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Message: [QUOTE="UConntLose, post: 4693931, member: 6146"] It's important to remember that if UConn were to join the B12 (from what I've heard from someone inside the athletic department, it is happening and end of August is timeline I was given for when it would become public - but, as we know all too well, nothing is a given until it is), this decision wasn't just made by AD David Benedict in a vacuum. Many people were involved in it, including the coaches. So any fear of MBB taking a step back and Hurley not supporting the move is poppycock. No doubt football is important, but the UConn basketball brand is too valuable for a decision to be made prematurely again. I personally do not think they would make the move if they were worried about basketball suffering. No one wants to go through that circus again especially now that UConn basketball is back on top after some very dark years. I'm pretty confident UConn to the B12 is a near formality. When I pressed the individual as to why they are so confident an invite would be forthcoming, I was told because of the way those on the inside are talking (which is why you see Mora telling recruits UConn is going to B12). But again, until when/if it happens, I'm too scorned by the ACC rejecting UConn twice and the B12 once before to believe anything until I see an announcement from the B12 itself. [/QUOTE]