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[QUOTE="kingottoiii, post: 419656"]
I still don't see how adding schools like MD and RU can significantly increase the $ in B1G school pockets. But assuming that they want to add two more schools I think option #1 is UNC/UVA. I doubt they get either of those two to budge unless the SEC takes FSU. So if the B1G wants to expand, they will have to be proactive. If they really care about moving East and the money is there (where again I don't see how this is all possible), shouldn't the B1G's next move be to take SU and BC? That would totally kick the ACC out of the NE and give the B1G the best BBall conference in all the land. Also it could cause a chain reaction that kills the ACC. But let's assume the ACC decides to stay together. At that point they are down to 11 schools and need to add another. UConn is pointless and would be an outlier so UL would likely be the choice. The result would be the B1G owning the entire Northern part of the country all to itself. 
 
So the B1G can get to 16 and then wait on UNC/UVA/Duke and/or ND/Pitt to become available. At this point I think MD/RU proved expansion is about quantity. So why stop at 16? Having 18 or 20 makes more sense than 16. With 20 you can put 9 of the original 10 B1G FB teams in one division making it like old times. It would essentially be two FB leagues and one round robin BBall league. 
 
Old School 
tOSU, Mich, Neb, Mich St, Wiscy, Iowa, Minn, Illinois, NW, Ind
 
New School
ND, PSU, UVA, UNC, MD, Pitt, SU, BC, UP, RU
 
The Old is better than the New, but wouldn't they care more about tradition? And it really only effects the B1G CG participants. UP kinda gets screwed but someone has to.
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