
 
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NH Husky said:
The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades.
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Ha Who said:
Let’s get real folks. Do a little research on various fan bases reaction to their school moving conferences. You will find there is always a certain segment opposed, This never stopped the movement. There is a part of the fan base that has followed this for years and is sick of being jerked around. They just wants to wake up when the nightmare is over. If a move is announced tomorrow they would move into the support column.
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In your research, which of those fanbases were choosing btw independence and P4? And which were choosing btw a BB driven conf and a P4? I’m sure the OU fans have adjusted to P4. Which schools in your thorough research wanted to be left behind?
 
uconnbill said:
You are wrong. Without being in a power conference the program is finished. Just look at the NCAA Tourney last year and the invites from the Big East.
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Seriously? Three teams is your answer.

How many Sweet Sixteen teams? Three. B1G? 2, SEC? 2

Mic drop. However I could be slightly wrong due to two shots of tequila in my belly.

Point is. Why bash our teams? We all know where we belong. Time will come.
 
BlueHen said:
If football drives the bus, UConn needs to try and be in a position to help steer the bus (power conference) instead of being a passenger (Big East) and let someone else make all the dedecisions.
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They did themselves no favors getting smoked by Maryland 63-7 and then Nova comes around a few weeks later and has a respectable 38-21 loss. All Uconn had to do was look respectable like that against a very mediocre Maryland. To the Huskies credit they stepped it up against a possibly better Duke team on the road. Wake and Cuse will be very telling.
 
Travelman6 said:
They did themselves no favors getting smoked by Maryland 63-7 and then Nova comes around a few weeks later and has a respectable 38-21 loss. All Uconn had to do was look respectable like that against a very mediocre Maryland. To the Huskies credit they stepped it up against a possibly better Duke team on the road. Wake and Cuse will be very telling.
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50-7. And Maryland didn't call off the dogs - they scored two late TDs to inflate the score. But yeah, I wish we'd shown the fight Villanova did yesterday. UConn had opportunities to score 10-14 more points, but let them slip away. Villanova took advantage. Our game with MD easily could have (and probably should have) been something like 36-17, 36-21.

We need to beat Wake Forest, and at least split Buffalo and Temple, to really wash away that Maryland score. And we can't get destroyed at Syracuse in November.
 
NH Husky said:
Seriously? Three teams is your answer.

How many Sweet Sixteen teams? Three. B1G? 2, SEC? 2

Mic drop. However I could be slightly wrong due to two shots of tequila in my belly.

Point is. Why bash our teams? We all know where we belong. Time will come.
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He's actually correct and your slant is 1000% wrong. Nothing funnier than a dude dropping the mike for no reason.

The Big East will be elbowed out of the buffet line. I give it a decade.

The big conferences see how much money is made from basketball and they don't want to share.
 
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