(10-09-2019 09:40 AM)mtmedlin Wrote:  I wonder if anyone has thought about the Uconn move as it relates to long term positioning. By getting into the Big east again, they can rebuild their BBall to being even stronger, and then create a weak football schedule which will allow them to get 6 wins a year.
Then in 2025, if the ACC does expand it makes it more likely that they would look to Uconn and I believe its easier to leave the Big east then it is the AAC.

I am just wondering if this is not only a short term positioning for possibilities in the future.

Oh, I see. They're playing three-dimensional chess over there in Storrs.

Why stop there? You can add a comment about UConn football's "uptick in recruiting".

(10-09-2019 10:40 AM)Enriquillo Wrote:  

(10-09-2019 09:40 AM)mtmedlin Wrote:  I wonder if anyone has thought about the Uconn move as it relates to long term positioning. By getting into the Big east again, they can rebuild their BBall to being even stronger, and then create a weak football schedule which will allow them to get 6 wins a year.
Then in 2025, if the ACC does expand it makes it more likely that they would look to Uconn and I believe its easier to leave the Big east then it is the AAC.

I am just wondering if this is not only a short term positioning for possibilities in the future.

Oh, I see. They're playing three-dimensional chess over there in Storrs.

Why stop there? You can add a comment about UConn football's "uptick in recruiting".

In their defense, it’s hard to imagine worse recruiting to Storrs.

Even the local paper is mocking them.

https://twitter.com/ManthonyCourant/stat...0235624453

(10-09-2019 09:40 AM)mtmedlin Wrote:  I wonder if anyone has thought about the Uconn move as it relates to long term positioning. By getting into the Big east again, they can rebuild their BBall to being even stronger, and then create a weak football schedule which will allow them to get 6 wins a year.
Then in 2025, if the ACC does expand it makes it more likely that they would look to Uconn and I believe its easier to leave the Big east then it is the AAC.

I am just wondering if this is not only a short term positioning for possibilities in the future.

Thought about that too. Fatal flaw is that the ACC is not expanding unless ND joins for FB. ND is not giving up FB Independence so the ACC is not expanding to 16. UConn finds some success in the BE but remains mid tier in BB while UConn FBS FB withers on the vine, dries up and returns to FCS, or is cancelled altogether.