Come on Shaky. No reason to throw the MAC under the bus like that.
Come on Shaky. No reason to throw the MAC under the bus like that.
I understand but, as a UConn fan, I'm highlighting why UConn could add value to their league if contract values are tied to ratings.Broadcast contracts aren't based on championships. If they were, Rutgers would be in the MAC right now.
Conference | Record | Win PCT% |
---|---|---|
ACC | 7-5 | .583 |
American | 2-2 | .500 |
Big 12 | 9-7 | .563 |
Big East | 12-4 | .750 |
Big Ten | 6-8 | .429 |
Mountain West | 5-4 | .555 |
Pac-12 | 3-4 | .423 |
SEC | 9-8 | .529 |
West Coast | 4-2 | .666 |
This is a touch deceiving since UConn won the national championship. The Huskies accounted for 6 wins and zero losses. The league record of the team who wins it all is always going to be pretty good. Even if you get 5 teams in and everyone else loses their first round game you finish at .600.I understand but, as a UConn fan, I'm highlighting why UConn could add value to their league if contract values are tied to ratings.
The B1G was my primary focus because they currently have the biggest contract but will that continue if every year they get the crap beat out of them in the "big games" of bowl season or get eight teams into the MBB tournament and win six games?
Two football championships and one each in MBB and WBB in 25 years doesn't equate to continued long term big contracts if no one watches. (see chart below) If that continues their market value has to take a major hit so they need UConn to make them relevant in MBB and WBB while JM builds the roster and makes UConn football great again.
Imagine the tag line at the start of broadcasts: "You're watching the B1G, winning championships across the nation, from New England to Southern California".
March Madness men's records by conference
The Big East finished with the best record among all conferences with 12 wins and a 75 percent winning percentage. Check out the complete records below.
Conference Record Win PCT% ACC 7-5 .583 American 2-2 .500 Big 12 9-7 .563 Big East 12-4 .750 Big Ten 6-8 .429 Mountain West 5-4 .555 Pac-12 3-4 .423 SEC 9-8 .529 West Coast 4-2 .666
All conferences with more than one team are listed above. First Four games are included.
Only the first four rounds were included.Put UConn in the American and they are 8-2. .800 win percentage
Judging from the comments here, it might make everybody happy if UConn were to garner a Big 12 invitation and then decline the offer. Football fans could boast that the school was attractive enough to warrant an invitation, and basketball diehards would swoon over the prospect of the school staying in the Big East. Win, win.
In addition, the Big 12 could quickly find another candidate for expansion. And so, win, win, win.
UConn would become the complete laughing stock. If leaving the AAC was giving up on football, as some people claim, declining a P5 offer would be running it through the shredder and flushing it down the toilet. No recovery from that one.Judging from the comments here, it might make everybody happy if UConn were to garner a Big 12 invitation and then decline the offer. Football fans could boast that the school was attractive enough to warrant an invitation, and basketball diehards would swoon over the prospect of the school staying in the Big East. Win, win.
In addition, the Big 12 could quickly find another candidate for expansion. And so, win, win, win.
Are you familiar with the sports phrase "spitting the bit"?Judging from the comments here, it might make everybody happy if UConn were to garner a Big 12 invitation and then decline the offer. Football fans could boast that the school was attractive enough to warrant an invitation, and basketball diehards would swoon over the prospect of the school staying in the Big East. Win, win.
In addition, the Big 12 could quickly find another candidate for expansion. And so, win, win, win.
For sure. You think WVU wanted to go to the Big 12? They would’ve much preferred the ACC but that wasn’t an option at the time. Big 12 is currently the best BB conference. UConn would look pretty weak declining if offered as in can’t compete with good competition.UConn would become the complete laughing stock. If leaving the AAC was giving up on football, as some people claim, declining a P5 offer would be running it through the shredder and flushing it down the toilet. No recovery from that one.
With Texas and Oklahoma leaving to go to the SEC, I don’t know if you can rely on Houston to make that claim. They are closer to the field than in recent years.For sure. You think WVU wanted to go to the Big 12? They would’ve much preferred the ACC but that wasn’t an option at the time. Big 12 is currently the best BB conference. UConn would look pretty weak declining if offered as in can’t compete with good competition.
With Texas and Oklahoma leaving to go to the SEC, I don’t know if you can rely on Houston to make that claim. They are closer to the field than in recent years.
Something else to consider: for all those worried about recruiting the NE, all these schools together with UConn might make the Big 12 competitive in the NE in a way Cuse and BCU just doesn’tCincy is also a solid basketball program with a great history and if the B12 were to add UCONN and San Diego State they would have more than made up for the basketball loss of Oklahoma and Texas.
It will be an outstanding basketball conference, we just need a seat at the table.
That WOULD be the way the New Bis East fans would see it all right. UConn fans, though, would want to be in the Big 12Judging from the comments here, it might make everybody happy if UConn were to garner a Big 12 invitation and then decline the offer. Football fans could boast that the school was attractive enough to warrant an invitation, and basketball diehards would swoon over the prospect of the school staying in the Big East. Win, win.
In addition, the Big 12 could quickly find another candidate for expansion. And so, win, win, win.
Yes I'd feel much better if UConn were to pretend we didn't need the money or the exposure and to have our future limited by staying in the Big East.Judging from the comments here, it might make everybody happy if UConn were to garner a Big 12 invitation and then decline the offer. Football fans could boast that the school was attractive enough to warrant an invitation, and basketball diehards would swoon over the prospect of the school staying in the Big East. Win, win.
In addition, the Big 12 could quickly find another candidate for expansion. And so, win, win, win.
That’s where my mind is.I wonder if the ACC would make a preemptive offer to us? It seems like it would be the smart play. If I recall correctly their ESPN deal has an auto bump up for new members. If the choice is full share a cc or partial share big 12 which way do we go?
Probably Big 12, but it would be tempting to think about the ACC. I'd rather play those teams if everything was equal.
The ACC is our “natural” home in my opinion. We are similar to those schools in lots of ways, more so than the B12 and certainly more than the NEWBIE. But if the Big 12 offered, we would absolutely have to go .I wonder if the ACC would make a preemptive offer to us? It seems like it would be the smart play. If I recall correctly their ESPN deal has an auto bump up for new members. If the choice is full share a cc or partial share big 12 which way do we go?
Probably Big 12, but it would be tempting to think about the ACC. I'd rather play those teams if everything was equal.
The ACC is our “natural” home in my opinion. We are similar to those schools in lots of ways, more so than the B12 and certainly more than the NEWBIE. But if the Big 12 offered, we would absolutely have to go .