the Money is what I'm most happy about. Read an article last year saying that making it to the Final 4 gets the conference about 10 Million!

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The boost to conference prestige will eventually help bring in even more money, not to mention help recruiting for all AAC schools. Congratulations, Huskies and thanks!!

sorta makes that tv contract thingy look like a much smaller problem now. bcs champ and a final four team. not too shabby for a first year conference.

I'm pulling for the huskies to win the whole damn shootin' match!

Definitely pulling for UCONN to cut down the nets!

You welcome boys. We been doing the same for all the BE schools for years. I hope we got 2 more games in us. Regardless, it has been an amazing year for our program and coach Ollie. It will definitely help recruiting.

Unreal that Ollie was able to make something out of UConn with Calhoun leaving

(03-30-2014 07:42 PM)SF Husky Wrote:  You welcome boys. We been doing the same for all the BE schools for years. I hope we got 2 more games in us. Regardless, it has been an amazing year for our program and coach Ollie. It will definitely help recruiting.

Most accurate post of the day....

1) The Big East splitting schools were taking in money that was being made by all sports schools like UConn, Louisville, and Syracuse. UConn is just doing what they did in years prior.

2) Ollie is a clear "successful" successor to Calhoun...and being an alum can lead to the continuity that is necessary for big time programs. UConn is a big time program and, for some reason, was taken lightly by the committee (as was Kentucky) who are looking way too much at some numbers off a computer and not basing decisions based on what we all saw.

Are credits earned based on one credit for one appearance? Or do additional ones accrue the further you go? Or does it pay more per credit the further you go?

(03-30-2014 08:51 PM)ultraviolet Wrote:  Are credits earned based on one credit for one appearance? Or do additional ones accrue the further you go? Or does it pay more per credit the further you go?

It is kind of funny how little ECU fans know about NCAA tourney credits...

(03-30-2014 07:26 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  The boost to conference prestige will eventually help bring in even more money, not to mention help recruiting for all AAC schools. Congratulations, Huskies and thanks!!

Wish that this would be true, but it is not. Do you think Louisville winning the national championship last year helped UCF's recruiting? Will UConn's run this year help Tulsa's? I don't think kentucky's reent NCAA championship helped Georgia's recruiting that much.

(03-30-2014 08:54 PM)vabearcat Wrote:  

(03-30-2014 07:26 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  The boost to conference prestige will eventually help bring in even more money, not to mention help recruiting for all AAC schools. Congratulations, Huskies and thanks!!

Wish that this would be true, but it is not. Do you think Louisville winning the national championship last year helped UCF's recruiting? Will UConn's run this year help Tulsa's? I don't think kentucky's reent NCAA championship helped Georgia's recruiting that much.

i don't know but I'm sure Lebo and his assistants will be like "just picture yourself playing against the defending national champions here in a packed raucous Minges.......picture hitting the winning shot against them....doesn't that sound exciting?"......... sure beats alternative scenarios....

(03-30-2014 08:54 PM)vabearcat Wrote:  

(03-30-2014 07:26 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  The boost to conference prestige will eventually help bring in even more money, not to mention help recruiting for all AAC schools. Congratulations, Huskies and thanks!!

Wish that this would be true, but it is not. Do you think Louisville winning the national championship last year helped UCF's recruiting? Will UConn's run this year help Tulsa's? I don't think kentucky's reent NCAA championship helped Georgia's recruiting that much.

Sure didn't help most of the Catholic 7. They have mostly sucked since the 80s, and Carnesecca isn't walking through that door.

What is East Carolina's record against Cincinnati, Louisville and Memphis? Okay, I think you have your answer to your speculation about the impact of UConn's success on ECU's recruiting.

(03-30-2014 09:10 PM)vabearcat Wrote:  What is East Carolina's record against Cincinnati, Louisville and Memphis? Okay, I think you have your answer to your speculation about the impact of UConn's success on ECU's recruiting.

What a flawed logic. It's easier to get recruits to come play if they think they're playing in a big time basketball league. It just takes actual effort to get them. If you're a recruit and hear "come play in front of xyz socon team" or "come play at ECU against teams like Memphis and UConn" I think I would go for the ECU. Plus we're actually throwing coal in the basketball furnace...previously we were just letting it sit there.

What's Vandy or UK's record against the SEC in football? Hell if I know, but I'm sure it's not good and they still get great recruits.

(03-30-2014 09:10 PM)vabearcat Wrote:  What is East Carolina's record against Cincinnati, Louisville and Memphis? Okay, I think you have your answer to your speculation about the impact of UConn's success on ECU's recruiting.

Maybe if a school had an enterprising coach like Calhoun who sold UConn as an opportunity to play the very best it might benefit them.

But most likely if you have a scrub program, then you will stay a scrub program.

Cincy, Memphis and SMU will definitely benefit.

It definitely doesn't hurt our recruiting, but it doesn't help as much as the boost in exposure well get. Remember, C-USA 1.0 was a good basketball league, but the AAC is at a whole new level for ECU because for the first time our basketball games will have good distribution. That plus our new practice facility will help out in recruiting more than anything else.


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(03-30-2014 08:54 PM)vabearcat Wrote:  

(03-30-2014 07:26 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  The boost to conference prestige will eventually help bring in even more money, not to mention help recruiting for all AAC schools. Congratulations, Huskies and thanks!!

Wish that this would be true, but it is not. Do you think Louisville winning the national championship last year helped UCF's recruiting? Will UConn's run this year help Tulsa's? I don't think kentucky's reent NCAA championship helped Georgia's recruiting that much.

I'm not sure you could say UCONN's final four run directly helps Tulsa's recruiting, but the AAC's overall reputation does help.

A recent article out of Florida quoted Tulsa signee, Mitchell Wilbekin (Scottie's little brother), as saying the 2 things that led him to sign with Tulsa was Coach Danny Manning & the AAC. He said the AAC is a major basketball conference & he wanted to play in a major conference.

Big props to UConn. Been rooting for them, Cincinnati, and Memphis throughout the tournament not expecting any to get through.

Very pleased that the AAC will potentially have the national champ in 2014.