The ACC hasn’t gone anywhere! Hayes Permar talks about how the ACC still remains unchanged right now despite the impending conference realignments that have taken place with USC & UCLA leaving the PAC-12 for the Big Ten. Brian Geisinger of ACC Sports Journal joined the show to talk about potential moves involving UNC basketball, Duke basketball, and NC State basketball.
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Let's make a Super Conference of Basketball clubs. Join the Big 12 and ACC Basketball powerhouses. Yeah, I know that's not how things work, but a boy can dream.
It's inevitable. But it could taken a decade or more due to the TV contract, that I'm sure the top 5 ACC teams regret getting into now. Now it's all up to Duke. Where they decide to go, NC will follow. The rivalry is the second most valuable asset in all of College Basketballl and will NEVER be broken up. Try telling a booster at Duke or NC, that they only get their rival at home every other year. No way. The money involved is way too big that it's ever broken up. But eventually, unless congress gets involved or somehow the ACC gets more eyes on it's games, Duke and NC in the Big 10 will happen. And it would be a great thing. Duke and NC are a far better fit in the Big 10 than the SEC. If it could happen today, and the Big ten came calling Duke and NC would give the old "Bye, nice knowing you" to the rest of the ACC.
SEC – Clemson, Miami, FSU
Big Ten – Duke, NC
Outside those 5 the reset of the ACC have to hope the BIg 10 or SEC has interest.
Another ND traditional rival in the B1G is Purdue, they used to play every season. Regional opponents include Indiana & Northwestern.
Dude add Washington and Oregon. Become a 16 team league. You get raided ONLY if Notre Dame joins the Bigten with Stanford.
Then who would the SEC take? No one in the conference adds enough value unless it's UNC and Clemson as a package somehow manage to do it but doubtful.
The commish of the Big 12 should take the 6 pac schools with Boise then go and talk to Louisville Memphis Vatech Pitt Syracuse and Georgia tech create 3 8 team divisions and run with it. That's if UofO UW don't get the invite to the Sec or Big10. The West – Oregon Washington Utah Byu Colorado Boise Arizona Arizona St. Central – KU KSU OSU ISU TTech Baylor TCU Houston. East – Cincy Louisville Pitt WVU VaTech UCF Cuse and Georgia Tech Eventually the big 10 and Sec will expand to 20-24 teams a piece. N.D won't pass on the money this go around plus the way they're working this super 2 conf. ND won't have a path to a title unless its in one of the 2
Duke, UNC, Stanford and Cal to the Big 20. Strong academics, alumni networks, TV markets, recruiting grounds and national brands that would provide value and competition.
2015 through 2019 data:
Top 25 teams in regular season viewership totals:
New SEC: 27.6 million a week.
New B1G: 21.5 million a week.
Nobody else is above 6.4 million! (ACC) That's before ND to B1G
No school is leaving the ACC unless they want to buy their way out of a multi-year TV deal The ACC has with ESPN. It will cost them hundreds of millions of dollars to leave early. I think the figure is their annual payout times the number of years left on the contract.. The ACC is solid for a while I strongly suspect.
Virginia Tech, not worthy of consideration? By anyone? By you two?
If the Pac 12 and ACC get crushed and we're left with a semi-pro cartel of 2 power conferences and 1 borderline power conference in the Big 12, the sport is toast and at that point I will only follow group of 5 games because at least it's still college football.
Yes…conference officials & bottom tier programs
I can see it happening.