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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 4693323, member: 1737"] Based on Yormark's answer to these two questions, why can't UConn be added as a standalone now? It would put media attention on the Big 12 Conference and if they added someone at a later date, the Big 12 Conference would get media attention again. Q. To the question that every media member is sitting here wanting me to ask and everyone back home, let's talk about expansion. What does expansion look like for the Big 12? BRETT YORMARK: I feel like I've been talking about expansion for a year now. When I said we were open for business last year, I think people took that as, my God, this guy is new and he wants to go and disrupt, I guess, in some respects. But indicative of my opening comments today, open for business was that we were going to explore every and all possibility to grow revenue, to diversify our conference, and to do things that hadn't been done before. We did a lot of that. Relative to expansion I said coming out of our spring business meetings at the Greenbrier that we have a plan, and we have a plan for expansion, and I'm not going to really address it today. You can ask me, but I'm not really going to address it. [B]We do have a plan, and hopefully we can execute that plan sooner than later.[/B] But as I've always said, I love the composition of this conference right now. The excitement the four new members have brought to this conference has been incredible, and if we stay at 12, we're perfectly fine with that. If the opportunity presents itself where there's something that creates value and aligns well with our goals and objectives, starting with the board, then we're certainly going to pursue it. Q. Brett, I wanted to ask you, in terms of BYU being on the western flank of this conference, do you have hopes to find another broadcast partner out in the mountain or Pacific time zones at some point? BRETT YORMARK: Another broadcast partner? Q. [B]Another institution, I guess, to pair with BYU in that late TV window[/B]. BRETT YORMARK: First of all, we love BYU. Excited about them coming into the conference. They bring a different time zone, obviously, which is great for us. We're the only conference in America that's in three time zones. [B]But right now, there's nothing on the board.[/B] Again, we'll explore all options, but until that point, we love the current makeup and we're excited about it, but thank you for the question. [/QUOTE]

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