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Message: [QUOTE="Storrs South, post: 4344164, member: 7275"] [B]TL;DR there is no reason for UConn to be discussed right now because a lot of uncertain things need to happen before an opening develops and ESPN has bigger fish to fry[/B] To add to your point, a move that involves UConn is a reactionary one, not a proactive one. Things needs to happen that lead to UConn getting in the ACC, not the other way around. An example: 1. Notre Dame leaves ACC for Big 10 2. FSU / Clemson go to SEC 3. ACC needs to backfill [I]Add in that the Big 12 and PAC 12 are also out there looking for media deals and we don't know where they are going to end so there could be reshuffling between the PAC and B12 with their media allegiances that affect how ESPN shuffles assets.[/I] Those first two things are far from given in the near term so I doubt ACC is reaching out to UConn until they know the GOR is going to be challenged and/or schools are leaving. You do hope that UConn leadership is backchanneling interest so they know we are interested. It will also need to be led by ESPN to even allow this or push this to occur, in which if they are pulling the strings they would deal with this process in the order outlined above. For now we are still at step 1 where ESPN is probably doing whatever they can to keep ND under ESPN umbrella. If that fails, then ESPN probably moves on to step 2 and so on. [/QUOTE]