Full Disclosure:
I am a Connecticut native, resident, UConn alumnus ('74), long-time hockey season ticketholder, and died-in-the-wool Husky fan. So I am far from unbiased, but..................the notion that Kansas might join the Big East is fantasy.
Let's, for the moment, dispense with the analysis of $$$$$$. Look, I have spent my entire adult life as a self-employed investment/insurance broker, so I pay attention to every nickel and dime I am able produce, without any union or taxpayer safety net. So, for the moment, let us just look at some of the non-financial aspects of a potential move from the Big12 to the Big East for Kansas.
Why would Kansas want to send its men's baseball, cross country, golf, and track & field teams to Providence, UConn, St. John's, Seton Hall, Villanova, Georgetown, or any other East Coast school? And its women's soccer, volleyball, cross country, golf, rowing, swimming tennis and track & field teams to the same? They (if the opportunity presented itself) would much prefer the better competition from geographically, and culturally comparable, BiG schools such as Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Northwestern, etc, etc, etc.
Kansas joining the Big East for basketball is akin to UConn having joined the AAC for football.............shortsighted.