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[upstater]

Didn't Nebraska lose it while it was in the process of being admitted when the AAU reclassified how some medical school research counted? I don't remember all of the details, but I thought it was on some technicality and it was already too late for the B1G to back out.

The process to evict Nebraska was begun a whole 2 years before they were evicted. At the time, the committee was dominated by several B1G presidents. Wisconsin's Pres. was the Associate chair and Michigan's pres. lead the committee that chucked Nebraska, and they did this a whole 2 years before Nebraska started the process of B1G admission. After the committee voted to evict them, there was a huge controversy among the general membership (remember, Syracuse was the other school that lost membership). There was a lot of fear that some of the more powerful members would start culling schools. The committee was then reformed with new members, but the leaders were the same: B1G schools.

So, in a very real sense it was the B1G's own doing to evict Nebraska from the AAU.

EDIT: the AAU designated the political pork that Nebraska received in the form of Ag. subsidies as non-research funding. The money was not won through grants or judged by peers, but instead was doled out through the political process.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

No one wants Kansas.

Kansas and UConn together are a valuable property, Both colleges are not great at self promotion

 

[Orc]

There is no way UConn is getting an invite to the ACC. If ND joins they will join with WVU. No way the football schools in the ACC want UConn.

Agreed. It doesn’t help that the former big east schools do not want want us in also. I think they’ll even take memphis and temple before us.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Kansas and UConn together are a valuable property, Both colleges are not great at self promotion

Not really. They're both small schools with terrible football programs in states with small populations. UConn at least brings a respectable media market, but neither school has done anything recently in their most prominent sport (basketball) to get noticed, and we are just going to be out of sight out of mind buried in the Big East when these realignment talks occur.

 

[CL82]

Not really. They're both small schools with terrible football programs in states with small populations. UConn at least brings a respectable media market, but neither school has done anything recently in their most prominent sport (basketball) to get noticed, and we are just going to be out of sight out of mind buried in the Big East when these realignment talks occur.

In a coma in 2014?

 

[hoopsfan22]

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In a coma in 2014?

It's 2021?

 

[buddy]

Agree, but if consolidation is happening among the power conferences, being on the outside looking in is not a good thing.

No where do I see anyone outside the boneyard having UConn being invited to a P5 Conference when this shakes out. One board, I think ND, has a list of 8 schools potentially to the ACC. No mention of UConn at all.

 

[Stinger92860]

Not really. They're both small schools with terrible football programs in states with small populations. UConn at least brings a respectable media market, but neither school has done anything recently in their most prominent sport (basketball) to get noticed, and we are just going to be out of sight out of mind buried in the Big East when these realignment talks occur.

The CT population is ranked 29th in the US. Oklahoma is 28th. Other states with smaller populations than CT include:

Utah 30
Iowa 33
Arkansas 34
Mississippi 35
Kansas 36
Nebraska 38
West Virginia 40

For Per Capital Income we are ranked 6th. Oklahoma is 44. Arkansas is 50. If it’s about streaming population and who will pay for the the service, we are ahead of many states, including those with P4/P5 schools.

Per Capita by State
Population by State

 

[Jimdish255]

States like Oklahoma, Mississippi and SC with multiple teams. Arkansas, West Virginia and of course Kansas K-State which is behind Connecticut, has 2 teams and negligible media markets nearby. We reach into NY and Mass. UConn's problem is perception after being snubbed by the ACC for Louisville, and a precipitous drop in football at the wrong time.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

States like Oklahoma, Mississippi and SC with multiple teams. Arkansas, West Virginia and of course Kansas K-State which is behind Connecticut, has 2 teams and negligible media markets nearby. We reach into NY and Mass. UConn's problem is perception after being snubbed by the ACC for Louisville, and a precipitous drop in football at the wrong time.

Reputation and tradition will not matter nearly as much in an NIL world. It is "show me the money" time.

 

[CL82]

It's 2021?

Some kind of brain injury that you can't remember what's happened in the last 10 years?

Let me get you up to speed... this happened too:

 

[CL82]

No where do I see anyone outside the boneyard having UConn being invited to a P5 Conference when this shakes out. One board, I think ND, has a list of 8 schools potentially to the ACC. No mention of UConn at all.

