BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

[Twirling Time]

Does UConn have a 'market'? Like Rutgers and Maryland supposedly had?

That's an interesting question. Connecticut is a small state with a population not much bigger than Arkansas. It's kind of a suburban no-man's land between NYC and Providence/Boston (kind of like how NJ could be viewed between Philly and NYC).

But at the same time its basketball programs (both men's and women's) have been wildly successful so there has been a national following developed. The other two were just used as excuses to expand the B1G media presence.

 

[wicked]

Has UConn to the ACC ever been mentioned?

It has in the past, and BC vetoed it.

That would be the best fit for them, geographically. They could fight it out with BC for last in football. They'd be a great addition basketball-wise.

 

[tapintoamerica]

It has in the past, and BC vetoed it.

That would be the best fit for them, geographically. They could fight it out with BC for last in football. They'd be a great addition basketball-wise.

There was a lot of residual angst over UConn's litigation in the mid-aughts.

 

[HackyMcHack]

When UMass announced it was going to the MAC, there was some chatter that the MAC might take UConn for football only, with the caveat that a scheduling arrangement be made for 3-5 men's and women's basketball games annually -- including games MAC teams would host. Toledo's attendance in women's basketball is No. 3 nationally among non-P4 programs, behind only Gonzaga and New Mexico, so it wouldn't entirely be a fish out of water situation. Haven't heard anything since, but that could be an option if they want to keep basketball parked in the Big East.

 

[LanceyHoward]

A conference based around the New England state schools would be interesting. Easy rivalries. Close travel.

A bunch of reasons it wouldn't work, but I can imagine a world in which college football matters in New England.

A conference based around the New England state schools would certainly work better for UConn, and that matter UMass, than the present debacles those programs are.

And I struggle to keep track of the movements of teams within the Power Four so I do not even attempt to know the membership of other conferences but doesn't the Patriot League need schools that play football?

 

[Cosmo]

Richmond is moving from the CAA to the Patriot starting in 2025, so that will give the PL an even eight.

 

[wicked]

I suppose this should go here? Or maybe not?

Sources: Pac-12, MWC don't reach deal for 2025

 

[HanSenSE]

Perhaps this is why.

 

[DanOregon]

Surprised this was not broken by Canzano or Wilner. But then again, they were still buying what school presidents were selling days before the conference imploded.

 

[Twirling Time]

Taking those four still leaves an 8-team MWC, but a Pac-6 isn't viable for the long term. I give it 4-6 years before some of the escapers come slinking back home sheepishly like Jethro running away from home in Beverly Hills.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Who else? UNLV would be attractive, I'd think. They need to get to eight.

 

[HanSenSE]

I could see Cal and Stanford tiring of the travel to ACC schools after a couple of years and wanting back in.