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Message: [QUOTE="Pat125, post: 5029193, member: 4513"] I agree somewhat with your points. Yes, the AAU is not a requirement for the Big Ten. They invited Michigan State before they were in the AAU. The Big Ten coveted Notre Dame since the 1990s in a manner akin to a preteen crush. And they invited Nebraska knowing they were likely going to be voted out of the AAU, with two of the Big Ten schools voting to oust them. On the other hand, academics have always been important to the Big Ten, whether one believes academics should be relevant. A school in the AAU meets the Big Ten’s academic requirement. But other schools not in the AAU, as we saw, can meet the academic requirements. Yes, this could always change. I don’t know if contiguity was always a requirement. If it was, then the requirement obviously changed. [/QUOTE]