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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2033142, member: 488"] The ideas that UConn has under-achieved in the AAC and that the Big East is a far better basketball conference have nothing to do with each other. This isn't some computer game where you have to work your way up the latter to prove your merit. It's not a meritocracy, as we should know better than anyone. The market will dictate the worth of a program, and the UConn men's program - for a handful of reasons - is of great value to any conference, much less one that plays their conference tournament in our backyard and is battling a serious ratings problem. I think I can speak for every Husky fan alive when I say I'm repelled by the thought of playing Houston and Tulsa and it has nothing to do with how good they may be in a particular year (and this golden age of hoops you speak of has yielded a grand total of zero tournament appearances...you can't make me count the play-in game). Obviously there is a lot more at play than just that, but shove it with this fake morality. Houston and Tulsa are below us, and we should not be playing them. End of discussion. And I say that as a college hoops enthusiast who will drive three hours to watch New Hampshire and Vermont, so don't take this to be some shot at either of the two programs. [/QUOTE]