First the Big-12 were going to merge with the Big East and form a super-conference once Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State left for the Pac-12. Then they decided not to and each conference was committed to making things work on their own.
Now, UConn wants out and they have the ACC on their mind.
“I think there was expectancy built up initially that this was quickly going to be resolved. That’s clearly not the case. The ACC has the first decision to make and that’s whether they’re going to stay at 14 teams or stay at 16. said Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy. I know that there’s one team, one school that they would like to get into the ACC that would guarantee them going to 16 teams and that’s been speculated to be Notre Dame. I suspect that that’s true. I don’t know how likely that is to happen or not happen. Although, I tend to think it’s not terribly likely.
“Beyond that, then you fall back to the Big East. The Big East then has to rebuild itself to fill the loss of the two teams that left and has to worry about its ability to compete on the major sports of basketball and football in particular, as well as how do we make that work for student athletes.”
I would think that if UConn was so valuable to the ACC, they would have already been invited to join. But could you imagine that basketball conference if they actually did?
Anyway, this just proves that the Big East is not committed to making things work and it's just a matter of time before the conference folds all together.
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