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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 3459592, member: 652"] If Duke and North Carolina were okay with ACC expansion. Then 2003 expansion is Syracuse, Boston College, Miami. Virginia Tech only got in because Marc Warner leveraged Virginia. The ACC required 7 of 9 members approve of any additions. Duke and North Carolina were against all expansion to protect basketball home/homes in conference play. If Duke and UNC didn’t have their position then SU/BC/Miami get in as Virginia isn’t leveraged by Marc Warner to help Virginia Tech. If Virginia Tech doesn’t go to the ACC in 2003 then when the SEC expanded in 2011 with Texas A&M in the West the Virginia Tech Hokies are likely the SEC selection for the East division and put the state of Virginia in the SEC. Duke and UNC played a major role in what has transpired by their position to be against an ACC expansion beyond just Miami. It gave Warner all the leverage to force UVA’s hand. [/QUOTE]