SEC Growing?

[adamspt2]

Rumors today of Oklahoma and possibly Texas A&M joining the SEC. If true, women's basketball will take a huge leap forward as they are both top 20 (and usually top 10) teams.

[RutRoRaggy]

I brought this up long ago, the SEC seems to be way behind on this

My 4 picks to get the SEC to 16 are: Texas A&M, UNC, UVA, Maryland

All of these schools expand the SEC footprint - UL, UC, FSU, Miami, Clemson, Ga Tech are already in the SEC footprint
All of these schools are in large population states - WVA may be close, but not many people live there
All of these schools are public state flagship institutions - Wake and Tulane are good schools, but not many alumni
All of these schools are tier 1 in academics - this should be self explanatory, but smart students are important

For Big 10 thinking you might read....

http://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/getting-krunk-on-expansion-news-or-lack-thereof/

For SEC thinking you might read....

http://www.mrsec.com/2010/06/sec-candidate-updates/

Both sites offer some real insight into deeper issues on what to look for in expansion discussions

[ukhoopsatmemorial]

The more spread out the teams are, the better for expansion.

Having a Florida State join the league hurts Florida recruiting, thus hurts the league. Adding a team like FSU is not ideal. Adding a team like UofL is not idea. The Texas stuff is ideal because a team like Florida will not have recruiting affected.