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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 3191848, member: 1673"] Yeah, I peeked in on the football forum as well. I understand why they should think that way, but the reality is reversed. First, as far as WBB, teams play us better the more familiar they become, which is only natural. Yet we have NEVER lost an AAC game, with the closest being Tulane. Tulane would never, ever play us so close if we played them the first time in 5-10 years. Now that we only play BE teams occasionally they do not do well against us at all, but did better when in the same conference. DePaul played us closer. St. John's beat us. Villanova beat us. So I disagree that because we are so superior the BE amounts to a lateral move. However, let's assume it is a lateral move competitively. UConn might as well be in one conference as the other. The fact is schools have proven they can do well in sports outside a P5, with the exception of football. With competition being equal, a smaller geographic footprint still means less expense, better lifestyle for the student athlete and better fan rivalries ... hence every other sport has an automatic benefit except football. So in reality it is the football folks that have a myopic view, because football matters so much they assume the same disadvantage must be true for all sports. It's not. Being in a more regional conference is better for all other sports. Yes, I'd prefer the ACC over the NBE, but staying in the AAC has an automatic disadvantage for every other sport except football. [/QUOTE]

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