The ACC should reshuffle conference with Pitt, Syracuse addition
It was recently announced that the Atlantic Coast Conference has added Pittsburgh and Syracuse.
The ACC has also expressed interest in Connecticut and Rutgers. That move would make the ACC the first to go to a 16-team super conference.
Personally, I like this move by the ACC.
It is no secret money is the big reason behind conference expansion, most notably, acquiring new television markets.
This move moves the ACC into Pitt, a good sized market, and into upstate New York, truly making it the Atlantic Coast Conference (Florida to Massachusetts).
Now, the ACC cane make its conferences actually make since.
Ditch the "Atlantic" and "Coastal" division and make this conference make sense.
Instead, make it the ACC-NORTH and ACC-SOUTH.
In the South, put Miami, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clemson, North Carolina, NC State and Duke.
For the North, put Wake Forest, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Pitt, Syracuse and Boston College.
Of course if they end up adding UConn and Rutgers move them into the North and put Wake Forest and Virginia Tech into the South (to complete the North Carolina rivalries, and keep VT and Miami in the same division)
Now the question is this...what does the SEC, Big 10 and Pac 12 do to respond?
Does the SEC go after Missouri and another east coast team? Does the Pac 12 try to get Oklahoma and Oklahoma State? Does the Big 10 finishing the raid of the Big East while continuing to get Notre Dame?
Or, does the Big 12 grab TCU from the Big East, and grab teams such as Houston, Tulsa, SMU, etc and try to rebuild the Southwest Conference?
The ACC has also expressed interest in Connecticut and Rutgers. That move would make the ACC the first to go to a 16-team super conference.
Personally, I like this move by the ACC.
It is no secret money is the big reason behind conference expansion, most notably, acquiring new television markets.
This move moves the ACC into Pitt, a good sized market, and into upstate New York, truly making it the Atlantic Coast Conference (Florida to Massachusetts).
Now, the ACC cane make its conferences actually make since.
Ditch the "Atlantic" and "Coastal" division and make this conference make sense.
Instead, make it the ACC-NORTH and ACC-SOUTH.
In the South, put Miami, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clemson, North Carolina, NC State and Duke.
For the North, put Wake Forest, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Pitt, Syracuse and Boston College.
Of course if they end up adding UConn and Rutgers move them into the North and put Wake Forest and Virginia Tech into the South (to complete the North Carolina rivalries, and keep VT and Miami in the same division)
Now the question is this...what does the SEC, Big 10 and Pac 12 do to respond?
Does the SEC go after Missouri and another east coast team? Does the Pac 12 try to get Oklahoma and Oklahoma State? Does the Big 10 finishing the raid of the Big East while continuing to get Notre Dame?
Or, does the Big 12 grab TCU from the Big East, and grab teams such as Houston, Tulsa, SMU, etc and try to rebuild the Southwest Conference?
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