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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 32888, member: 405"]
Both the Big East and Big 12 had meetings of their presidents today, if I recall correctly.  It will be interesting to look for the leaks that are sure to emerge from those meetings.  Things are not done yet.

SEC has the next move.

Then maybe the Big 12 grabs a couple schools to get to renegotiate their contract, too, just like Swofford's move to grab SU & Pitt permitted a renegotiation of the ESPN deal for the ACC.

SEC HAS to take someone.  Thirteen just does not make sense, long term.  Uneven divisions. Not stable.  Who gets hit, ACC (less likely w/ $20M exit fee ...) or Big East - w/ really bad legal representation and lack of enforceable contract w/ TCU.

Big East will be done in the next several weeks as a BCS football conference, and the Big 12 will be preserved, although Texas will cause long-term problems with its own network.

Best scenario sees Big 12 going big, and taking the best of the Mountain West (Boise, BYU, TCU, Louisville, Cinci) to create a really good football conference, and not harm the hoops too badly.  Only TCU and Boise State don't belong in that group, and are the obvious candidates to step up their programs by association.

This leaves the Big East as the left over conference, because of the stupid hoops programs.  If the Big East can gobble up the left overs - E. Carolina, Central Florida, Memphis, Houston, Baylor - maybe they can keep a seat at the big table, if just to avoid anti-trust problems.

But that's what the future looks like.  BTW, West Virginia to the SEC, not Va Tech or Fla State.  And it's not a bad fit.  WVU can compete in football, and improves basketball.
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