10 Truths About the Future of UConn Sports

UConn is re-joining the Big East. If you hadn’t heard, I was pretty upset about the move.

Alas, the decision is final. It is now time to look ahead. I will miss UConn football and going to the games with my friends. I apparently aged myself by talking about sold-out Rentschler Field and cross-country road trips to watch Notre Dame lose at home.

Today and for everyday forthcoming, UConn is a basketball school. To that end, here are 10 truths about the future of UConn athletics that every UConn fan, alum, and athletic department official needs to keep in mind.

1) Dan Hurley Needs to Win, and Quickly

One of my biggest concerns about UConn’s retreat to the (don’t say zombie, don’t say zombie) Big East is what I see every winter living a few blocks from Georgetown’s arena. Namely, the fact that no one in Washington, D.C. cares about Georgetown basketball.

The fact no one cares about Georgetown basketball can be partially attributed to the Big East and its current makeup of teams. But it’s more an indictment of a program still stuck in 1985. Since Big John Thompson left, only the Roy Hibbert teams coached by his son made any impact nationally. For a school accustomed to Final Fours and Top 10 rankings, that simply wasn’t good enough.