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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 3488787, member: 652"] ND HAD NOTHING to do with Louisville being selected. In 2011 when the ACC expanded to 14 they wanted Syracuse and then Duke/UNC wanted UConn for the northeast and another basketball program. [URL unfurl="true"]http://archive.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_basketball/articles/2011/10/09/power_move_by_acc/[/URL] BC led by DeFlippio said keep UConn out we want to protect our turf. Florida State and Clemson didn’t want UConn another northeast school for them to have to travel to yearly and threatened to go to the Big XII. They didn’t want to leave the ACC for the Big XII but used it as a leverage. The ACC with the former Big East schools backing Florida State and Clemson got Florida State and Virginia Tech’s old metro conference partner Louisville into the ACC over UConn. [/QUOTE]