If this hypothetical were to happen, we'd be swapping out PC, St John's, Seton Hall, Nova and Georgetown for Syracuse, BC, Pitt, UNC, Duke & NC St. An increase in travel but that is offset by a larger increase in name value of opponents. There also is a large increase in swapping out whoever we would view our top current in-conference rival with Syracuse, offset by a reasonable decrease in swapping out whoever is second and third with Pitt & BC followed by whatever the loss would be swapping out the remaining original BE schools with the tobacco road schools.
Swapping out the western five BE schools with the remaining ACC schools is not only a gain in terms of travel, it would also be a slight overall increase in games against opponents that we have history with and an overall (although not all that large) increase in name value of opponents.
If those running the men's program actually do their jobs, we would benefit overall from the move.
That said, under the current climate the only way I would consider the move would be under the condition that we would not need to sign the grant of rights agreement. As things stand today, that is a ball and chain that will end up limiting the success of schools that are capable of rising above what the current ACC can allow and I personally believe that we are one of the schools that can rise above that.