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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 1410243, member: 2141"] If the B1G could pick anyone they want, UConn would be between 4th and 6th on the list with Texas, UNC & UVA clearly ahead and grouped with Oklahoma and G Tech. U Texas brings football (or so they say), AAU and Texas's population (#2 - 27 million)to the B1G. UNC brings arguably the biggest basketball brand name (UNC deserving the death penalty aside), AAU, and North Carolina's growing population (#9 - just under 10 million). UVA brings AAU and allows the B1G to encircle the influential DC market. Oklahoma brings football cred; but, no AAU and a state, while growing, is not affluent and is just ahead in population (#28 - 3.9 million) over CT #29 - 3.8 million). But, if Oklahoma is part of the package to get Texas, then they pull way ahead. Georgia Tech brings some football history, AAU status, major research money, and access to Georgia' population (#8 - 10 million); but, they are a distant #2 in GA behind the Bulldogs. Thus, how the B1G values those aspects in comparison to UConn (basketball brand, access to NYC & Boston, hockey, and near AAU status) would be the question. I believe that Kansas would actually be behind UConn with equal weight in basketball, but located in a smaller (#34 - 2.9 million) in a low growth state and less sports to offer (no hockey, no soccer, football about the same, not likely to add lax). [/QUOTE]