Great. The two also-rans who spent the last year shitting on the "truckstop" conference!
I kid, I kid... mostly.
In reality, they're no-brainers. Utah is the defending conference champ and I have fond memories of some absolutely great TCU-UU games in the "Mountain Best" years. ASU just wheedled their way into the AAU alongside Utah, which is a feather in the conference's cap, and ASU plus Zona actually does lock down Phoenix and even provides a shadow of a presence in SoCal. And of course, 4 to the B12 and 2-4 to the B1G finally euthanizes the PAC as any legitimate threat to the B12's status as the eventual #3 conference and a desirable landing spot for any ACC teams that don't go to the Super-2.
I am suddenly much more okay with SMU getting that PAC invite they've been angling for. I do feel bad for OSU and WSU, but this shit is the definition of a zero-sum game and the B12 is already counting on a basketball getting lodged in the drain when the SEC and B1G try to flush us away.
I think it's possible, on partial shares, if Cal and Stanford manage B1G invites and push them up to 20. B12 at 18 still leaves room to gorge on third-choice ACC schools once the Super-2 take who they want. 18 could also make for a fairly tidy 5-2-2 schedule with 6 team pods.
One school I'd really be eyeing if I were the Big 12 would be UVA. They've got the academics for the B1G, but does the latter want to go above 20 schools? Not without a new TV deal imo, and didn't they just sign one recently?
It's kind of odd seeing this play out from the perspective of a Big 12 fan. Seems just a few years ago our conference was on the verge of collapse with the PAC 10 circling our withering corpse. There's a part of me that wants to feel a bit of schadenfreude as at the time they were facilitating our downfall. But mostly I'm just sad; the pac 12 has some great fan bases that are about to be left behind in the bloodshed.
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wjrii@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
Great. The two also-rans who spent the last year shitting on the "truckstop" conference!
I kid, I kid... mostly.
In reality, they're no-brainers. Utah is the defending conference champ and I have fond memories of some absolutely great TCU-UU games in the "Mountain Best" years. ASU just wheedled their way into the AAU alongside Utah, which is a feather in the conference's cap, and ASU plus Zona actually does lock down Phoenix and even provides a shadow of a presence in SoCal. And of course, 4 to the B12 and 2-4 to the B1G finally euthanizes the PAC as any legitimate threat to the B12's status as the eventual #3 conference and a desirable landing spot for any ACC teams that don't go to the Super-2.
I am suddenly much more okay with SMU getting that PAC invite they've been angling for. I do feel bad for OSU and WSU, but this shit is the definition of a zero-sum game and the B12 is already counting on a basketball getting lodged in the drain when the SEC and B1G try to flush us away.
SatouKazuma@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
OSU and Wazzu might get into the Big 12, according to some rumours. We'll see but it wouldn't entirely shock me.
wjrii@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
I think it's possible, on partial shares, if Cal and Stanford manage B1G invites and push them up to 20. B12 at 18 still leaves room to gorge on third-choice ACC schools once the Super-2 take who they want. 18 could also make for a fairly tidy 5-2-2 schedule with 6 team pods.
SatouKazuma@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
One school I'd really be eyeing if I were the Big 12 would be UVA. They've got the academics for the B1G, but does the latter want to go above 20 schools? Not without a new TV deal imo, and didn't they just sign one recently?
YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I guess the PAC12 leftovers can come to the Mountain West
Holomew@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
It's kind of odd seeing this play out from the perspective of a Big 12 fan. Seems just a few years ago our conference was on the verge of collapse with the PAC 10 circling our withering corpse. There's a part of me that wants to feel a bit of schadenfreude as at the time they were facilitating our downfall. But mostly I'm just sad; the pac 12 has some great fan bases that are about to be left behind in the bloodshed.