UConn is expected to leave the American Athletic Conference and return to the Big East for basketball and all other sports the conference sponsors, according to the Hartford Courant.
The university is waiting for an official invitation from the Big East. While the move will return the basketball program to its Big East roots, the question remains what UConn will do with its football team. The Big East does not have football, and it is unlikely the AAC would allow the program to remain in the conference. The Huskies have AAC football games scheduled for this upcoming season but would have to find another conference or operate as an independent program by 2020.