Weak schedule

[Next 12]

I don't care what the OOC looks like. I only care that UCONN will prevail over all the teams!! I don't care what conference UCONN plays in. as long as we win the Title. I don't care what UCONN's seeding is going into the NCAA games as long as we go on a 6 game win streak.So it is obvious that I only care about is wins, Which is the reason we play this game. GO HUSKIES!!!!!! THE BEAST OF THE EAST!!!!!

 

[Forego]

Unfortunately, we cannot schedule ourselves. Unfortunately, we are required to schedule Big East opponents.

 

[Bald Husky]

If there is absolutely nothing UConn can do about it, what exactly is the point of bitching about their conference affiliation? And no, there is 0 chance the ACC and Big East will merge.

I think the emerging of the UConn football team is a positive sign that the ACC will look into a merge, or at least they will find value in inviting UConn alone to join the conference. Everybody knows that the football program is the Achilles heel for UConn, but what Jim Mora has done is unbelievable, bringing the program back to life. And besides, having a coach of Moras stature would be a win for the ACC. Add in the stature of Geno and Hurley, it would be a land of riches to have this team of coaches in the conference.

 

[HuskyNan]

The answer: join the ACC.
Come on UConn football.
Would Danny be ok with that switch? BE mens can be really really good.

The ACC isn’t a club that UConn can just sign up to and join. UConn has been trying to get into a bigger conference for years, without luck, and it’s not because of the football team. It’s been discussed ad nauseum how hard UConn has tried to get into any of the P4, in fact there’s an entire board on the Boneyard just to discuss conference realignment.

BC blackballed UConn from joining the ACC because the state of Connecticut sued them for leaving the Big East after they said they’d stay. So now every year when the ACC meets, the conference discusses whether they’ll expand again and the decision has been “no”, as it was this year.

Welp, ACC stays together with a new agreement (LINK)

It was pretty obvious to me it wasn't going to break apart until they started approaching the 2036 finish. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/44093338/sources-fsu-clemson-expected-reach-settlement-acc

the-boneyard.com

As for football, last year UConn went to a bowl where it beat ACC team NC State. This year, the Huskies are 7-3, have the 12 ranked QB, and some of the best defensive stats in the country and yet the ACC chose not to extend an offer. Anyone that thinks all UConn needs to do to join a bigger conference is to pick up the phone needs to do some reading because you’re misinformed

https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn/article/football-duke-espn-college-gameday-nick-saban-21150200.php

 

[oldude]

I think the emerging of the UConn football team is a positive sign that the ACC will look into a merge, or at least they will find value in inviting UConn alone to join the conference. Everybody knows that the football program is the Achilles heel for UConn, but what Jim Mora has done is unbelievable, bringing the program back to life. And besides, having a coach of Moras stature would be a win for the ACC. Add in the stature of Geno and Hurley, it would be a land of riches to have this team of coaches in the conference.

There always exists a “standalone” opportunity for UConn to make a jump to a P4 conference. But the P4 are all about football, and UConn is the one and only school in the BE that is playing a BCS football schedule, albeit as an independent. Unless a school checks off BCS football as a competitive sport there is no opportunity for them to join a P4 conference.

 

[HuskyNan]

There always exists a “standalone” opportunity for UConn to make a jump to a P4 conference. But the P4 are all about football, and UConn is the one and only school in the BE that is playing a BCS football schedule, albeit as an independent. Unless a school checks off BCS football as a competitive sport there is no opportunity for them to join a P4 conference.

There is no Big East football. Villanova is in the CAA and Georgetown is in the Patriot League. If any other schools play football, I’m unaware of it

 

[oldude]

There is no Big East football. Villanova is in the CAA and Georgetown is in the Patriot League. If any other schools play football, I’m unaware of it

Butler plays in the Pioneer League. Like Villanova and Georgetown they are a non-BCS team with no ambition to play with the big boys of college football.

 

[oldhusky]

If UConn runs the table heading into the Big Dance at 34-0, which is a distinct possibility, then the only way that the Huskies are not the #1 overall seed is if either SC or UCLA runs the table against tougher schedules, and even then, UConn may still be the overall #1 seed.

Our schedule is relatively weaker this year than most years, but still it is stronger than most national championship contenders before they hit their conference schedule. After teams start their conference schedule our competition is much weaker.

That means there is pressure on us to not have a slip up before everyone hits the conference schedule because we have few opportunities to make up for it with a big win. The Big East seems relatively weaker this year as well, so our seeding upside is pretty well determined before the conference schedule, with the exception of two significant OOC games later in the year.

If we sweep all our OOC games, we are very likely to be the #1 overall seed. If we lose one of them, I think we could still be one of the four top seeds, but we are somewhat at the mercy of how other teams do. Basically we probably need to have fewer losses than the winner of the Power 4 conferences to stay ahead of them.

