Are you AACers pulling for UConn?

[slick1ru2]

Actually the AAC is doing well in its first year. In the major sports, football won its BCS game against a P5 championship team, Rutgers won the WNIT SMU finished second in the NIT and Uconn has a shot at both the men's and women's NCAA titles (no worse than 2nd). I believe that this year has outperformed a number of the P5 schools. Hoping that Uconn pulls off the sweep this week.

 

Most missed this because of their obsession with getting USF into P5. The AAC did plenty to earn respect this year past year in multiple sports. Keep it up and eventually sports fans everywhere will notice. I have said it before, build the AAC into a great conference, USF is in this on the ground floor. If USF goes to P5, last year's abysmal showings in almost all sports will seem trivial in comparison. Become the best of the rest and continue to beat the P5 and be in the top of sports and good things will happen. Stop obsessing over P5.

[Bear]

Actually the AAC is doing well in its first year. In the major sports, football won its BCS game against a P5 championship team, Rutgers won the WNIT SMU finished second in the NIT and Uconn has a shot at both the men's and women's NCAA titles (no worse than 2nd). I believe that this year has outperformed a number of the P5 schools. Hoping that Uconn pulls off the sweep this week.

Most missed this because of their obsession with getting USF into P5. The AAC did plenty to earn respect this year past year in multiple sports. Keep it up and eventually sports fans everywhere will notice. I have said it before, build the AAC into a great conference, USF is in this on the ground floor. If USF goes to P5, last year's abysmal showings in almost all sports will seem trivial in comparison. Become the best of the rest and continue to beat the P5 and be in the top of sports and good things will happen. Stop obsessing over P5.

But what about those big time TV contracts!? And even if we do great things, Tulane and Temple might not be able to keep up...

[charsibb]

UCONN ladies won it all too.

 

This is definitely a conference worth staying in - IFF - we can somehow upgrade the TV money to parity with the P5 conferences.  Big if though.

[charsibb]

UCONN ladies by the numbers. More dominant than UCLA in their heyday. 40-0 with EVERY game won by double digits. Comparatively, we actually performed pretty well against them.

 

AAC Average Margin | Opponent
19.0 | LOU
26.5 | USF
31.0 | RUTG
37.5 | MEM
38.0 | UCF
40.0 | CIN
40.5 | TEM
47.0 | SMU
50.5 | HOU
 

Overall schedule

 

For | Against | Margin | OPPONENT | (* = neutral) | DATE
66 | 55 | 11 | @ | #7 BAY | 13-Jan
69 | 54 | 15 | vs | TA&M* | 31-Mar
81 | 64 | 17 | vs | #4 LOU | 9-Feb
72 | 55 | 17 | @ | #8 MD | 15-Nov
71 | 52 | 19 | @ | #13 PSU | 17-Nov
76 | 57 | 19 | vs | #3 STAN | 11-Nov
70 | 51 | 19 | vs | BYU* | 29-Mar
75 | 56 | 19 | vs | STAN* | 6-Apr
68 | 48 | 20 | @ | #3 LOU | 3-Mar
72 | 52 | 20 | vs | #3 LOU* | 10-Mar
79 | 58 | 21 | vs | ND* | 8-Apr
70 | 49 | 21 | vs | OSU* | 1-Dec
83 | 61 | 22 | @ | #2 DUKE | 17-Dec
63 | 38 | 25 | @ | USF | 16-Feb
83 | 57 | 26 | vs | #24 RUTG* | 9-Mar
81 | 53 | 28 | vs | USF | 26-Jan
77 | 49 | 28 | @ | UCF | 1-Jan
72 | 42 | 30 | vs | CIN* | 8-Mar
94 | 64 | 30 | @ | #23 RUTG | 19-Jan
80 | 47 | 33 | vs | #21 CAL* | 22-Dec
67 | 34 | 33 | vs | CIN | 29-Dec
81 | 48 | 33 | @ | SMU | 25-Feb
83 | 49 | 34 | vs | MEM | 22-Jan
72 | 35 | 37 | vs | #24 RUTG | 1-Mar
93 | 56 | 37 | @ | TEM | 28-Jan
91 | 52 | 39 | vs | JOES* | 25-Mar
90 | 49 | 41 | @ | MEM | 4-Jan
87 | 44 | 43 | vs | PV* | 23-Mar
80 | 36 | 44 | vs | TEM | 11-Jan
114 | 68 | 46 | vs | ORE | 20-Nov
83 | 35 | 48 | vs | UCF | 19-Feb
88 | 39 | 49 | vs | SBON | 24-Nov
90 | 40 | 50 | vs | HOU | 7-Jan
92 | 41 | 51 | @ | HOU | 22-Feb
100 | 46 | 54 | vs | MONM | 23-Nov
89 | 34 | 55 | vs | HART | 9-Nov
86 | 29 | 57 | @ | CIN | 1-Feb
96 | 38 | 58 | vs | BU | 22-Nov
97 | 37 | 60 | vs | UCD | 5-Dec
102 | 41 | 61 | vs | SMU | 4-Feb
 

