Of all the exciting things to happen on the field yesterday for the conference, the most important victory may have been the reports that have surfaced that Syracuse University and the University of Pittsburgh have applied for membership in the ACC. For awhile it looked like another conference (the SEC) might attempt to go after Florida State and cause the ACC to scramble for survival. This move makes this all this mute as the ACC will immediately move back to the top of the basketball rankings and move closer to being a 16-member superconference.
This move also makes it less likely for the rumored Texas move to the ACC to happen as well. In the end this is probably better for the members of the ACC seeing how unhappy all the members of the former Big 12 are with the power that UT has recently established with huge television contracts. It also seems better for everyone involved to keep the ACC strictly in the Eastern Time Zone for viewing purposes as well.
The question is now who will be the last two teams to step-in . . . my best guess is that West Virginia will be one the second spot will be a battle between Rutgers, South Florida and possibly UConn.
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