UCONN to Big East rumor

[JTG]

A site called Digital Sports Desk is reporting UCONN will be playing basketball in the BE by the 20-21 season. They still need to figure out what to do about football where they lose $10+ million a year. Neither UConn nor BE will comment.

[Juice]

https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn...ncm-story.html

[GoMuskies]

HO-LEE-SHIT

This is absolutely amazing.

[Juice]

Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
UConn will join Big East in all sports it sponsors likely in 2020, sources told @Stadium. It’s unknown whether UConn football will remain in AAC, play in another FBS conference - perhaps MAC or C-USA - or go independent, source said. 1st reported by @DigSportsDesk

[GoMuskies]

Geno Auriemma is coming to the Cintas Center.

[xuphan]

I wonder who will join them? Can’t imagine having an odd number in the big east.

[JTG]

Why would they continue a fb program that is woeful, and hemorrhaging money ? There is no big tv money to cover the losses. Even the new AAC tv contract money is like putting a band aid on a shotgun wound.
Next question is a 12th team, or stop at 11. And what about the fact we have 10 private schools and a big state school ?

[sirthought]

You're assuming UCONN improves and adds value to men's basketball in the conference. That's not a sure thing. They were at the bottom of conference standings last season and recruiting hasn't offered much hope. Hurley does, but you never know.

I don't care about UD or if they sell more tickets at Big East tournament. They already have the strongest attendance and UD is never on the radar.

I do care about the level of competition for the student athletes, what it offers for fans, and if XU still has a good shot to excel in the standings. I think some of that is really questionable with the move and they already had one of the better situations in the country that didn't need fixing.

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[Juice]

You're assuming UCONN improves and adds value to men's basketball in the conference. That's not a sure thing. They were at the bottom of conference standings last season and recruiting hasn't offered much hope. Hurley does, but you never know.

I don't care about UD or if they sell more tickets at Big East tournament. They already have the strongest attendance and UD is never on the radar.

I do care about the level of competition for the student athletes, what it offers for fans, and if XU still has a good shot to excel in the standings. I think some of that is really questionable with the move and they already had one of the better situations in the country that didn't need fixing.

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They have 3 4-star players coming in and their class is ranked ahead of ours on 247 Sports.

[xudash]

You're assuming UCONN improves and adds value to men's basketball in the conference. That's not a sure thing. They were at the bottom of conference standings last season and recruiting hasn't offered much hope. Hurley does, but you never know.

I don't care about UD or if they sell more tickets at Big East tournament. They already have the strongest attendance and UD is never on the radar.

I do care about the level of competition for the student athletes, what it offers for fans, and if XU still has a good shot to excel in the standings. I think some of that is really questionable with the move and they already had one of the better situations in the country that didn't need fixing.

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I guess you'll need to wait and witness what happens with the BE media package moving forward once UCONN makes it into the BE.

Otherwise, my thoughts and comments about UD were in passing. I would truly hate to be a VD fan right about now.