The Rams are scheduled to open the 2020-21 season at the Ryan Center against Drexel on Nov. 10. And that’s with a year remaining in the American. In the week after the official announcement, Benedict reported an additional 3,000 season tickets had already been sold for men’s and women’s basketball. The Courant reports that the highest costs came from coach salaries ($4.6 million), student aid ($4.4 million) and gameday expenses ($2.3 million). Previous 7 Days | Apr 6 - Apr 12 | Next 7 Days. Some quick math, based on the value of each year’s units, shows that the AAC teams each earned about $726,000 in 2019, assuming the conference kept Louisville’s units from 2014 (this would be the last year the conference benefits from that). UConn men’s basketball just finished its third-straight season of drawing fewer than 10,000 fans per game. Rhode Island is still finalizing it’s non-conference road schedule. * – Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament Yes. The Big East, thanks to a pair of national championships from Villanova, has earned 60 in that same time. The UConn women's basketball team will postpone three series scheduled for the upcoming 2020-21 season. Comparing travel costs between the AAC and Big East, UConn had to travel an estimated 20,880 miles for men’s basketball conference games during 2017-18. There’s also just common sense. After the possible loss of SNY, this has been the part that has gotten people most up-in-arms. 15 in both national polls – highlights the home non-conference schedule. When the university reported its $40 million athletics deficit last year, a deep-dive into the numbers revealed exactly how much football drained the department. That’s also before you factor in the other 17 teams that played in the Big East over that time. The NCAA distributes its tournament revenue on a per-conference basis in what it calls “units.” Conferences then dole out units, usually equally, to each of its members. If UConn didn’t stand to make significantly more money as a member of the Big East, it would still be committed to the American Athletic Conference. You can also see how it makes a difference to be in a conference that wins games in the NCAA Tournament. Big East Schedule - Apr 6, 2020 - Apr 12, 2020. The Rams also will have nine home Atlantic 10 contests. So, the maximum one team can earn its conference is six units — if a team starts in the First Four and reaches the Final Four. Multiple Power 5 schools have sought UConn out already, according to a source, and UConn is working to get them on future schedules. There’s plenty of room for improvement and bringing in better, more familiar teams, will help. Big East teams? Women’s basketball just finished its worst attended season since 2015 and its third-worst since 2010. UConn should not pretend otherwise and lose out on potentially making a million dollars a year and filling a spot on a schedule that annually will be tough to complete. 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