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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 1458487, member: 2920"] If UConn is invited to the B12, we would say yes before Bowlsby could finish asking. Future OOC scheduling will factor into our decision 000000000000%. This Knight Rider dude has identified the top 3 schools on the sidelines: UConn, BYU and Cincinnati. I think UCF would be more valuable than Memphis if their AD wasn't such a train wreck right now. No football coach, no Athletic Director, a lousy football team, and have always been lousy at all other sports. If all things were equal, UCF would offer the bigger TV market and better football recruiting area over Memphis. Plus I think their student body is huge. I guess Memphis would bring some good things - decent football recruiting area, a football program that is exploding at the most opportune time, and a basketball program that won't instantly lower everybody's RPI 100 spots come tourney time. They certainly play B12 football already: explosive offense and no defense. If I were running the B12, I would invite 6: UConn, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, UCF, and Memphis/Temple/Boise. All 6 would bring markets, good football, good football recruiting, and a powerhouse hoops program to pair against KU. Seems like the B12 and ACC are in a race to get a network deal launched first or they are vulnerable to being dropped from mega power status and would be left out of a P4 scenario. Because of this, the B12 really needs to think about long-term viable markets when they add...not just about whatever will get TCU or Baylor into the Playoff in 2016. [/QUOTE]

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