I don’t think this is good for UConn because it means the ACC schools are available for poaching around 2030 or so. The Big 12 proposal for UConn would have gotten us in starting in 2031. Now we have to compete against the ACC schools for those slots. My best guess at what happens:
-Big Ten adds UNC and Miami. Virginia fits the Big Ten but they don’t add anything since the Big Ten already has the DC market with U Maryland.
-SEC adds Florida State, Clemson, NC State, and VA Tech. It’s possible they only take two of these four, in which case we’re really screwed.
-Big 12 adds the most appealing of the remaining ACC schools: Georgia Tech, Duke, Virginia, and one other school. It could be SMU if they keep their football success up, it could be us, or it could be somebody else.
-ACC backfills with USF, UConn, Boise State, Gonzaga, Washington St, Oregon St, UNLV, San Diego St, Memphis, and UTSA or Tulane. Tulane is also a possibility.
-Depending on whether or not the ACC is still considered a power conference at this point, Notre Dame could depart for the Big 12 as a non-football member.
-Then again, this could all be blown up by a super league, private equity, etc.