Sources: UConn anticipated to rejoin Large East
Jeff Borzello
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UConn is anticipated to depart the American Athletic Convention and return to the Large East for basketball and different sports activities in 2020, sources informed ESPN.
Nothing is official at this level, however an announcement may come as early as subsequent week, sources mentioned. The UConn board of trustees has not but voted on the transfer, however approval is anticipated.
The most important remaining query surrounds what occurs with UConn’s soccer staff. The Large East doesn’t have soccer, and it is unlikely UConn would stay within the American with simply soccer, sources informed ESPN. Sources mentioned the soccer program is anticipated to play within the American in 2019 however may go unbiased after that or be a part of one other convention.
Convention bylaws require UConn to pay a $10 million withdrawal charge and provides 27 months’ discover earlier than leaving, however the Huskies are anticipated to affix the Large East in 2020.
In a press release Saturday, the college mentioned “our accountability to at all times be conscious of what’s in the very best curiosity of our scholar athletes, our followers and our future. With that being mentioned, now we have been and stay proud members of the American Athletic Convention.”
UConn was an authentic member of the Large East, starting in 1979, however went to the American throughout realignment in 2013. The Large East retained authentic members Georgetown, Windfall, Seton Corridor and St. John’s, in addition to longtime member Villanova. DePaul and Marquette additionally remained within the Large East, and the league added Butler, Creighton and Xavier.
A risk for the American in changing UConn could be so as to add Military or Air Pressure as a football-only college, prefer it at the moment has with Navy, after which add a profitable basketball program.
UConn grew to become among the best basketball applications within the nation throughout its time within the Large East. The boys’s program has gained 4 nationwide championships since 1999, the final one coming in 2014 — in its first season within the American.
The Huskies ladies’s basketball staff has been nearly unchallenged within the American, going 102-Zero within the common season and 18-Zero within the league match in six years. Throughout that stretch, the Huskies have gained three NCAA titles (2014, ’15, ’16) they usually went to the Girls’s Ultimate 4 the opposite three years.
UConn’s pending transfer was first reported by the Digital Sports activities Desk.
Info from The Related Press was used on this report.