re: How long until we go to 16 teams?

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With the Pac 12 and the B1G aligning themselves, I don't know if it is in our best interest to destabilize the ACC.

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I don't think the SEC will start anything to destabilize the ACC. We could have done that last year when looking for Member #14 but didn't. The SEC and ACC seem to have an alliance which may be stronger than the PAC/B1G has.

But that doesn't mean that the Big 12-2-1+1-1+1 won't try something--it has nothing to lose (having already sold it's soul to the Longhorn Network). If only FSU and Clemson (football schools in a basketball conference) jump, that won't be terribly bad--the ACC can grab UConn and Louisville out of the Big East (with South Florida another possibility).

The problem starts if a Big 12 move involves FSU and Clemson PLUS two more schools (Miami and GT being the most rumored). If the Big 12 goes to 14, will the B1G feel some need to go there too, or go on ahead and make it 16? Not counting GT the ACC has four AAU members (UNC, UVA, MD, and Duke) which is something the B1G prizes and may not get another chance to grab.

Should that happen, will VT and NCST see the writing on the wall of (at that point likely) an ACC implosion, and recognizing that this is probably their ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE to get on the SEC gravy train, petition for membership?