Maybe this is dumb (probably is), but why doesn't the Big East add Stanford, Cal, SDSU, OSU, WSU, SMU, Memphis and USF? 18 team league for basketball with 3 6 team pods (Stanford, Cal, OSU, WSU, SDSU, SMU) / (Xavier, Butler, Marquette, DePaul, Memphis, Creighton) / (UConn, Providence, Georgetown, USF, Seton Hall, St. John's) to still allow for generally regional travel. 9-team football league with Stanford, Cal, WSU, OSU, SDSU, USF, SMU, Memphis and UConn. Retain the PAC name for the football league and keep Olympic sports under the Big East. Could maybe get Navy for 10.