(06-28-2019 12:46 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 11:13 AM)Sam Minuteman Wrote:  With the hoops games they can offer other schools they should easily be able to find schools playing each other to push a game back and instead each play Uconn in exchange for Men's and Women's Hoop games.

It's been said here before and will be said here again, most likely, but to reiterate: UConn isn't going to have much if any flexibility with offering hoops games once they're in the Big East. That's 20 BE games, their exempt tournament, a Gavitt Games contest and a game in whatever they call the Big 12 challenge. That's 23 dates with five or six open, depending on whether they play in a four or eight-team tournament (presuming the NCAA's rule change on scheduling goes through). Buy games and top-line home-and-homes/neutral-site games will fill those gaps quickly.

If UConn is willing to consign the football team to an uncertain future as an independent to put their basketball in the Big East, they're not going to sacrifice a basketball home date or prestige game to send them to a CUSA or MAC school so they can host their football team with no stakes before a crowd in the 5,000-7,000 range.

Agreed. Without a basketball incentive though, UCONN football does little for any G5 conference. As an independent, there are a limited number of programs that would be willing to travel to Storrs, especially if UCONN doesn't get treated as a P5 for scheduling requirements. Geography isn't going to be doing them any favors. I see a lot of body bag road games and a lot of bought home games against MAC teams. All that with no bowl game guarantee at the end of the season. The might be better off in FCS.