American Athletic Conference

[Bearcat_Bounce]

I don't think I've seen this posted yet, sorry if it has.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/spor...-aac/99106684/

Welcome to the last 5 years of our lives.

[RoyalShock]

Here are this year's numbers from the AAC site. The games and totals seem off, but the average (last column) is probably correct.

1.	Cincinnati	6	47371	36891	12,297.0
2.	Memphis	32	248929	173208	9,622.0
3.	UConn	5	39667	16213	8,106.0
4.	SMU	6	41719	21205	7,068.0
5.	Temple	33	172118	99073	5,827.0
6.	Tulsa	32	139143	64876	4,325.0
7.	UCF	7	33720	12897	4,299.0
8.	Houston	5	28467	11857	3,952.0
9.	East Carolina	6	32898	7278	3,639.0
10.	USF	6	29314	7686	2,562.0
11.	Tulane	7	25420	4600	1,533.0

[Cdizzle]

Welcome to the last 5 years of our lives.

Yeah. I'll take the 6 seed. Better than the play-in game.

[RoyalShock]

But then I find a PDF with different numbers:

[FONT=courier new]Cincinnati    9865 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]East Carolina 4005 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]Houston       4114 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]Memphis       9623 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]SMU           6900 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]Temple        5805 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]Tulane        1707 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]Tulsa         4325 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]UCF           4620 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]UConn         8505 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]USF           2586 [/FONT]
[FONT=courier new]Totals        5742[/FONT]

[wu_shizzle]

http://dailycampus.com/stories/2017/...-power-problem

Just an opinion piece I found. Not my opinion of course.

There's so much fail there. It's intentionally negative with no attempt at partiality.

Without going into the WSU situation, just the AAC football commentary was ridiculous. If the AAC was so bad at football, why do all these P5 programs hire their coaches?

[Bluzrover]

Here are this year's numbers from the AAC site. The games and totals seem off, but the average (last column) is probably correct.

1.	Cincinnati	6	47371	36891	12,297.0
2.	Memphis	32	248929	173208	9,622.0
3.	UConn	5	39667	16213	8,106.0
4.	SMU	6	41719	21205	7,068.0
5.	Temple	33	172118	99073	5,827.0
6.	Tulsa	32	139143	64876	4,325.0
7.	UCF	7	33720	12897	4,299.0
8.	Houston	5	28467	11857	3,952.0
9.	East Carolina	6	32898	7278	3,639.0
10.	USF	6	29314	7686	2,562.0
11.	Tulane	7	25420	4600	1,533.0

Thanks. I do recall seeing higher numbers for Cincy and was thinking that we would be 2nd on the list when we join.

[Cdizzle]

2016 numbers. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_bask...ttend/2016.pdf

Has WSU behind Memphis and a little ahead of Cincy and UConn. Regardless, I think in most situations those 4 will constitute real fan bases with attendance numbers in the 9-12k range.

[BOBB]

Just a thought:

ESPN could be the one telling AAC to hold their horses. They have MVC games (ours) next year that will warrant TV time for free. Why not milk that cow when they can? Wichita State/Memphis/UConn will be as much of a draw in '19, but Bradley or Loyola? Not so much.

Also, for ESPN to act like they are reporting on this, while they are likely right in the negotiation is laughable. God bless Mickey.

[Bulldude29]

Welcome to the AAC (hopefully...) from the worst team in the American! I look forward to getting stomped by you in basketball every year ahaha

[OregonShocker]

Welcome to the AAC (hopefully...) from the worst team in the American! I look forward to getting stomped by you in basketball every year ahaha

You shall not be disappointed.

[ShockerPhi]

Even if the top teams in the AAC want out, I'd still love to be up there with them. Wanting out of the AAC is a much better problem to have than wanting out of the MVC.

[wsushockerdude]

Just a thought:

ESPN could be the one telling AAC to hold their horses. They have MVC games (ours) next year that will warrant TV time for free. Why not milk that cow when they can? Wichita State/Memphis/UConn will be as much of a draw in '19, but Bradley or Loyola? Not so much.

Also, for ESPN to act like they are reporting on this, while they are likely right in the negotiation is laughable. God bless Mickey.

I know it's all for the money but....man. Is this really a possibility?

[ShockCrazy]

I know it's all for the money but....man. Is this really a possibility?

No, I can't imagine how this matters at all to ESPN. They already own the rights to AAC content. Why would they care? They wouldn't pay any more for AAC content than they already are, if we join now.

[Stickboy46]

No, I can't imagine how this matters at all to ESPN. They already own the rights to AAC content. Why would they care? They wouldn't pay any more for AAC content than they already are, if we join now.

If anything, You have to figure they would like to have the more compelling matchups to draw viewers. People would want to tune in to see how WSU is doing in a "bigger" conference. They don't have to renegotiate anything until contracts are up. MVC doesn't really cost them anything.

[AZ Shocker]

If anything, You have to figure they would like to have the more compelling matchups to draw viewers. People would want to tune in to see how WSU is doing in a "bigger" conference. They don't have to renegotiate anything until contracts are up. MVC doesn't really cost them anything.

Exactly! Probably a better tv draw with the Shocks vs. Cincy than the Shocks vs. Missouri St.