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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 131726114" data-attributes="member: 1428007">If the Big Ten expands as a result, then they'll likely be looking at what they've said they want in schools:AAU membersContiguous statesWhich schools would that be?Iowa StateMissouriKansasVirginiaand of course if you add someone in those states you can move further i.e.UNCDukeSo as we can see, these schools would be the most likely targets in a Big Ten expansion with the exception of Notre Dame.Notre Dame is not in the AAU, but their national cache--B10 is willing to overlook that.&nbsp; Problem there is they have non football ties to the ACC.None of this really helps WVU unless some of those acc schools go away to the B10.Then maybe a new eastern conference forms with WVU and some of the ACC teams like FSU, Clemson, VT, Pitt, Miami or maybe the ACC survives and adds WVU and maybe another BIG 12 squad like Kansas or something.Missouri is interesting.&nbsp; They don't want Texas in the SEC and neither does A&amp;M.&nbsp; So if they vote UT in?&nbsp; Maybe Missouri leaves for the Big Ten--but then Oklahoma State or Texas Tech probably joins up with the SEC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 131726114, member: 1428007"] If the Big Ten expands as a result, then they'll likely be looking at what they've said they want in schools: AAU members Contiguous states Which schools would that be? Iowa State Missouri Kansas Virginia and of course if you add someone in those states you can move further i.e. UNC Duke So as we can see, these schools would be the most likely targets in a Big Ten expansion with the exception of Notre Dame. Notre Dame is not in the AAU, but their national cache--B10 is willing to overlook that. Problem there is they have non football ties to the ACC. None of this really helps WVU unless some of those acc schools go away to the B10. Then maybe a new eastern conference forms with WVU and some of the ACC teams like FSU, Clemson, VT, Pitt, Miami or maybe the ACC survives and adds WVU and maybe another BIG 12 squad like Kansas or something. Missouri is interesting. They don't want Texas in the SEC and neither does A&M. So if they vote UT in? Maybe Missouri leaves for the Big Ten--but then Oklahoma State or Texas Tech probably joins up with the SEC. [/QUOTE]

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