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Big East, B12 widows talk merger

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NEW YORK -- A person involved in the discussions tells the Associated Press that school and conference officials from the Big East and Big 12 have been discussing ways to merge what's left of the two leagues if Texas and Oklahoma leave the Big 12.
The person, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly about what is going on behind the scenes, said Monday there has been dialogue between athletic directors and high-level officials in the conference offices.
Syracuse and Pittsburgh have announced they will be leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Texas and Oklahoma are both trying to decide whether to leave the Big 12 for the Pac-12, taking Oklahoma State and Texas Tech with them.
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http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...leave-big-12?ttag=gen10_on_all_fb_na_txt_0001
 
Smart. And now I can still watch the Gayhawks with disdain as they play Georgetown every year. GO HOYAS!
 
If Tranghese goes with the non-football schools of the Big East, then Beebe can probably keep his job! amazing!
 
Not widows, orphans. Oliver Swift...may I have some more please! Personally I will miss the bball part of this. Any chance schools could divorce their football brethren and align basketball? Probably not but bball is the real loser in all of this.
 
You can't blame them for trying. But it's doomed to failure. Why would UConn and Rutgers commit to a new league with new withdrawal penalties when the existing BigEast penalties are so low and an ACC bid for them is presumably forthcoming?

If the BigEast and Little10 remnants did combine (aka the LittleEast), the biggest beneficiaries are Pitt/Syracuse and presumably UConn/Rutgers. The new LittleEast would need to start conference play in 2012 in order to accommodate the Little10 refugees. That would mean releasing Pitt/Syracuse from their need to stay for 27 months after tendering withdrawal papers.
 
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