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Message: [QUOTE="UConnMike04, post: 2030797, member: 1643"] Obviously my first choice is the B1G or ACC, however, I don't want to let basketball die while rebuilding football for the chance of an invite in one of these conferences. As long as we can park Football in a semi-decent league (would love the AAC as football only), I'm fully on-board with the new Big East. FS1, ratings be damned. I want interesting match-ups, back in MSG in March, etc. I know football drives the bus and I know we are on a huge upswing with RE 2.0 and recruiting but we have to save basketball (yes, even the women. This league is absolutely trash for them. It's nothing more than a scrimmage). I'd rather see Nova, PC, GTown, Xavier, Butler, Marquette, even St. John's back on the schedule over ECU, Tulsa, Tulane, UCF/USF, etc. Only teams I have semi-interest in is Temple and Houston and SMU (and they're going to crash and burn shortly). Only team I have full interest in is Cincy. Put us back in the Big East, give us back some regional and historical rivalries and the tourney in March. Play Cincy OOC. We can't stay where we are and let basketball die while hoping football can someday get us an invite. I'm much more worried about the present than the future at this point. We need to save our brand. [/QUOTE]