uconn optimistic

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:39 pm

http://www.courant.com/sports/other/hc- ... 0953.story

this will devastate model t.

PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:44 pm

Another good UCONN thread yay!

Hoop Fan · Post by **Hoop Fan** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:47 pm

conspicuous that he named every school individually, except West Virginia.

Hoop Fan · Post by **Hoop Fan** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:47 pm

PonyPlayer4 wrote:Another good UCONN thread yay!

Old rivals of ours. Miracle on Mockingbird.

S....M....U · Post by **S....M....U** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:50 pm

this will be tough on my brother...

he is a lifelong uconn basketball fan, as he was born in Conn and we lived there for a bit.

he now goes to SMU...wonder if he will maintain his allegiance in basketball. i would smack him upside the head if he did

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:53 pm

S....M....U wrote:this will be tough on my brother...

he is a lifelong uconn basketball fan, as he was born in Conn and we lived there for a bit.

he now goes to SMU...wonder if he will maintain his allegiance in basketball. i would smack him upside the head if he did

Is he UCONN-SMU on cusa board?

S....M....U · Post by **S....M....U** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:54 pm

i don't believe so...but it could be. ill have to ask

SMU89 · Post by **SMU89** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:19 pm

smupony94 wrote:
S....M....U wrote:this will be tough on my brother...

he is a lifelong uconn basketball fan, as he was born in Conn and we lived there for a bit.

he now goes to SMU...wonder if he will maintain his allegiance in basketball. i would smack him upside the head if he did

Is he UCONN-SMU on cusa board?

Nothing slips past 94

MustangSTATS · Post by **MustangSTATS** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:26 pm

Could just be coach talk until they are able to jump ship for the ACC. Maybe they finally see what a great chance they will have for a BCS bowl every year. Wait for UCONN to sign on the dotted line to commit its tv rights to the BE before this is more than coach talk.

S....M....U · Post by **S....M....U** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:33 pm

SMU89 wrote:
smupony94 wrote:
S....M....U wrote:this will be tough on my brother...

he is a lifelong uconn basketball fan, as he was born in Conn and we lived there for a bit.

he now goes to SMU...wonder if he will maintain his allegiance in basketball. i would smack him upside the head if he did

Is he UCONN-SMU on cusa board?

Nothing slips past 94

seriously

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:38 pm

S....M....U wrote:
SMU89 wrote:
smupony94 wrote:[quote="S....M....U"]this will be tough on my brother...

he is a lifelong uconn basketball fan, as he was born in Conn and we lived there for a bit.

he now goes to SMU...wonder if he will maintain his allegiance in basketball. i would smack him upside the head if he did

Is he UCONN-SMU on cusa board?

Nothing slips past 94

seriously[/quote]
Ha

SMU Pony Mom · Post by **SMU Pony Mom** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:24 pm

smupony94 wrote:
S....M....U wrote:this will be tough on my brother...

he is a lifelong uconn basketball fan, as he was born in Conn and we lived there for a bit.

he now goes to SMU...wonder if he will maintain his allegiance in basketball. i would smack him upside the head if he did

Is he UCONN-SMU on cusa board?

I was wondering who that was too since I graduated from UConn and my daughter goes to SMU.

CalallenStang · Post by **CalallenStang** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:46 pm

smupony94 wrote:
S....M....U wrote:this will be tough on my brother...

he is a lifelong uconn basketball fan, as he was born in Conn and we lived there for a bit.

he now goes to SMU...wonder if he will maintain his allegiance in basketball. i would smack him upside the head if he did

Is he UCONN-SMU on cusa board?

no, UConn-SMU said that he has his undergrad from UConn and did his graduate school at SMU during the early 2000s.

creepingmuskrat · Post by **creepingmuskrat** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:14 am

Coach Pasq. has about as much influence on UConn's decision-making with respect to realignment as does the actress that played Henrietta Hippo. He is a legacy hire from the recently fired AD, Jeff Hathaway. Our new President fired him in one of her first major actions upon her appointment. Coach Pasq. supported the fired AD.

At 65 there's a good chance he won't see the start of the 2013 season.

But that doesn't mean he isn't looking forward to playing SMU and the others.

Interesting tidbit about the AD Hathaway-when he was fired he was given a severance of $700,000. This amount would be reduced dollar for dollar if he became employed. He did. By John Marianatto, at a salary of $1 a year. So UConn is paying for his services at the Big East. UConn was not consulted by Marinatto on the hire.

UConn is only committed to stabilizing the Big East. UConn's position has been consistent in all of this. If the ACC comes calling, UConn is gone. As far as grant of rights, that is a nonstarter with Pres. Herbst.

If all the schools coming into the BE were like you guys, it would be different. Alas, the Island of Misfit Schools sees more beat-up boats about to breach its shores.

ponyscott · Post by **ponyscott** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:26 am

Boston College wants to be the only New England team in the ACC and will block efforts by U Conn, but if the ACC goes to 16 team Conference then maybe so....."The final thing in UConn's favor, and the thing that might be the most important, is the very nature of the realignment. No one seriously thinks the ACC added Pittsburgh and Syracuse because they're natural fits in the ACC's long-term dream of a 14-team conference, just like no one thinks they're looking for a 15th and 16th team for those reasons. These conference transfers are straight-up business deals. Money talks and nothing else matters. The simple truth is this: if the ACC thinks it's better off staying at 14 teams, or has an addition scenario that can make it more money without UConn, UConn isn't going to get an invitation. But if the ACC decides 16-team conferences are the way of the future, and UConn is one of the two schools that will help it make the most money, that invitation is coming"