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B12 Expansion - the invitations have been sent - and accepted

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2 years 6 months ago - 2 years 6 months ago #27475 by HawkErrant
KUSports -Tait: Big 12 invites BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston to join

ESPN: Big 12 votes to accept adding BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, UCF to conference

Jon Kirby of JayhawkSlant reports “institutional Boards will be in session today to act on Big 12 Conference membership. Videoconference announcements with Big 12 Board of Directors Chairman and Texas Tech University President Lawrence Schovanec, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, and campus representatives are scheduled today at the following times:

Houston - 11:00 a.m. CT
BYU - 11:30 a.m. CT
UCF - 2:45 p.m. CT
Cincinnati - 3:30 p.m. CT

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So we will have word from each joining school by COB today.

TGIF.

“Secure the lifeboats for now.
We’ve patched the ship up to make her seaworthy for the future, even though it won’t be the future we had planned.

But keep those lifeboats in top condition in case we encounter an offer of a new home port!”

- every Big 12 Chancellor/President and AD worth his/her salt.

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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"

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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"

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2 years 6 months ago #27479 by HawkErrant
CBSSports.com: Big 12 to add BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF after they formally accept invitations to join conference.
BYU will join the Big 12 in the 2023-24 academic year while Cincinnati, Houston and UCF will leave the AAC no later than July 2024


Today the word is "not later than July 2024" for the 3 AAC schools, but as the article notes "... the programs will likely pay a slightly higher exit fee to get out in advance of the 2023 season. UConn, for example, paid $17 million to get out of its AAC contract early."

So make note, the Big 12 is projected to go to 14 for two seasons, 2023-24 and 2024-25, unless OUT work out leaving earlier than 2025.

So it's official.

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2 years 6 months ago #27480 by HawkErrant
Official Big 12 release welcoming the newcomers

Big12sports.com: In Good Company -- Big 12 Conference Adds Four New Members

Nice summaries on each of the newbies, and the conference makeup going forward come 2025 at the latest.

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2 years 6 months ago #27483 by AZhawk87
This B12 expansion story fails to generate any excitement for me. It's actually a little sad.

It feels like we're part of the JV team who didn't get picked to play varsity, so we just sit in the stands and watch the cheerleaders who are only watching the varsity and paying no attention to us.

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2 years 6 months ago #27485 by Illhawk
KU is the only flagship from the Big 8 remaining. It seems like the horrid football and the quirks of governance of higher education in Kansas have made it tough for KU to get to the adult table.

The four additions are currently doing well at football. Cincinnati and Houston have hoops history. It seems the urban universities are becoming more prominent.
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