UConn returning to the Big East

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by jake44np

I would agree with everything you said above except the part of AAC schools care more about football then basketball. Name one. All of the "banner" AAC schools care way more about basketball. UC, Memphis, Temple, Houston. The exception is probably UCF. Man after looking at the schools in the AAC again, UConn should be excited to leave that ****ty conference.

I guess I should consider myself lucky to be a bit ignorant in that area.

I thought every school in the AAC except maybe Temple undoubtedly cared more about football.

[jake44np]

I work in Cincy and i can tell you for sure UC is a basketball school, not a football school.
Also i am for certain that Memphis is the same way.

[phenom1990]

Houston is a football school, they said sometime in the last couples year 9-3 isn't good enough LOL.

[jerwoods]

Quote: Originally Posted by jake44np

I would agree with everything you said above except the part of AAC schools care more about football then basketball. Name one. All of the "banner" AAC schools care way more about basketball. UC, Memphis, Temple, Houston. The exception is probably UCF. Man after looking at the schools in the AAC again, UConn should be excited to leave that ****ty conference.

the AAC is 6TH in football they have philly memphis tulsa baltmore ciny tampa orlando houton dallas nice size citys

uconn did improve their hoops but killed their football program winch is ok but the worse part is ESPN will ignore u guys in basketball i hope u have SNY cause if not u wont see a lot of uconn woman bball ex for march

[NYJets]

Quote: Originally Posted by jerwoods

the AAC is 6TH in football they have philly memphis tulsa baltmore ciny tampa orlando houton dallas nice size citys uconn did improve their hoops but killed their football program winch is ok but the worse part is ESPN will ignore u guys in basketball i hope u have SNY cause if not u wont see a lot of uconn woman bball ex for march

Yea but in the AAC we would have rarely been real ESPN and would have been playing a ton on ESPN+. One of the reasons they did this deal I believe was so they could use SNY for the women's team. Most of that fanbase wasn't going to figure out streaming.

I've gotten more excited about this. It's not the old Big East but it will be nice to no longer play games at 9:30 in empty road arenas with some announcers they could have just pulled off the street and nobody would know

For football, we'll see, they seem optimistic they can put together a schedule maybe more appealing than the American was. I don't know if it will in any way help turn things around but it can't get worse than its been.

[JHamilton9]

Quote: Originally Posted by jerwoods

the AAC is 6TH in football they have philly memphis tulsa baltmore ciny tampa orlando houton dallas nice size citys uconn did improve their hoops but killed their football program winch is ok but the worse part is ESPN will ignore u guys in basketball i hope u have SNY cause if not u wont see a lot of uconn woman bball ex for march

FOX does have a contract with the Big East, so I expect more true rivalry games to be shown on their networks. Plus, the UConn women will definitely help their women's hoops ratings.

[anonymous42]

Financial suicide.

[anonymous42]

Quote: Originally Posted by jake44np

I work in Cincy and i can tell you for sure UC is a basketball school, not a football school. Also i am for certain that Memphis is the same way.

Memphis is both now.