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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2513128, member: 1414"]
Who are you even replying to?  Is somebody suggesting WVU to the Big Ten?

I think your view of Academics is a bit off.  WVU is a flagship state university, and while not one of the better ones, it has some decent research numbers and isn't anything like Louisville or Memphis. WVU is already in a P5 conference anyway and is subject to a GOR.  They can't move now.  The B1G wouldn't want them, and the ACC turned them down once before (stupidly, I think).  They have top notch athletic programs across the board.

Cincinnati is a perfectly good school, and while behind UConn in USNWR and undergrad rankings, is generally well ahead of UConn in the area of graduate research that the B1G values so highly.  The AAU is all about graduate research, not undergrad admission criteria.   That said, Ohio State would never let Cincinnati join the B1G.  Not sure why it is even a consideration.  Plus they add zero as a market.  The ACC, different story there.  They'd be a candidate there, probably our main competitor.   Fortunately, I don't think the ACC has any interest in a 3rd Florida school.
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