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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 5307390, member: 44"] In many ways that sounds like our best case scenario. It's a huge loss for the ACC, but it still leaves behind a solid group of schools. The loss of FSU and Clemson eliminates two people who have been reported as being opposed to our admission to the conference. UNC is reported as being a "pro UConn" school, so that's a loss, but one would think that Duke would want to replace UNC with another premier basketball program? Similarly, Virginia has been counted as a "pro UConn" vote having a lot of connections with the university. So their loss is the loss of another potential Yes vote but I think Connecticut is one of the few available universities that have a similar profile to Virginia. The real question to me is whether the former big east schools vote against us to keep us from getting a competitive advantage or whether they vote for us to improve rivalries and have another school from above the Mason-Dixon line. [/QUOTE]