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Message: [QUOTE="Zerostatic, post: 5155406, member: 9279"] The Big 12 and ACC had convinced themselves that their niche would be the football conferences with elite basketball, well now the SEC is the best bball conference this year and the Big 10 isn't far behind. The ACC looks particularly mediocre thus far. Meanwhile the Big 12/ACC let Gonzaga join the Pac 12 and seem to pass over UConn at every opportunity. Other schools like Memphis who easily have stronger hoops and football than some of the cellar dwellers in the ACC/Big 12 also get passed over regularly. If the SEC/Big 10 start winning national championships in basketball and keep having the most ranked bball teams, it will just be a matter of time before the scenario in football starts to happen to BBall where the majority of the top bball recruits start going to SEC/BIG 10 schools. I think Brett Yormark gets it, but the rest of the leadership in the ACC/BIG 12 are being penny-wise and pound foolish imo. If I was making decisions for one of these conferences I'd be assembling a 24 team conference that spans all 4 time zones with divisions (East, West, South, North) to minimize travel for olympic sports and to foster regional rivalries. I would've picked up Gonzaga, UConn, Memphis, South Florida San Diego State. Heck I would've integrated the Pac 2 before they went on their mission to try to rebuild the Pac 12. The worry about splitting football money is short sighted imo, it's not a zero sum game. Many of these schools have big fan bases and with all 4 time zones, the TV money will increase. Not to mention that many of these schools would have taken an extended reduced share deal to get into a P4 school [/QUOTE]

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