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[QUOTE="SC Husky, post: 2513059, member: 4596"]
Wrong.  Academic Excellence is a requirement for entry into the B1G.  That fact is indisputable.  Whether or not UCONN is on the B1G's radar is another matter.  However, like Louisville, WVU is nothing more than a glorified sports academy. And UCONN's athletics are plenty good enough, even with the recent downturn in football and men's basketball.  Hell, we won a national championship in men's basketball just four years ago.  When was the last time WVU won a national championship in any sport?  On top of this UCONN is in a major media market with a strong presence in NYC.  WVU resides in lousy market.  UCONN is a much more attractive candidate for the next round of realignment.  And know this, if the ACC does add another school, they will not make the same mistake and another school with substandard academics.  They will add a school with strong academics.  Losing UMD (which has stellar academics) was a big blow to the ACC.  Now that may mean that Cinci would get added instead of UCONN, but the next add will have solid academics.  Cincinnati does have solid academics.  Their academics just aren't top notch like UCONN's.  So you are wrong, academics matter very much to the B1G and the ACC.  Academics don't matter much to WVU and their fanbase though.
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