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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 3493520, member: 7492"] Why is it on the WCBB thread you keep posting items like football and other items about all the facilities? The NBE is pretty much solely about Basketball-men's basketball to be specific. What we think is happening is a commitment to WCBB as it can leverage what the MCBB has done. I get that you are a passionate UConn fan in all sports. The one sport that may be significantly hurt by the move is baseball as the NBE is not remotely close to the AAC. Don't even mention football as they were not even competitive in the AAC. What I don't get with your posts is you lack any analytical or support for your criticism. I have posted numerous times about the attendance and what the OBE, the current AAC and the NBE all have done. UConn is the outlier in all of them with only ND having garnered anywhere near the fan support. Now Louisville is showing significant attendance improvement but that wasn't there in OBE. From a competitive perspective which is MORE IMPORTANT, the NBE offers significant improvement in terms of quality, opponents RPI and the commitment by the schools (other than Georgetown and PC) to get better. The AAC never has shown any improvement in the 7 years we were there so recruiting never occurred. With Duffy, Bruno, Geno and the new Marquette coach and hopefully the new Villanova coach, there are coaches who know you need to get the top 100 and are familiar with how to do. For gosh sakes just look at the pathetic commitment East Carolina, Tulane, Memphis, SMU, Witchita State all have going on. Heck, even UCF looks like it hired the wrong Albany coach. Houston has also been dreadful despite protestations they were committed to WCBB. So yes, I say goodbye and good riddance to the AAC! Your constant criticism is not helpful as we are committed to the BE whether you like or not. There is upside, yet you drone on only about what you perceive as negatives. Show me compelling evidence, then maybe I would understand your view. Cite who has a lack of facilities and how that affects UConn's standing for WCBB, cite how Seton Hall's campus prevents them from having an Athletic department in the BLACK, unlike UConn's which has hemorrhaged money. Show me how Duke and WF with small student bodies can't compete? It's great to generate random questions without any support. I know you to be better than this. Please garner that poster I once knew... [/QUOTE]

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