Media value, Football strength, then basketball strength, geographic and population area, all go into conference considerations. The ACC may lose 2-3 schools max to the SEC/BIG. Rice won't get an interview.
It probably should be that, but it's never that clean and easy to start something that big. Mainly because of media and GOR contracts in force with the conferences and non-consistent stop dates. It's all about the revenue streams!
The only reason the PAC split up so easily was their media contract was ending and they had no Grant of Rights given to the holdovers. This is what binds the ACC now from having teams leave. The new MWC just had their remaining teams sign GORs to lock them in from going to the new PAC.
I doubt UNT would be able to follow any schools east. Tulane and USF are probably the next to go into what ever happens in the ACC, and I could see Rice going too. I think Memphis would love to go east, but I have a feeling those other schools might be a little snobby when it comes to Memphis, same can be said for UNT. Moving to the Pac12 would not be ideal in a region sense, however in terms of competition it would be a good fit for schools like Memphis, UNT, and maybe Wichita. What would be the alternative if the AAC falls apart?
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