Re: Stubblefield out…..
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:06 pm
hoops22 wrote:They travel as well as anybody in the country. And they do all this on A10 exposure and money. So I'll ask the question again that will get plenty of people here foaming at the mouth angry at me. Why the hell aren't they in the Big East?
https://www.thehour.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/big-east-val-ackerman-huskies-18601397.php
"Nothing on the horizon at this point. A number of schools have approached us about being part of the Big East. Our presidents, at this point, have not wanted to add schools. So, we stay at 11. It's really as simple as that."
"It would take the right school to add," Ackerman added. "And you want it to be for all the right reasons, including what they add from a basketball standpoint, is their school mission in line with our other schools? How does the financial piece of it work out? So, for now, the decision our board has made has been to stay at 11."
12 > 11, but it sounds like the presidents aren't very high on any of the options available right now. It doesn't make much sense to add a non-elite program that we have no history with in a small market near Xavier anyway.