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Big East teams Syracuse and Pittsburgh in talks with ACC

If you're following all this step-by-step, this is all getting really funny. Especially if you include the various "reports" out there:

-Oklahoma is now demanding, if they stay in the Big 12, the resignation of Beebe, among other concessions
-East Carolina applied to the Big East, and in the email they sent as part of the application, just happened to unnecessarily copy about 50 different people onto the email, just to help spread the word
-The Big East football members are meeting tonight to figure out what the heck to do. Reports are UConn is plain old skipping it, and Villanova is practically begging to be a part of it. Oh, and they didn't invite TCU either
-West Virginia apparently applied to BOTH the ACC and SEC and got rejected by both
-One wild rumor had the Big East talking to both Navy and Air Force about membership, and that those talks were the straw that broke Pitt's camel back
-The Texas state legislature apparently sent a letter to Texas begging them to stay put
-Someone leaked that Missouri and SEC reached an agreement but later was debunked by the SEC, and now they're mad at Missouri
 
TheAsianSensation said:
If you're following all this step-by-step, this is all getting really funny. Especially if you include the various "reports" out there:

-Oklahoma is now demanding, if they stay in the Big 12, the resignation of Beebe, among other concessions
-East Carolina applied to the Big East, and in the email they sent as part of the application, just happened to unnecessarily copy about 50 different people onto the email, just to help spread the word
-The Big East football members are meeting tonight to figure out what the heck to do. Reports are UConn is plain old skipping it, and Villanova is practically begging to be a part of it. Oh, and they didn't invite TCU either
-West Virginia apparently applied to BOTH the ACC and SEC and got rejected by both
-One wild rumor had the Big East talking to both Navy and Air Force about membership, and that those talks were the straw that broke Pitt's camel back
-The Texas state legislature apparently sent a letter to Texas begging them to stay put
-Someone leaked that Missouri and SEC reached an agreement but later was debunked by the SEC, and now they're mad at Missouri
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I heard that last one about Missouri earlier today on the Score in Chicago. Yeah, that's a laugh, or maybe not. :D

But one thing I'm trying to figure out, espcially in trying to read into a lot of what Andy Katz has been saying today is how all this shuffling around will ultimately effect Division I basketball. If the Big East has intentions on becoming a strong, mostly private school and non FBS basketball conference, does this mean that all of Division I will remain intact (after some conference shuffling around of course) and the NCAA Tournament will keep the same format? My guess is yes, though of course five or six basketball "superconferences" will probably take up to 90% of the at-large bids, so that's probably another reason the Big East and most likely the MWC/Conference USA will be looking to expand. So either way, the Valley better try to raid some good teams or they will become a permanent one bid low-major type of conference if all the good mid-majors (i.e.: Butler, Gonzaga, St. Mary's, Xavier, Old Dominion, Oral Roberts, etc.) get raided by the top two or three non-BCS basketball only conferences. This aside, perhaps there won't be a split into two DI divisions after all.
 
I believe Texas will kill it. OK wants out when it is all said and done. This opens doors for the Big Ten to grab them and perhaps ND. At least that is what I'd do.
 
Texas wants the Big 12 more than ever, but only on its terms.

I'm really wishing the other members just give the big 'ol F U to Texas at this point, consequences be darned.
 
TheAsianSensation said:
Texas wants the Big 12 more than ever, but only on its terms.

I'm really wishing the other members just give the big 'ol F U to Texas at this point, consequences be darned.
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They are the reason why the PAC 12 did not expand. They did not want to do revenue sharing. After UCLA and USC excepted revenue sharing there is no way that the PAC 12 will allow UT to dictate terms.
 
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