A round-of-16 appearance rakes in almost $5 million. Even if your college basketball team doesn’t win a game, you win $1.67 million. The payout rules are complicated but enticing. Teams that advance earn more, which can make a big difference, particularly for smaller leagues. Combine all that with the gigantic enrollments at the two schools, and … the ACC has to give this some thought, too.When the pool is the NCAA's basketball fund, conferences have a lot riding on games. If you’re going to add UCF, you have to get USF – you own I-4 AND you have the Tampa and Orlando markets.
Pete Fiutak wrote of USF: "It’s INSANE that the Big 12 hasn’t cleaned this up.
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More: Pac-12 football TV ratings: Ranking teams by viewership amid conference realignment rumors College Football News: UTSA, Memphis, East Carolina, Colorado State, USF top Group of 5 expansion options for Big 12 Stanford would be a great addition to Big 12 baseball, and they’ve had good football teams in the past." Of Stanford, he wrote: "How could anyone forget about Stanford? From a pure academic standpoint, bringing in one of the most prestigious universities in the world is always a smart choice. Jacob Keppen included Notre Dame, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Colorado, Arizona State, Arizona, Stanford, Boise State, Memphis and SMU among the teams the Big 12 should target in expansion. Robbins could be key Hawkeyes Wire: Notre Dame, Pac-12 schools, Boise State top expansion options for Big 12 More: Pac-12 conference realignment: ASU's Michael Crow, Arizona's Robert C. Oregon’s success on the gridiron combined with its backing from Nike founder Phil Knight provides significant value to whichever conference makes the most attractive duck call." The Irish would like to remain independent but that will not stop the Big Ten from pursuing. However, with maneuvering involving Notre Dame, Oregon may not want to wait on what the Big Ten might do with the Fighting Irish. It may be a pipe dream for the Big 12 since the Big Ten potentially has its sights set on the Ducks. Of Oregon, John Williams wrote: "After the latest rounds of realignment, there isn’t a more valuable brand available than the Oregon Ducks. 1 team the conference should consider adding in expansion, with Washington No. More: ASU, Arizona not among Pac-12 schools being evaluated for Big Ten expansion, report says Sooners Wire: Pac-12 schools, SMU among teams Big 12 should target It included ASU and Arizona as options.Īrizona State (62.5%) and Arizona (61.9%) received the most votes as potential expansion candidates, ahead of Memphis (45.9%), Boise State (30.9%), SMU (29.8%) and Colorado State (21%) in the site's poll. The Athletic recently published a survey of fans in the Big 12 conference regarding conference expansion. More: Are Pac-12 schools ASU, Arizona a package deal in college conference realignment? Survey: ASU, Arizona favorites among favorites to join Big 12 Plus, who wouldn’t want to see a night game in Tempe, Arizona in October? The football program is in a bit of turmoil right now with the NCAA investigation, which almost convinced me to leave them off this list, but adding the national runner-ups in Golf and a Top 10 softball program gives them the nod." Adding ASU gives Arizona a proper boarding partner and it adds another upper echelon athletic program to the conference. Of ASU, he wrote: "I’m going to take the Sun Devils here for a lot of the same reasons that I took Utah.
More: Pac-12 has been 'fractured' by Big Ten, Big 12 conference realignment, expansion chatter Heartland Sports: Top Big 12 expansion candidates from Pac-12īryan Clinton listed Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado as top candidates to join the Big 12.
The Wildcats would also bring a nationally established brand to the table in basketball and a competitive baseball program."
Meanwhile, the upside to getting Arizona into the Big 12 would be adding the valuable Phoenix-area TV market and the recruiting grounds in that state. Sustainable success was a hard ask in the last few decades for the Arizona football program. The Arizona Wildcats do get the bottom spot on this list thanks to the poor state of the football program. I also don’t believe that there is much of a gap in terms of the attractiveness between the two Arizona schools. Miller wrote of Arizona: "Since the Arizona schools would essentially come as a package deal for the Big 12 in the expansion conversation, it makes sense to keep them together on this list.
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