(06-30-2019 09:46 AM)Kit-Cat Wrote:  There are advantages of being a big fish in a small pond.

About half of the MAC doesn't have potential winning big in BB and FB but so what.

AAC everyone has athletic potential but too much competition for a G5 conference. That TV deal is big time though with the ABC/CBS exposure.

UConn sets up a scheduling contract with the ACC for 3-6 games for OBE regional rivals Pitt, Syracuse, BC, and VT, plus Miami for a game in Florida every other year. The rest of the ACC schools move in and out over the years and UConn has a better nugget than using the MAC and CUSA for games other than filler. Set up annual games with BYU, NM ST, Army, and Liberty, schedule an FCS (BE foe Villanova) and a money game or 2 with other P5 schools and UConn can come up with a great independent schedule. Also don't forget Temple and Rutgers for regional play to help fill out the schedule. This of course will take several years to implement but it is not impossible to if UConn stays in the AAC for 2 years to get by the 2020 FB scheduling difficulties. According to the BE contract they have until July 1, 2022 to make the move anyway.