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Originally Posted by CU Tiger
Possibly but who takes ISU/KSU with OU and UT still at play.
The ACC is looking to add 1 maybe 2. (Depending on the Notre Dame fallout. Which I still think belongs in the B1G but appears contractually destined for the ACC)
B1G and SEC both looking for 2
Pac 12 need 4
From the Big 12 you have
Baylor - Fairly toxic currently but once this "blows over" moderately desirable
Iowa State - Fledgling Interest
Kansas State - See Iowa State
Kansas - Basketball makes them desirable
Oklahoma - Major Want for all
OSU - Probably tops along with Iowa among Tier 2 (after OU/UT)
UT - The unprohibited A player here
TCU - A lot like Baylor. Huge Regional attraction. Close to Big TV markets. $$$
Texas Tech - More desireable than ISU or KSU but below everyone else
WVU - Wildcard. Strong following. Only D1 player in entire state. Interest spills into PA and OH. Academics hurt them. Current acceptance of Partial Qualifiers limits the ACC and B1G interest.
So who moves. I'd suggest that Houston, USF, UCF, Memphis and Cincinnati all hold higher appeal to some conferences than ISU/KSU.
For the PAC 12 specifically - Is Boise More attractive?
The ACC is convinced they will land Notre Dame in the next shuffle. But regardless it is safe to say that ND will be part of the 4 x 16 meaning at a minimum there is 1 current P5 school thats getting left out. Which makes perfect sense why all of the C and below players in the Big 12 dont want expansion. Id disolution is inevitable you dont have to be attractive if you are KSU, you just have to be better than ISU. If you add 4 teams to the mix, then those are 4 additional competitors for that sacred last spot. With the assumption being that in that scenario the former P5s would be picked up before a GO5 by the other Big 4...Im not sure that is a good asumption but it is the assumption I presume.
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Does UConn have an appeal to the ACC now, to pair them with Syracuse and Boston College potentially? If Notre Dame were to bail on their ACC agreement somehow, I would think UConn plus either WVU or Cincinnati would make the most sense.
Let's say something like this:
ACC: UConn, Cincinnati
SEC: Oklahoma, West Virginia
B1G: Notre Dame, Texas
Pac-12: TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Kansas
Does Houston hold more appeal than TCU or Baylor? Is UConn too much of a stretch in that scenario? I feel like they could have a Kansas type appeal for basketball, and they do have a decent football stadium.