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No surprise, though funny given all their denials.

I suppose they may have been telling their truth -- reportedly they weren't talking _to_ the A10, but to an intermediary -- but still pretty shady for an educational institution (not that others havent done 10000x worse).
 
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I think they see the BE's Catholic schools eventually taking a few teams off their hands.
 
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VCU & G.Mason, followed by Butler will continue to keep UMass out of the NCAA's for years more to come. My suggestion to Clothy is Hari Khari!!!!!!
 

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I think they see the BE's Catholic schools eventually taking a few teams off their hands.

I think they see that split happening one day, so there going to try and strong arm it. set themselves up with a good league that has the regional areas all covered so that the sju/gtown etc feel thats the best spot. basically the a10 stands together and forces those schools to join and as result that league gets a good tv contract for a bball league.
marq and depaul will love st louis being close by butler/dayton/xavier all are great markets there and are a nice bridge to the east. the only conflict market wise would be uri-prov which i'm sure isn't much of a issue and more of a oh nice we have a close by rivals for travel. the question is how big can this league get and who are the other places of interest.
 
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dan you sure go real in depth with your theories. Either that or you have some good inside info.
 
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VCU & G.Mason, followed by Butler will continue to keep UMass out of the NCAA's for years more to come. My suggestion to Clothy is Hari Khari!!!!!!

My suggestion is that you sit by quietly and pray noone esle leaves. At this rate you'll be playing in America East and struggling to wins games before it's over.
 
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My suggestion is that you sit by quietly and pray noone esle leaves. At this rate you'll be playing in America East and struggling to wins games before it's over.


Clothy, I mean this with all sincerity, I will take our roster over yours any day of the week. Further, and more importantly, I'd take our coach over yours any day of the week.

While this situation sucks, we've been in a seemingly similar spot before and we won the national championship. Things are bad right now, but we mean "UConn bad". It's not like things are "UMass bad" or anything. As always, we are on a whole other level than you. You are the equivalent of a CCSU fan coming over here to gloat. You suck and so does your hayseed, nobody's ever even heard of you bball program.
 
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1. This is a bad time for any Uconn fan, Yonick, to be taking shots at other programs
2. I don't think you realize how bad this is
 
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A-10 was already a good basketball conference. This just makes them that much better. I think they're easily in the top 6 conferences now top to bottom.
 

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Oh come on, Clothy, it feels great and you know it. A thrilling run through to the NIT semifinals followed by the (alleged) implosion of the UConn program has to have you and your Minutiaeman brethren feeling all giddy again.
 

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The A10 has 14 now. They are losing Temple, adding VCU, George Mason and Butler. That gets them to 16.

Charlotte is probably going to join CUSA in a couple of years with their new football program. I wonder if the A10 is accounting for Charlotte leaving yet, and if they are, is another team planning on leaving? Fordham is a team I have always wondered about. It is a great school academically that has clearly not cared at all about its basketball program. I wonder if Fordham is planning on dropping down, joining the MAAC or Patriot, which is probably where it belongs.
 
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1. This is a bad time for any Uconn fan, Yonick, to be taking shots at other programs
2. I don't think you realize how bad this is

It's as good as any time to take shots at a laughable program like UMass.

UConn is one season removed from a national championship, something UMass will never ever sniff in one hundred years. If you posted that in any forum in America, people would laugh at you.
 
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1. This is a bad time for any Uconn fan, Yonick, to be taking shots at other programs
2. I don't think you realize how bad this is

What is "bad" Clothy? Winning 3 NC's and going to 4 FF's in 12 years?? Not getting FF's stripped??

One bad year because of an NCAA BS ruling does not make us UMass so enjoy the one year you may be able to, MAY be able to be a little better than the Huskies.
 
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I ah not reaaly gloating. I never said a word about your mass exodus until Yonick saw fit to take a shot at Umass
Here's the thing Clothbreath....The A-10 is rated 7th. This means 2-4 teams make the big dance. With VCU, Butler & George Mason coming in it will be much tougher for UMess to make it. That's not necessarily ripping UMess. Just the fact you guys will have a much tougher time making the big dance, and the hope you committ Hari Khari!!!
Hell, if UMess won the NC (and, as we all know, that ain't happening) I would still suggest that you committ Hari Khari!!!
UConn, to your delight, will take a hit for next year. I wouldn't bet against UConn for 2013 and beyond. Last year we were celebrating. That wasn't so long ago. Thus, whatever pain that comes over the next year will be eased by the recent memory of our 3rd NC over the past 13 years. What do you have???
 
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Here's the thing Clothbreath....The A-10 is rated 7th. This means 2-4 teams make the big dance. With VCU, Butler & George Mason coming in it will be much tougher for UMess to make it. That's not necessarily ripping UMess. Just the fact you guys will have a much tougher time making the big dance, and the hope you committ Hari Khari!!!
Hell, if UMess won the NC (and, as we all know, that ain't happening) I would still suggest that you committ Hari Khari!!!
UConn, to your delight, will take a hit for next year. I wouldn't bet against UConn for 2013 and beyond. Last year we were celebrating. That wasn't so long ago. Thus, whatever pain that comes over the next year will be eased by the recent memory of our 3rd NC over the past 13 years. What do you have???