[DC]

 

 

Actually the AAC is doing well in its first year. In the major sports, football won its BCS game against a P5 championship team, Rutgers won the WNIT SMU finished second in the NIT and Uconn has a shot at both the men's and women's NCAA titles (no worse than 2nd). I believe that this year has outperformed a number of the P5 schools. Hoping that Uconn pulls off the sweep this week.

Most missed this because of their obsession with getting USF into P5. The AAC did plenty to earn respect this year past year in multiple sports. Keep it up and eventually sports fans everywhere will notice. I have said it before, build the AAC into a great conference, USF is in this on the ground floor. If USF goes to P5, last year's abysmal showings in almost all sports will seem trivial in comparison. Become the best of the rest and continue to beat the P5 and be in the top of sports and good things will happen. Stop obsessing over P5.

But what about those big time TV contracts!? And even if we do great things, Tulane and Temple might not be able to keep up...

 

 

This was only the first year of the American. Power 5 schools are all making $20+ million per year from their TV deals. There economic inequality between the Go5 and P5 will only keep widening. For example: June Jones is the 2nd highest paid football coach in the American at $1.9 Mil (Tuberville is the outlier at $3.1 mil). His salary would be 10th highest in the ACC, 9th in the Big12, 10th in the Big10, 10th in the Pac12, and 14th in the SEC.

 

Check out the average salaries for the head coach and his staff (all 2014 American member schools with data were included). It will be very difficult for the American to attract and retain top head coaches and assistants.

 

Conference | Average Head Coach Salary | Average Assistant Pool

American       $1,525,046                               $1,688,219

ACC              $2,277,210                               $2,660,723

Big 12           $3,072,835                                $2,517,264

Big 10            $2,638,213                               $2,477,152

Pac 12           $2,237,687                              $2,445,485

SEC               $3,306,079                               $3,171,778

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/salaries/

Edited April 9, 2014 by DC

[Bear]

Louisville and Rutgers' markets do not equal their replacements: ECU, Tulane, and Tulsa... Remember, starting this fall, we are officially a G5.

We need to win and get out. Genshaft knows this - henceforth, the changes in the Athletic Department

[raptorcj]

Louisville and Rutgers' markets do not equal their replacements: ECU, Tulane, and Tulsa... Remember, starting this fall, we are officially a G5.

We need to win and get out. Genshaft knows this - henceforth, the changes in the Athletic Department

That's one reason, I'm sure. But I'm sure she and the administration are a little weary of putting their tongues in their cheeks when discussing the CFB & MBB programs. Wins bring lots of positives.

[Leviathan]

UCONN - 2014 NAACP Champs

Edited April 10, 2014 by Leviathan

[charsibb]

UCONN - 2014 NAACP Champs

 

 

IMUS is rolling on the floor laughing his nappy-headed self to death!

[Skingraft]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA