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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 1377528, member: 1414"]
Not likely.  Kansas probably moves the needle more than UConn nationally (its close) but certainly more in Big Ten country. Football at KU is better despite being bad right now.  They are definitely needed as a bridge to Oklahoma if OU is going B1G.  I could see UConn and Kansas if the B1G wants a basketball push.  UConn and KU have better markets than OU.  They are also better cultural fits for the B1G than OU which probably fits better in the SEC.

So far the B1G has added: 
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[*]Penn State, with great football and markets, and a "northern/midwestern" culture.  
[*]Nebraska after a bit of a downturn at Michigan and OSU, to bolster the football bona fides.  Added little for markets.  
[*]Maryland, good hoops, ok football and very strong markets (DC)
[*]Rutgers, strong markets, weak sports teams generally (NY/NJ)
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What do they need next?  Football?  BTN content?  Basketball?  Markets?  They have valued all of those things at different times. Only Penn State was really a slam dunk on every metric.   What they have never done is added a school that wasn't a large public institution with decent research or that wasn't contiguous to their footprint (I don't think Westchester Cty is an impediment for UConn in that regard).  In other words: not GT, not OU without KU.  Not Colo State without KU.  UVA and VTI would be in play.
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