Well, the combined success of the basketball programs is unmatched and the boys are back. UConn really is a perfect fit for the ACC, especially when looking at the membership before it raided the big east and took privates and glorified community colleges. Basketball is obvious. Football would get a huge boost and be elevated to the same level as 85% of the programs in that conference.
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Didn't seem to have any effect howeverWe have a stronger pull than SU, BC and Rutgers.
UConn’s Ticket To Power Five Conference Goes Through New York
Think about this. If the Big 12 Conference is strong-armed into expanding in the coming months, why would it want UConn? Easy, really. It’s all about New York. More than football, more than b…
Name one program that went FBS/D1A after the 1970s in the P5.
I am sorry Butch. I am not denying that UConn may have a bigger pull in NY than Cuse BC and RU, and that article clearly supports that. But the fact is, it did not enable UConn to get the invite that we all desire.
Humans generally have to make an effort to continue development.
In some cases, yes. But sometimes things are out of one's control. Sometimes timing in life is everything and if one misses out on an opportunity, it is unlikely that one will get a second, or third, chance.