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Message: [QUOTE="UConn Dan, post: 4653568, member: 2362"] It’s a good article and everyone should read it I’d they can. Here’s the main takeaways: Yormark continues to explore his options for expanding the Big 12 into a 14- or 16-member conference going forward. Nothing seems imminent in terms of extending invitations to new members, but the first-year commissioner is doing his homework and UConn is one of several schools on his radar, Big 12 sources told [I]The Athletic. [/I] UConn men’s basketball’s title run this spring certainly sparked more interest for Yormark, and the school is viewed as a potential good fit for several strategic reasons. Championship-caliber men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are certainly high on that list of pros, but so is the opportunity to establish more of a presence in the New York City market. How would UConn football fit? The Huskies are coming off one of their best seasons in quite some time. Jim Mora pulled off a dramatic turnaround in his debut season, winning six games and getting the program to a bowl game for the first time since 2015. The Huskies haven’t finished with a winning record since they were Big East co-champs in 2010 and played [URL='https://theathletic.com/college-football/team/oklahoma-sooners-college-football/']Oklahoma[/URL] in the Fiesta Bowl. They’ve hired six head coaches since then and have lost nine or more games in seven of their last nine seasons. But if they were given the resources and platform that the Big 12 offers, could they become a more legitimate program by the end of the decade? One challenge for Yormark, if he determines UConn is part of his plan, would be building consensus among his board of Big 12 presidents and chancellors. There’s some skepticism among league sources about whether UConn would become accretive in value for the conference. Yormark has enjoyed strong support from his board to pursue what he thinks is best since he was hired last July. It’s easy for presidents and ADs to get on board with importing Pac-12 schools and the value they would drive as full-share members. But going in this direction would likely take much more discussion and convincing. [/QUOTE]

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