new stadium-8 to 12 $mil needed

That has been my understanding the whole time Yonick but I wasn't expecting the price tag to be near $12 mil. Makes the $30 mil sound a little unrealistic to cover the baseball field, basketball practice facility and possibly new soccer/softball fields which I also thought were being rolled into the $30 million target.

This season will probably have its share of bumps but those I have talked to about incoming talent say the future is bright. And despite the inevitable bumps in the road, the Big East isn't generally all that strong so it isn't out of the realm of possibility that we put together a decent season with all the young talent Penders has put together.

Yup - unfortunately, the NCAA added baseball to the 'year in residence' requirement for transfers.

Really excited about the new facility's potential.

the recruiting has been on a different level the past 3 years, its easy to see. as a program in any year if you can land 5 of the top 25 in new england and 5 of the top 40 in ny/nj/pa then your doing just fine. sooner than later with a couple more ncaas and that stadium, were going to lockdown new england kids that acc/sec schools eat up every year. then watch out!

Not sure about lights, but it'd be a real disappointment not to have them. I suppose the argument is that April & May nights might still be cool enough to kill attendance, but I'd disagree. Imagine a nice night in April, nothing else going on on campus, get a good OOC team in (that might be the hardest part), you'd pack the place, maybe SNY on a Mets off-night (or on-night, they're brutal).

This will be interesting. I'd wager the soccer facility gets done first just because there is a booster base there that is deep AND has brought the dough time after time for the program. The baseball booster base is probably deeper, but they haven't been asked to come to bat with cash in a long time. I'd imagine they do softball/baseball together, but that's going to be tough, because I just don't know where the softball money is coming from. But you never know with these thing, all it takes is one former player who's been anonymously doing well on Wall Street for 10 years to give them a check.

It amazes me that UConn is on the precipice of being able to conceivably generate revenue in an SEVENTH sport. That's unheard of.

-Football (slight profit but should increase)
-Men's Basketball
-Women's Basketball
-Men's Soccer
-Women's Soccer
-Men's Ice Hockey (no schollies+paid for facility+paid admission=$$$)
-Baseball (once they start charging for tickets, that should help them get there)