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Purely basketball means just that. Basketball being the only factor. Not money, not football, not network contracts.....basketball. Through that prism, ACC is obviously the answer.
 
CAHUSKY said:
Purely basketball means just that. Basketball being the only factor. Not money, not football, not network contracts.....basketball. Through that prism, ACC is obviously the answer.
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I thought the question was kind of a silly one because the answer was so obvious. If you could guarantee us that the ACC (with us in it) would stay around forever and generate as much revenue as the B1G, then of course we'd want to play BASKETBALL against Duke, UNC and Cuse rather than Ohio State, Michigan and Indiana. Or more importantly, we'd rather play Clemson, VT and Wake rather than Northwestern, Penn State and Nebraska. No brainer if you read the question correctly.

If money's involved, B1G. But if the B12 offers this summer, then we go to the B12.
 
nomar said:
I thought the question was kind of a silly one because the answer was so obvious. If you could guarantee us that the ACC (with us in it) would stay around forever and generate as much revenue as the B1G, then of course we'd want to play BASKETBALL against Duke, UNC and Cuse rather than Ohio State, Michigan and Indiana. Or more importantly, we'd rather play Clemson, VT and Wake rather than Northwestern, Penn State and Nebraska. No brainer if you read the question correctly.

If money's involved, B1G. But if the B12 offers this summer, then we go to the B12.
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I think that's a pretty good summary. We can just go ahead and delete all the other responses in this thread. Thanks nomar!
 
nomar said:
I thought the question was kind of a silly one because the answer was so obvious. If you could guarantee us that the ACC (with us in it) would stay around forever and generate as much revenue as the B1G, then of course we'd want to play BASKETBALL against Duke, UNC and Cuse rather than Ohio State, Michigan and Indiana. Or more importantly, we'd rather play Clemson, VT and Wake rather than Northwestern, Penn State and Nebraska. No brainer if you read the question correctly.

If money's involved, B1G. But if the B12 offers this summer, then we go to the B12.
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Hey hey hey Nebraska is on the rise ;)
 
My new answer: NEITHER. B12 is the right answer.

Why? Vengeance on BC.

UConn is in the B12 when the B1G raids the ACC and takes UNC and Virginia. FSU and Clemson scamper to the B12, NC State and Virginia Tech run off to the SEC. Duke goes begging to the B1G, and maybe the B1G throws them a bone. ND and Duke join the B1G.

Syracuse, BC and Pitt look around and realize that Wake Forest is telling them, "you still have us." Syracuse and Pitt still think they have a chance for the last slot with the B12 which just added BYU, but then Miami swoops in and takes it. Louisville is resigned to reforming the ACC with Pitt, Syracuse, Wake and BC by adding USF, UCF, Memphis, Houston, Navy, Temple, and East Carolina.
 
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ACC... just because we would have a chance to make Duke cry every year
 
The ACC. Which would be the best conference for us overall, too.
 
CAHUSKY said:
Purely basketball means just that. Basketball being the only factor. Not money, not football, not network contracts.....basketball. Through that prism, ACC is obviously the answer.
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It's a logical fallacy. It's impossible. I can't consider UConn basketball without considering the long term health of the overall athletic department. The two aren't separable.

Perhaps you should ask: would you prefer to play an ACC schedule or B1G, Big XII or SEC schedule, all things being equal.
I still think the Big Ten is pretty close to the ACC there.
 
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