Lol, well if a fan board doesn't have us in I guess we should shut down the whole program.

(BTW, was your comment relevant to my post? What, you couldn't wait for someone to actually say UConn was a candidate before you shot your load?)

 

[hoopsfan22]

Some kind of brain injury that you can't remember what's happened in the last 10 years?

Let me get you up to speed... this happened too:
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It'll be 8 years since the men last won and 6 for the women (who will end that streak come April IMO). That's a lifetime ago these days. When conference realignment heats up, it's not the best time to be in a championship drought. UConn needs to have its brand front and center, and the only way it can do that is by winning basketball titles otherwise it's just another nameless face in a mid-major Catholic basketball league.

 

[CL82]

It'll be 8 years since the men last won and 6 for the women (who will end that streak come April IMO). That's a lifetime ago these days. When conference realignment heats up, it's not the best time to be in a championship drought. UConn needs to have its brand front and center, and the only way it can do that is by winning basketball titles otherwise it's just another nameless face in a mid-major Catholic basketball league.

LMAO, that is quality stuff. Seven years is a lifetime ago? Well yeah, I guess, if you are seven years old. Are you seven years old? SMH, laughing.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

It'll be 8 years since the men last won and 6 for the women (who will end that streak come April IMO). That's a lifetime ago these days. When conference realignment heats up, it's not the best time to be in a championship drought. UConn needs to have its brand front and center, and the only way it can do that is by winning basketball titles otherwise it's just another nameless face in a mid-major Catholic basketball league.

UConn has landed back to back women's basketball superstars who will likely make more in NIL income than any other college athlete in New England over the next 12 months.

But yeah, something something championship drought killing our brand.

 

[jostar1]

 

[LoyalFanCT]

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Lol, well if a fan board doesn't have us in I guess we should shut down the whole program.

(BTW, was your comment relevant to my post? What, you couldn't wait for someone to actually say UConn was a candidate before you shot your load?)

Here is a Syracuse site that does mention us, in a most impressive way!
3. Basketball superconference

Football obviously drives the bus, but being THE men’s and women’s basketball conference would be worth something, too. So what about some solution where the ACC decides to bite the bullet on UConn and Kansas football, with West Virginia joining as well.

The resulting men’s conference is 18 teams deep, with over 80 Final Four trips and over 20 national championships. Are we thrilled about this football result? Not particularly. Would it potentially be fine since there’d arguably be one national basketball conference and then everyone else? Possibly.

Five possibly insane conference realignment ideas for the ACC

Some of these are more reasonable than others.

www.nunesmagician.com

 

[SubbaBub]

The B1G is not taking any B12 teams not named UT or OU and I doubt they'd actually want UT. KU is the only possible exception but unless they feel the need to appease Nebraska, I don't see it happening.

 

[hoopsfan22]

B1G adds: UCONN, Kansas, UCLA, USC, Stanford, and Cal to get to a 20 team super conference with four 5-team divisions
The remains of the Big 12 and Pac 12 combine into a new western conference
WV joins the ACC or AAC

 

[jostar1]

 

[upstater]

It'll be 8 years since the men last won and 6 for the women (who will end that streak come April IMO). That's a lifetime ago these days. When conference realignment heats up, it's not the best time to be in a championship drought. UConn needs to have its brand front and center, and the only way it can do that is by winning basketball titles otherwise it's just another nameless face in a mid-major Catholic basketball league.

It may be forgotten but...

Championship drought?

I can't take that characterization seriously. It is very hard to win a national championship. 2 in 10 years and you call it a drought?

I can see there's an argument that the championships have been forgotten but no one is calling it a drought.

 

[Stinger92860]

It may be forgotten but...

Championship drought?

I can't take that characterization seriously. It is very hard to win a national championship. 2 in 10 years and you call it a drought?

I can see there's an argument that the championships have been forgotten but no one is calling it a drought.

if we are in a drought what is it called at BC, Pitt, Cuse or Rutgers?

 

[upstater]

if we are in a drought what is it called at BC, Pitt, Cuse or Rutgers?

Post apocalypse?

 

[jostar1]

 

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