Anybody else tired of conferences dictating who plays who rather than each school deciding what is best for them? If your school could choose nine other schools to compete/partner with for athletics as well as other important institutional functions, who would it be? Nine seems to be a good number because it allows annual football, home/home basketball, and plenty of baseball/softball. I'll start off as a Kentucky fan, in order of importance and with a mind toward who would actually want to play us as a top 9 rival (Texas, Michigan, and Alabama are not going to play us annually over other schools... sorry BBN):

1. Louisville
2. Tennessee
3. Indiana
4. West Virginia
5. Va. Tech (I think this would become a great regional rivalry)
6. UNC
7. Illinois
8. South Carolina
9. Ohio State (please, sweet baby Jesus, let them feel the same way...)

The hate for Duke is too much to have to deal with their poppycock year in, year out. See you in the tournament every decade or so.