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  • #91
    Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

    Originally posted by AdamBC View Post
    Gotta be honest, Campbell Soup Arena doesn't impress me and the Rent and XL aren't owned by UConn. So your only on-campus venue is lack-luster; while the practice facilities may be impressive, Joe Sixpack Fan isn't watching the games from them.
    I guess those are personal preferences, but Gampel is a very tough place to play and compares favorably with anything BC or UMass has. I've been to Gampel and Conte for basketball and I'll take Gampel any day of the week. the football facilities on campus are as good as you'll find...and while Joe Sixpack may not use them, as you say, they have absolutley aided in recruiting which translates into stuff that ol' Joe does see. the Rent is great for tailgating and the sight lines are very good.


    Jim, why would we be worried about this proposal? Most of our players come from MA and I doubt we'll lose recruiting battles to UConn. I say as long as UConn commits to building an on-campus arena that matches the level of Agganis, and will provide the full scholarship level, I say they should be a part of Hockey East.

    I'm with you on the on-campus arena. BC is always worried about UCONN...go back and read some of the comments from their radio guy when UCONN upgraded its football team...

    Hockey is a different fan base from HandEgg/BouncyBall, while BC gets up for Notre Dame in football, we'd rather kick the tar out of BU on the ice and the Notre Dame hockey games aren't as big a deal.
    Absolutely agree with this. But read some of the comments here (claver comes to mind) and elsewhere from BCfans. While I don't expect UCONN-BC to ever approach BC-BU, an unlying hate is a good thing for athletics in my opinion.


    Depends how persuasive the new AD is.
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    • #92
      Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

      Originally posted by Brian Gentry View Post
      Once again I am forced to agree with Rover.
      I may have to rethink my position in light of this development!

      Two other thoughts: 1) if any team is going to play its home games in a casino, it'll be Boston College for obvious reasons (thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week). 2) The NHL isn't going to Hartford because the city is a sh !t hole and nobody wants to spend time in it. However, a temporary arrangement until and on campus facility is built seems reasonable enough. Just load the construction contract with plenty of incentives to finish early so the team can get the hell out of Hartford.
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      • #93
        Originally posted by Priceless View Post
        The NCAA would be so eager to let a team play at a casino
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        • #94
          Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

          Another article for digestion pleasure.

          http://excalibursportspage.com/2012/...g-hockey-east/
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          • #95
            Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

            Originally posted by lmg6841 View Post
            I can tell you as an avid Tiger fan, we want better competition. You guys are a great league and we know it, we just need the cards to play in our favor with a spot opening up in the ECAC and we'll be all over. I recall that earlier this summer RIT declined an invitation from the WCHA in hopes of an ECAC spot.
            I'm with aparch.... HUH???
            I never heard any such story or even rumor about any sort of RIT-WCHA connection..
            What did happen was that the AHA-4 (NU, RMU, MC nka MU, and CC) had meetings about joining the last couple teams left in the old CCHA (BGSU and Ferris, if I remember correctly). When some on here assumed RIT was involved, it was posted that they declined to participate in any discussions about joining a western conference.
            IMHO, they don't feel joining a "remnant" conference that is full scholarship is a viable choice at this time. Until they are able to offer scholarships, AHA is their most logical home.... that is unless the ECAC were to have an opening where RIT would be the 8th no-scholarship member and be able to play in a much better geographically fit league for them. Not to mention that their entire D-III athletic department just moved to the Liberty League with RPI, Clarkson, Union, and St. Lawrence.
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            • #96
              Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

              Originally posted by TigerFan86-87 View Post
              I'm with aparch.... HUH???
              I never heard any such story or even rumor about any sort of RIT-WCHA connection..
              What did happen was that the AHA-4 (NU, RMU, MC nka MU, and CC) had meetings about joining the last couple teams left in the old CCHA (BGSU and Ferris, if I remember correctly). When some on here assumed RIT was involved, it was posted that they declined to participate in any discussions about joining a western conference.
              IMHO, they don't feel joining a "remnant" conference that is full scholarship is a viable choice at this time. Until they are able to offer scholarships, AHA is their most logical home.... that is unless the ECAC were to have an opening where RIT would be the 8th no-scholarship member and be able to play in a much better geographically fit league for them. Not to mention that their entire D-III athletic department just moved to the Liberty League with RPI, Clarkson, Union, and St. Lawrence.
              RIT geographically is a ridiculous fit for the ECAC; academically and athletically, I've heard they'd much rather have Holy Cross as a travel partner for Union than RIT. Rochester is in the middle of nowhere, and a two-hour or three-hour trip between travel partners uisnt' far fetched. It's 2 hours between Colgate and Cornell, for example, given the directions and bus treks (helloooooo silos).

              Also, there's an element of RIT that, for the most part, some in ECAC don't want to touch. RIT is essentially RPI with a less-rich history at the D1 level. Everyone knows RIT thinks its better than the rest of the AHA and wants out, that it wants the scholarship investment and the new rink and to seamlessly fit into another conference. But geographically, ROchester doesn't fit with anybody, especially the WCHA or the old CCHA.

              Of course RIT fans think the world starts and stops with them since, yes, they have been good as of late. But Rochester and the fact that the AHA championship is played at BCA is just a fact that RIT isn't going anywhere.
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              • #97
                Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

                Originally posted by Nick Papagiorgio View Post
                Uconn could probably do well like in football if BC, BU, and Maine bolted for the ACC.

