If you look at disruptive shifts the big mistake is to expect more of the same.

We had realignment because the travel situation changed (train to bus+airplane), shift to adjust to the NCAA TV contract (Houston to SWC, Arizona and Arizona State to Pac-10), we've had the hoops shift (creating Big East, Sun Belt, Metro), we've had the deregulation shifts of the late 80's and the 90's, the carriage fee shifts.

I think a hoops oriented realignment may be overdue. We are going into a different model of video distribution with the streaming system and if you want someone to lock into a subscription you better offer more for that than a handful of football games. Schools like Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, UNC are going to have very high value if what you are looking to sell is a monthly subscription because a single month could mean as many as 8 basketball games a fan will pay to see.