UConn was the Big East’s girl next door, its caterpillar turned butterfly — an unlikely national power that churned out NBA stars and won national championships, but eventually became the one who would have done anything for a seat at the cool table. The cool table has always been football in college athletics, and the Huskies have been staring across the room longingly for over a decade.
You’re the Big East and you knew it had to be done. It was over, had been for quite a while, but you just couldn’t find the right time to call it off.