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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 5108443, member: 1609"] note to VAl : UConn was on the rise in 2019-20 we had a future lottery pick which always helps recruining I don’t think Hurley’s team gets hurt that much in that AAC . But one or two players could make a difference in a NC . I believe we’re certainly still a contender.for a title .like Houston who won the B12 their first year out. Now look at the Big East without UConn with Nova’s demise . Does Shaka go to Marquette , Pitino to St John’s We pretty much saved the Big East from a downgrade if not irrelevance. Creighton‘s a niece basketball program with a great coach but how much attraction does an alleged Eastern League have if your flagship program is the second most popular team in Nebraska. That most of your league exists in the shadow of the Big Ten is problematic. Without a national contender in , NYC, DC , Philly , or New England where Basketball is hugely popular the league loses marketability. Nova saved it from. Irrelevance in 2016.and it took teams up with it . But without UConn‘s success it could be just another conference. The return might have been mutually beneficial but not 50-50 and probably not 90-10 but most likely somewhere closer to the latter. PS I won’t even discuss Big East Women’s basketball. [/QUOTE]