Who will be the 12th ACC School ? ?

UF

 

Prior to last nights actions, UConn was being considered heavily, along with Pitt, as the 14th team in the "add Miami, VTech, BC and Syracuse" scenario.

Because of what happened last night, expansion to the NE is a very long shot at best.

Another team that no one has mentioned was also considered as the 14th team and is now being discussed as a possible 12th sometime in the undetermined future. Its a fine academic institution that better fits the current geography.


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ECU

 

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My darkhorse...
Central Florida... they are already travelling to Florida twice anyway, and it would help the divisions. UCF is an up and coming program that would love to play with the Big Boys. UCF will be in a big conference before 2010. If the ACC wants to go with an up and comer, UCF is the way to go. Otherwise, Pitt is a good choice that has new facilites for its big sports (but geographically does not work and neither does Notre Dame, BC, Syracuse, UConn and the like.) They may be down to NC Wesleyan (starts football this year) or an ECU (though UNC and NCSU would never let that happen) before it's all over.

I am not sure at this point how they split up divisions if they add a 12th team... from NC and up you have UVA, VT, MD, UNC, NSCU, Duke and WF. Who gets left out? Geographically, I would guess WF, but any of the tobacco road schools would moan because you are splitting up history in basketball (and a potential home and home)

At least if you add a team from further south than the state of NC you get that team, plus Clemson, GT, Miami and FSU (what a football division that would be, huh?). You can't very well put VT in that division and say a UCF because Va. Tech would probably not get to play Virginia sometimes in some sports and you don't want to break up in-state rivals. If you move Maryland to the South, then you lose those great basketball games against NC schools.

The ACC has some serious juggling to do yet (hope they have a plan behind closed doors).

 

I'd like to see maybe Louisville or ECU as the 12th team... since the CUSA is pretty much destined to be broken up.

 

Nah it 's not going to be uconn, theyare the reason for the lawsuit in the first place. Acc will pick up some other twinkie southern school so the rest of the members only have to lose to UM.

 

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm WVU? Marshall? ECU?

 

I would like to see Notre Dame join the ACC