                You see what I'm saying here?
                Yeah, great example...BC has been oh so successful in the ACC...

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                • #98
                  Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

                  Originally posted by Jim View Post
                  Yeah, great example...BC has been oh so successful in the ACC...
                  Face. palm.

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                  • #99
                    Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

                    Originally posted by Jim View Post
                    Yeah, great example...BC has been oh so successful in the ACC...
                    With the exception of this past year, BC has actually been really competitive in the ACC since joining. Their football team has gone to 2 conference championships, men's soccer became a national power and has gone to four consecutive tournaments, winning 1 ACC title, men's basketball has gone to a Sweet Sixteen and qualified for the national tournament more often than they haven't, and the baseball team went to the national tournament for the first time in 2009 since the 1960s (and the only reaosn why they were 2-and-screw in that was because they played a 26 inning game in the firs tgame, then turned around less than 16 hours later and played another game with no pitching and fatigue. Texas had a day off).

                    And women's basketball holds wins over national powers like Duke and FSU within the last couple years. It's unfair to judge them on last year's collapse in football and this year's struggles in pretty much everything.

                    So while you hate on BC, the fact remains that they have been pretty good. Also, their profile is clearly high enough for this forum to become less about UConn joining Hockey East and more about BC-bashing.
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                    • Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

                      Originally posted by Humanoid View Post
                      RIT geographically is a ridiculous fit for the ECAC; academically and athletically, I've heard they'd much rather have Holy Cross as a travel partner for Union than RIT. Rochester is in the middle of nowhere, and a two-hour or three-hour trip between travel partners uisnt' far fetched. It's 2 hours between Colgate and Cornell, for example, given the directions and bus treks (helloooooo silos).
                      Not that it would necessarily shake out this way, but it is less than 2 hours between RIT and Cornell, and between Colgate and Union (and relatively easy drives). In comparison, Holy Cross-Union as travel partners seems ridiculous. Even RIT-Union is a perfectly reasonable set of travel partners give the straight shot down the thruway (a little over 3 hours).

                      Rochester is no where near the middle of nowhere; it just looks that way from Mass. ... we're actually just on the edge of nowhere.

                      I won't get into the academic fit, as it is really impossible to define, but your suggestion that RIT is just the same as RPI would and that some in the ECAC don't want to touch RIT because of that implies that the ECAC wants RPI out. I find that difficult to believe. Personally I'd prefer to see RIT in an ECAC that includes RPI.
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                      • Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

                        Originally posted by RITProf View Post
                        Not that it would necessarily shake out this way, but it is less than 2 hours between RIT and Cornell, and between Colgate and Union (and relatively easy drives). In comparison, Holy Cross-Union as travel partners seems ridiculous. Even RIT-Union is a perfectly reasonable set of travel partners give the straight shot down the thruway (a little over 3 hours).

                        Rochester is no where near the middle of nowhere; it just looks that way from Mass. ... we're actually just on the edge of nowhere.

                        I won't get into the academic fit, as it is really impossible to define, but your suggestion that RIT is just the same as RPI would and that some in the ECAC don't want to touch RIT because of that implies that the ECAC wants RPI out. I find that difficult to believe. Personally I'd prefer to see RIT in an ECAC that includes RPI.
                        Well, if Hockey East poaches a team from the ECAC, it'd be either Q-Pac or RPI, and likely RPI because of their history. RPI gets regular home games with Hockey East teams.

                        I agree that Union/Colgate and RIT/Cornell would become the travel partners. However, if Q-Pac were to go, Colgate would probably end up being a travel partner with either Union or Princeton, meaning that RPI may travel partner with Dartmouth (very unlikely though).

                        Also, if you were to join the ECAC, you'd likely have to play games at the Blue Cross Arena until your new rink is built. Q-Pac couldn't play men's home games at Northford (women's games were OK there), and I don't know if the league will take kindly to a 185x85 rink.
                        Last edited by FlagDUDE08; 03-29-2012, 03:32 PM.

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                        • Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

                          Originally posted by Nick Papagiorgio View Post
                          Uconn could probably do well like in football if BC, BU, and Maine bolted for the ACC.

                          You see what I'm saying here?
                          Yeah, but it's not like they STINK. They DID go to bowl games (before you say "that's because they had a good record in a weak conference") and didn't acquit themselves too badly.

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                          • Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

                            Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
                            Q-Pac couldn't play men's home games at Northford
                            Quinnipiac played 10 ECAC games at the NIP, going 8-1-1 including a huge victory against Cornell.
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                            • Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

                              Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
                              Also, if you were to join the ECAC, you'd likely have to play games at the Blue Cross Arena until your new rink is built. Q-Pac couldn't play men's home games at Northford (women's games were OK there), and I don't know if the league will take kindly to a 185x85 rink.
                              I think if we were accepted into the ECAC shovels would be in the ground for the new rink before the end of that day.
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                              • Re: UConn to apply to Hockey East

                                Originally posted by MarkEagleUSA View Post
                                Quinnipiac played 10 ECAC games at the NIP, going 8-1-1 including a huge victory against Cornell.
                                I thought you had to play most of your games at Yale's rink... at least that's what I remember seeing on the schedule. Northford's a quaint little rink, though. I remember being there for a women's game.

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