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Message: [QUOTE="cto, post: 5109376, member: 412"] The college basketball landscape as of yesterday, as per "Field of 68 Daily." [CENTER][/CENTER] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][CENTER][/CENTER] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][CENTER][IMG]https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/8f5abe39-82ad-492f-84d8-6587fc7d9390/Name_graphics__1_.png[/IMG][/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT][/LEFT] [HEADING=1]1. You’ll stare at this map for a while[/HEADING] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT]The Power 6 became the Power 5 yesterday. Such is life without the Pac-12.[/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT][I](Well, almost. SMU officially joined the ACC yesterday, but the other Pac-12 schools don’t switch until Aug. 2. But when [/I][URL='https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.7YWZFqE6SNR9gEW7ZyfZt9l3ugJ8qgcIf1E_w09GDOts75iJnilGMOSkJQXgvUTPIDMRRBZS5lvzvW8XjQQpcRLdvPbi8-npokpJDaqKY5cdWVhpdUt1d0aDyPVlXeHHK0YDiA103-x-LJ-bntCb_Td2kDEDxQU0Mya26B2xGp3hY8RDn8yDEWvCIhdUiaVYHJ6aaLUMXe-tKAxCkYueqg/47p/D-T-WgxHRieUY52yNhFAfA/h10/h001.zUIG1t3pWhZD6HEZH3ZiT5lCgB1l4NAdJuqMkONIIlg'][I]conferences are sending out welcome notices[/I][/URL][I], it’s safe to say the schools are in.)[/I][/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT]College sports still has (some) of its regional and local rivalries, but now that the Big Ten and ACC are bi-coastal conferences, it’s helpful to have a map for a visual representation of how everything looks for the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East and SEC now.[/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT][URL='https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.7YWZFqE6SNR9gEW7ZyfZtxC3Mq9ATsQjhgFLENgV2r4ZqqHhIDhBQhxvLMpzOazgN0TM3uT1PV6-YL5Wph6Azi148EuADQr7_nOnQ60a_L3D99wHIDaRSMAncwYC0tH4Aa0xkiRbjcMVKLyHxyYt0t6jjEdoA1WV6wriUeqmITp_XvPgGDh9-hBq6lz75xbw3D9zlMDJMFpYEizeeqNmaGwKl14yklXun_y-7thrRQg/47p/D-T-WgxHRieUY52yNhFAfA/h11/h001.WFoiOnr9u-yUy5ijJjPfK7R4gLLr1v7tYTeKq709smc']This is from Andrew Weatherman’s Twitter/X account[/URL]:[/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER][/CENTER] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][CENTER][IMG]https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/369d1d86-29e9-405b-b518-d2c855ab6318/image.png?t=1719842708[/IMG][/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT]The ACC counties are wild. It’s not just the Northern California section, but also spots in North Texas in addition to the existing pockets around Notre Dame, Louisville, and the rest scattered along the Eastern seaboard. No wonder it covers the largest population base.[/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT]The SEC has the smallest population footprint, but the most counties. That expansion into Texas and Oklahoma was larger than the geographic footprint.[/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT]The Big 12’s four new schools basically means adding 2½ states. Lotta counties, though.[/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT]The Big Ten looks like one of the railroad sections in Ticket to Ride that got cut off by rude players. Maybe there’s a small section in Montana and Nevada that can have so it can stretch from coast to coach in one random line?[/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT]Can’t wait to see this map when the Big East adds Gonzaga one day.[/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]

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