(01-19-2023 12:30 AM)EdwordL Wrote:  Skyhawk: I cannot answer for Oregon, but in my reply to jej84105, I addressed recent developments at the University of Kansas Medical Center. If I understand correctly, the difference between KU Med and the Nebraska Medical School in Omaha in re the AAU is that KU Med is administered as part of the main campus of the University of Kansas, eveen though they are located in separate cities; the state of Nebraska considers the medical school at Omaha separate from the university in Lincoln, which affected Nebraska's standing in the AAU.

The NCI comprehensive cancer center designation is a major distinction but doesn’t really differentiate KU from the other cusp AAU schools:
ASU: sort of (it is the basic science partner for Mayo Scottsdale)
UAB: Yes
Utah: Yes
Cincinnati: No
NC State: No
Georgia: No
Missouri: Yes
Oregon: Yes
Stony Brook: No
ISU: No
Nebraska: Yes

Others
USF: yes
UNM: yes

I still think UAB and ASU are the next two in. Missouri and Stony Brook the next two out. That would then put KU and UO as the next two.

PS: not trying to denigrate KU. KU, Mizzou, Utah, Oregon, and ASU are all basically cusp AAU members which is a very good thing.

From an off-field realignment perspective, Utah and KU are very similar academically and in DMA (Utah 30, KU 34). Which is pretty decent. I wish KU and Utah were in the same conference, but with those metrics I don’t think it’s the B1G.