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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4771168, member: 1559"] You are Debby Downer. Why is VCU looking at the AAC? A10 pays about $250k/year and AAC pays about $2 million for Wichita St./non-football and Army will only be playing football in the AAC so there is room for the AAC to get to 12 schools for basketball. VCU wants to go to the Big East, but Val Ackerman just said the Big East will be staying at 11 schools for now unless Gonzaga is interested. As for UConn football scheduling, of course being an independent is not ideal, but more opportunities are opening up over the next 5 years due to Army dropping games. For now, independent is more attractive than a G5 conference as UConn can play 3 to 5 P5 schools per year. We all know that LT, independent football is not a good option, so we have to continue to rebuild football to make UConn more attractive for the next conference expansion. And, did you see what the ACC commissioner Phillips said about the ACC basketball tournaments? He is not in favor of all schools playing in the tournament! In other words, big mega conferences are probably going to make some cutbacks in how their basketball tournaments are structured. Does this scream increase the number of basketball only schools in the P5 conferences? And, look at Cincinnati basketball in the Big 12. They are going to be on ESPN+ 21 times this season! So, why do they need more basketball only schools? [/QUOTE]