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Message: [QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 4589962, member: 3609"] The SEC has long wanted to "fill in the top corner". They prefer having the flagships, which would be UNC and UVa, but NC State (+5K) and VPI (+13K) are larger schools and their football- and b-ball-first cultures are a big fit with the SEC. The SEC does not have the breadth of quality men's Olympic sports that UNC and UVa have. One of the reasons VPI athletic administrators really got behind the Commonwealth Clash all-sports competition with UVa was to get their donor base fired up to support their Olympic sports as well as the "show horses". It's been said in many postings and press columns that UNC will insist on taking UVa with them regardless of where they go, if they go anywhere. Neither will make a first move that would lead to the implosion of the ACC (especially on the part of UNC because they worked so hard to establish the ACC in the first place). [/QUOTE]