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Message: [QUOTE="phil77, post: 141651, member: 1169"] [B][LEFT][SIZE=11px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#000000]4. West Virginia will play in the Big 12. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][/B][LEFT][SIZE=11px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#000000]Unless a Rhode Island court grants the Big East's request for a preliminary injunction that will force West Virginia to stay in the league for the next school year -- a long shot, because judges typically don't like to force anyone to do anything before hearing the case -- expect the Mountaineers to join the Big 12 on July 1. Big East officials have said they aren't seeking a buyout and this isn't about money, but everyone has a number. The parties will rattle their sabers publically and negotiate privately, and when they agree upon a number, the deal will get done. Neither side wants either of the dueling cases -- West Virginia filed suit in West Virginia, the Big East in Rhode Island -- to go to trial. As a reporter, I'm obviously rooting for a trial, because lots of interesting nuggets come out when parties air their dirty laundry in the public square. I probably won't get my wish, because cooler heads usually prevail. These cases will be headed to trial until they aren't, at which point West Virginia will be merrily on its way to the Big 12 and Pittsburgh and Syracuse will try to slip out the back door to the ACC.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][LEFT][SIZE=11px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#000000] Read more: [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/12/23/2012-predictions/index.html#ixzz1ihENrY57'][COLOR=#003399]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/12/23/2012-predictions/index.html#ixzz1ihENrY57[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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