UrbanaBuff
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Listening to the Scott Van Pelt show on ESPN radio today, their lead story was Big Ten expansion. While he and his partner were purely speculating, they offered up a few interesting nuggets:
-The next few schools in line, if any of the original four decline, may be Maryland and Vanderbilt, because of academics. This is much different than what we've been hearing all along... Syracuse, Pitt, UConn, etc.
-Some conferences may look to boot existing members as they expand. They specifically called out South Carolina and Vanderbilt from the SEC. This would really make things interesting. Personally, I'd have to think Wazzu and Baylor would be in jeopardy... and from the hoops-only side DePaul, Providence, St. Johns, Seton Hall.
-Mentioned how Mizzou's hoops rivalry with KU would need to be kept in the non-conference. C'mon, is this really a rivalry? Mizzou might win once every 10-12 years. Football is more competetive, but both schools blow historically.
-The next few schools in line, if any of the original four decline, may be Maryland and Vanderbilt, because of academics. This is much different than what we've been hearing all along... Syracuse, Pitt, UConn, etc.
-Some conferences may look to boot existing members as they expand. They specifically called out South Carolina and Vanderbilt from the SEC. This would really make things interesting. Personally, I'd have to think Wazzu and Baylor would be in jeopardy... and from the hoops-only side DePaul, Providence, St. Johns, Seton Hall.
-Mentioned how Mizzou's hoops rivalry with KU would need to be kept in the non-conference. C'mon, is this really a rivalry? Mizzou might win once every 10-12 years. Football is more competetive, but both schools blow historically.