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Originally Posted by alnorth
I think you could have stopped here. The B1G has no reason at all to expand to 16, especially given the schools available, and their partner is staying at 12.
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Where I would disagree is that the B!G is just as concerned with market growth, especially for their network, where they make a great deal of money from the setup. Add to that the fact the commissioner said that if they were to expand, they would want to look at areas where the population is increasing, the west and the south. The west is unlikely which makes the South the better target. And if you include the DC area market among that, all the better.
The B!G is more concerned with how they compete in their half of the country against the SEC, more so than the PAC alliance. If both the SEC and Big 12 move to 16, and I'm not saying they will (only speculating it), I don't see the B!G not responding, especially when they can add 4 AAU schools.