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Message: [QUOTE="B1GEast, post: 4694265, member: 39"] It's going to happen. Yormark has already stated that he wants to have a separate basketball contract for the Big 12 and he wants to expand the footprint on the east coast. He's not trying to convince the Big 12 football schools. He knows that the Big 12 will never be on the same football level as the SEC or B1G 10 but he can have a solid football conference and the best basketball conference. The guy has a media background and East coast roots. He's going to negotiate media rights similarly to the NFL by having games on several networks, and by expanding on both the east and west coast, the Big 12 can potentially have games on TV all day in all four time zones That's the problem the the PAC 12 was having in negotiating media rights when their first games start at 2 or 3 pm on the east coast. The SEC's already played most of their games by then. UConn will get an invite, we just have to be patient. Yormark is waiting for the PAC 12 media rights to be determined. Everybody knows that the PAC 12 numbers will be much lower due to UCLA and USC leaving for the B1G 10. The remaining universities need to budget for their athletic departments for next fiscal year. There's no deal in place, and PAC 12 commissioner Klaibkof has already stated that media rights will not be discussed during the PAC 12 media days on July 21st. Something has to give, the question is, does the Big 12 go to 12 or 14 teams. My thoughts are that they pick up Colorado and UConn and then add AZ and another PAC 12 defector. Ultimately, if the ACC breaks up, the Big 12 will take a couple more teams and stop at 16, but going to 20 with 4 pods of 5 teams is also possible. Duke and Virginia Tech maybe. [/QUOTE]

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