And how many times have we heard about the demise of UConn? 1990 was a fluke, Calhoun couldn't win the big game and the whole Kirk King and Ricky Moore incident was going to sink us forever! That didn't happen and we bounced back. Hell, we bounced all the way from a crappy showing in the NIT to a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1999. Then we heard that 1999 was a fluke. Also, we heard that Calhoun was going to leave UConn and UConn would collapse back to where it was before our fluke of a run. We ended up in the NIT again and it was proof that these morons were right. But then Calhoun and UConn bounced back and won ANOTHER National Championship in 2004. Again, Calhoun was going to leave. Again we ended up in the NIT. Calhoun didn't leave. But he was finished...the game had passed him by. But, AGAIN, UConn bounced back and made it to the Final Four in 2009. But then the Miles incident was dug up by a umess grad. Surely UConn and Calhoun were finished THIS time. And, again we had a bad season. Again, the morons thought this was proof that they were right. And, AGAIN, UConn and Calhoun bounced back and won a THIRD National Championship. But here we are again, UConn is facing a major rebuilding year due to a bogus APR penalty. And, AGAIN, the morons are telling us how bad this is and how it is different. This time, this really is the end of the UConn program and Calhoun. Sure, we have heard THAT ONE before.............

First of all, Calhoun has to retire soon. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Calhoun will be "done" some day. Maybe that day is now. Uass fans will celebrate what was inevitable as if we were all too stupid to realize it all along and are devastated by it. Idiots!

Second of all, Calhoun's success was MASSIVE and over a VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME. He won the big game THREE times, or four if you count making the final four as big. And he did it over TWENTY SIX years at UConn. What these morons don't realize is that he DID create a major program which is now one of the marquee names in college basketball. Other coaches see it as a historically significant place to coach. They see the fan support, the support from the state and the support from the administration. They know it is a place where a great coach can accomplish great things. Even if we have a bad hire or two, the reputation and status will linger and we will eventually get another great coach and return to the top of the mountain. And, by the way, coaches tend to fall in love with that hell hole called Storrs and stick around for their entire career, even when "better" opportunities present themselves. Can't say that about wonderful Amherst.

Third, even if UConn stumbles and struggles for several years, we will still have the great memories supplied by our HALL OF FAME coach, JIM CALHOUN!!!! We already HAVE something umess fans will NEVER have. All they have is hope that the squid will visit Amherst so they can act like a bunch of pre-pubescent girls at a Bieber concert when he walks down the street to a pizza place for dinner.
 

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This move by George Mason and VCU also seems to indicate that the rest of CAA is planning on upgrading to FBS, which has been rumored for a while.
 

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This move by George Mason and VCU also seems to indicate that the rest of CAA is planning on upgrading to FBS, which has been rumored for a while.

yes, thats the real news here. one day the a10 and the big east catholics will all be together in a bball league of some sort. throw in a siena and someone for a big league or whatever.

the caa teams playing big boy football is the news. there is enough new blood on the east coast that a mac type league can be formed in time along 95.
 
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My suggestion is that you sit by quietly and pray noone esle leaves. At this rate you'll be playing in America East and struggling to wins games before it's over.
You are a sad duck*ing human being.

First off, why are you always on a UConn message board? Kinda weird.

And I don't care how many tournaments UConn is banned from - there is nothing a UMass fan can say that will get under my skin. Your athletic department is a bunch of nothing.
 
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It's strange with those national titles and , that Uconn continues to struggle to raise the funds to build a dedicated basketball practice facility. Yet, Umess, just recieved an $11 million gift to build one in Amherst where construction will begin this spring.

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5fe78ae8#/5fe78ae8/51

VCU, GMU and Bulter don't really concern me. Maybe you should be more concerned with the new Big East, the NCAA, recruiting and a departing head coach.
 
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It's strange with those national titles and , that Uconn continues to struggle to raise the funds to build a dedicated basketball practice facility. Yet, Umess, just recieved an $11 million gift to build one in Amherst where construction will begin this spring.

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5fe78ae8#/5fe78ae8/51

VCU, GMU and Bulter don't really concern me. Maybe you should be more concerned with the new Big East, the NCAA, recruiting and a departing head coach.
Most important is UConn has those titles while UMess doesn't!!!
BTW, UConn has started construction on that practice facility. We have 20 mil towards a 35 mil facility. It will be completed in 2014.
Mullens isn't even completely controled by UMass. Gample is controlled by UConn.
Finally, as a reminder, UConn has beaten UMess 29 of the last 30 times played. And, UMess hasn't made the tourney in 16 years. Jim Calhoun, or not, UConn won't go that long, without making the tourney.
Now, why don't you committ that Hari Khari I suggested???
 
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