![]() The Pac-12 is not dead and it has options to stay afloat. Memphis and SMU are not on the Big 12's board at the moment, sources tell 247Sports. UConn would owe the Big East a hefty exit fee of $30 million. Meanwhile, the Big 12 has also explored adding UConn and Gonzaga, the latter of which would be a basketball-only member. Utah has remained committed to the Pac-12 throughout this wild year (both publicly and privately) and likely needs one more Pac-12 mate (Arizona or Arizona State) to move before they contemplate a new home, sources tell 247Sports. ![]() Arizona State's university leadership has been cautious with the changing landscape and is not bullish on moving to the Big 12, sources tell 247Sports. Members of Arizona's board of regents have expressed a desire to keep Arizona State and Arizona in the same conference, sources tell 247Sports, but that is not expected to be a roadblock if the Wildcats want to go alone and join Colorado in the Big 12. The university is open to discussing its future and the Big 12 has communicated with the Wildcats' leadership for several months. ![]() Yormark's primary target is Arizona, sources tell 247Sports. Yormark also ordered a rebrand of the conference beginning in 2024, so it's clear the former NBA executive has plans for aggressive expansion. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark has visited with basketball powers UConn and Gonzaga, and the communication lines with the Arizona schools have been open since the spring. The conference could hit the new benchmark for a "super" conference with 16 members, placing the Big 12 in the same neighborhood as the richest neighbors on the block (Big Ten and SEC). The Big 12 wants an even number of schools, and as it stands now the conference will have 13 members in 2024 with Colorado. Colorado is the first domino that may send the other Four Corners schools - Arizona, Arizona State and Utah - tumbling east into Big 12 Country. The Pac-12 has been bleeding out since UCLA and USC's announcement last summer, and the Big 12 is not done creeping across the Pac-12 countryside seeking new blood, sources tell 247Sports.Ģ47Sports reported May 5 that the Big 12 was confident it could lure several Pac-12 programs to the Big 12 this summer. Let's take a look at conference realignment and what's on the horizon in the near future.Ĭolorado's decision to rejoin the Big 12 might be the beginning of the end for the Pac-12. More likely, however, is another string of moves that will affect multiple conferences. What's next? At the very least, the Pac-12 needs to add another member in the near future. The Pac-12 has only nine members in good standing heading into 2024 with Colorado on the way out and USC and UCLA jumping to the Big Ten. As coach Deion Sanders puts it to 247Sports, it's a "game-changing move." The Buffaloes' departure from the Pac-12 is also a gut punch for the Power Five's conference in the West, and more members will soon have decisions to make on whether to stick around or bolt for new homes. The Buffaloes announced Thursday they will rejoin the Big 12 conference in 2024, just 14 years after leaving for the Pac-12. Three significant dominoes have fallen in the Pac-12, and Colorado is not the final moveable piece on the table. VIDEO: Impact Of Colorado's Move On Pac-12 And Rest Of Power 5 ![]()
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