(06-26-2019 06:34 PM)spenser Wrote: (06-26-2019 06:23 PM)Bogg Wrote: (06-26-2019 06:07 PM)DavidSt Wrote: I think this is a mistake on UConn. Going to the Big East is a downgrade.
It's not. It just isn't. Even if it was a lateral move (which it isn't) it's still an upgrade because of the historical/geographic connections and the tournament. People just don't like the idea of a school where football isn't the driving force.
It is a big downgrade. The Big East is Villanova and 9 Atlantic 10 level basketball schools at this point. Cincinnati, Houston, Temple, and Memphis will be a better group than anything Big East has going forward and Wichita State, UCF, and SMU have shown to be better than the middle of Big East.
All those teams UCONN remembers playing are gone beside Nova and Georgetown.
So you want to do this.
Okay, let's do this. Limit to the last 20 years, so we're not talking about Ewing and Mullin and Hakeem and Ron Artest etc. And let's compare each group without UConn.
National Championships: Villanova's got 2. AAC zero.
Final Fours. 4 schools with 7 (Nova 3, Butler 2, Georgetown, Marquette) vs 2 (Wichita, Memphis).
Sweet Sixteens 5 schools with 24 (Nova 6, GT 2, Marquette 4, X 7, Butler 5) vs 6 schools with 12 (Memphis 4, Cinci 2, Wichita 3, Temple 1, Houston 1, Tulsa 1)
NCAA Tournament Big East 96 appearances, AAC 55.
Schools with 10+ NCAA's in the last 20 years Villanova, Marquette, Creighton vs Memphis, Cincinnati
Schools with 5+ NCAA's in the last 20 years Everybody but Depaul vs Memphis, Cinci, Temple, Wichita.
Without UConn, your lineup does not compare to ours. That's why we the C7 left. And that's why UConn left.