(04-23-2015 12:31 PM)EvilVodka Wrote:  

(04-23-2015 11:41 AM)ken d Wrote:  

(04-23-2015 07:40 AM)EvilVodka Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 03:31 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(04-21-2015 05:47 PM)TerryD Wrote:  I think that the ACC might do that for Texas. It would be a smart move, in my opinion.

Smart for whom? What's in it for Texas? Except for football, all of their teams would be in a conference whose members range from a minimum of about 850 miles away to nearly 2000 miles away. That's a lot of travel, even for Texas. And in none of those sports would Texas have any kind of rivalry interest with their opponents and vice versa. And how interested would fans in the ACC markets be in a network devoted to all things UT? Or do you believe that Texas would share the LHN with their new friends?

Frankly, I'd just as soon not have anything to do with Texas unless they came to the ACC as a package deal with three other excellent football programs.

I think if Texas did come, it would be exactly like the ND deal.....Texas sports, specifically basketball, would benefit a lot

They would want to keep their network though, and stay indy in football. And why not have a deal like that? With the lingering threat of the Big 10 and SEC picking off ACC teams down the road, why not bring in schools who'd have an incentive in keeping a functional ACC

How would Texas basketball benefit? They would be moving from a conference that had 70% of its members in the NCAAT to one which had 40% invited. They would play 9 away games a year, the nearest of which would be 850 miles away. On average, they would play 4.5 weeknight away games a year, with the same travel problems.

Other sports (except women's basketball) might not have to deal with the midweek scheduling problem as much, but they still have major travel issues. So, where is the benefit?

Sorry, but ACC basketball is light years better than Big XII basketball. The northeast/eastern U.S. may blow chunks in football, but they dominate in basketball. The Big East and ACC are tops in bball. Texas basketball would go from a regional perspective to primetime. I'm sure that would look good for Longhorn network subscriberes....Texas-Duke and Texas-NC

The problem with UT in general is that they've reached a point where they're a national power...if not in sports, in simply athletic potential. The perception of UT has grown to new heights....the Big 10 or PAC 12 would take them in a heartbeat.

BUT....they still insist on this regional landscape for themselves, similar to how ND clings to football independence

Texas could do a lot better than the Big XII....A LOT better

If you could take only the ACC's 10 best teams, and compare them with all 10 Big 12 teams, then the ACC would be better. Not light years, but significantly better. But when you add the bottom teams from the ACC (and you can't exclude them), then on average the Big 12 is better. Again, not light years, but significantly. And Texas wouldn't get as many games against top ACC teams as they now do against the top Big 12 teams. And when they do get the top teams, the fans of the ACC teams won't view this as one of their attractive games. Only UT fans will.