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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 5163072, member: 1646"] It's an interesting premise. Can the SEC really take over college sports without increasing their footprint? I don't know the answer, nor do I know if that's their goal. I think they may have decided that they can maximize their profit by being the best conference with the tightest geographical footprint. I'd be surprised if any northeast team ever gets invited to the SEC. I've been thinking that our best fit may actually be the B1G. They are clearly looking at a national footprint and their northeast school (Rutgers) is pretty weak. They have enough football powers that they shouldn't care about UConn being a mid-to-bottom team. But basketball has been an embarrassment for them. They are getting teams in the tournament, but they've underperformed in the tournament and haven't won a championship in 25 years. Do any B1G basketball teams really draw any interest? Even during Purdue's Edey dominance, nobody cared about them. UConn also fits institutionally and culturally with the B1G better than the other conferences. I DON'T THINK THIS WILL HAPPEN, but I think it's worth us pursuing and hope we are. I'm really starting to believe the ACC is a dead conference walking. It definitely seems like they have teams with one foot out the door, and their strongest sport (basketball) has been struggling on the whole. The recent pick-ups reeked of short-term money grabs or a lack of focus. The fact that they aren't pursuing UConn aggressively shows me that the top teams plan on leaving and the bottom teams don't want to rock the boat. [/QUOTE]

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