The good news is a team has to be pretty exceptional to get thru those conference schedules unscathed. I think the odds of one team winning all their conference games in the Power 4 is not very high, whereas it is almost expected for us. Our season is try to hold serve OOC where we will be favored in every game, while rooting for the top teams in the Power 4 to knock each other off every once in a while.

We start in the top position and probably have the best chance in the country to run the table, but if we do lose one, we probably need the other top teams to lose two to stay ahead of them, but that could happen. I suspect if we lost two, our upside would be a number 2 seed, but time will tell.

 

[Ozimoto]

I know seeding does have an impact on your road to the title when it comes tournament time, but the bottom line is you have to win the games when it matters to hold the trophy. If you don't do that, seeding doesn't mean squat.

 

[FanSince17]

Butler plays in the Pioneer League. Like Villanova and Georgetown they are a non-BCS team with no ambition to play with the big boys of college football.

I think this subject is interesting. When I was in college at Washington and Lee University, those schools were D3. I don’t know the ins and outs of it. My best friend’s father coached Davidson football and he advanced the program to a higher level. He eventually destroyed the D3 schedule and Davidson moved toward D1AA and D1.
I don’t think it’s helpful to just shoot down our ideas. (Not you)
I think we all want the best basketball players in the world to be able to compete at the highest level possible.
FYI Minnesota embarrassed Marquette last night, 90-47. Creighton plays Nebraska tonight and Princeton plays Nova tonight.
If it’s a duck, call it a duck.

 

[huskeynut]

The schedule is what it is. Just go out and win games.yracu

What can hurt your seeding for the NCAA's is loosing.

As to the ACC, though UConn would be an excellent fit, BC, Miami, Pitt and Syracuse really don't want us. Asl Bluementhal why.

 

[oldude]

I think this subject is interesting. When I was in college at Washington and Lee University, those schools were D3. I don’t know the ins and outs of it. My best friend’s father coached Davidson football and he advanced the program to a higher level. He eventually destroyed the D3 schedule and Davidson moved toward D1AA and D1.
I don’t think it’s helpful to just shoot down our ideas. (Not you)
I think we all want the best basketball players in the world to be able to compete at the highest level possible.
FYI Minnesota embarrassed Marquette last night, 90-47. Creighton plays Nebraska tonight and Princeton plays Nova tonight.
If it’s a duck, call it a duck.

I am not suggesting for a second that BE WBB is formidable. There is UConn and everyone else. But unless and until UConn can somehow finagle membership into a P4 conference I will continue to say what I have repeated ad nauseum, “It is what it is.”

 

[Stagnant]

I think this is the weakest out of conference schedule we have had in ages. My guess is that Geno called and a lot of people said no. And we may have struggled to put this schedule together.

And our weak schedule really rears its head when we look at the conference schedule. The big east is way down this year. There is no semi strong Creighton team anymore. Marquette was just selected to finish second in the conference. And they lost to Minnesota by 40.

We can only control what we can control as far as the schedule is concerned. But I think it is harder this year to give LSU a hard time about their schedule.

 

[uconnfan68]

Am sorry but what does the Big East have to offer? Quick answer is nothing. The league was so much better when C Viv; Muffet; Harry and Doug were here. Even though USF never beat us Jose always had good teams.

We didn't join for wbb. It was for mbb.

 

[uconnfan68]

Our schedule is relatively weaker this year than most years, but still it is stronger than most national championship contenders before they hit their conference schedule. After teams start their conference schedule our competition is much weaker.

That means there is pressure on us to not have a slip up before everyone hits the conference schedule because we have few opportunities to make up for it with a big win. The Big East seems relatively weaker this year as well, so our seeding upside is pretty well determined before the conference schedule, with the exception of two significant OOC games later in the year.

If we sweep all our OOC games, we are very likely to be the #1 overall seed. If we lose one of them, I think we could still be one of the four top seeds, but we are somewhat at the mercy of how other teams do. Basically we probably need to have fewer losses than the winner of the Power 4 conferences to stay ahead of them.

The good news is a team has to be pretty exceptional to get thru those conference schedules unscathed. I think the odds of one team winning all their conference games in the Power 4 is not very high, whereas it is almost expected for us. Our season is try to hold serve OOC where we will be favored in every game, while rooting for the top teams in the Power 4 to knock each other off every once in a while.

We start in the top position and probably have the best chance in the country to run the table, but if we do lose one, we probably need the other top teams to lose two to stay ahead of them, but that could happen. I suspect if we lost two, our upside would be a number 2 seed, but time will tell.

It wouldn't matter if we were a #16 seed. No one wants to face us. We just get penalized with no home games.