With TCU's impending move to Big 12

[SelectionSunday]

What the major basketball conferences could look like in 2012-13. I'm assuming Rutgers and UConn will join Pitt & Syracuse in the exodus to the ACC. For now keeping Mizzou in Big 12.

The Big East really needs to convince UConn to stay. Keep UConn and maybe add some combination of Memphis/Xavier/Temple & that would be a decent stop-gap for Big East hoops.

Conferences are listed in order of Final Four appearances by its expected members. Final Four appearances since 1999-2000 season are listed in parentheses.

ACC (16)
Boston College
Clemson
Duke (3)
Florida State
Georgia Tech (1)
Maryland (2)
Miami-Florida
North Carolina (4)
NC State
Pitt
Rutgers
Syracuse (1)
UConn (3)
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Final Four Appearances since 2000: 14
National Championships since 2000: 8 (Duke 2, North Carolina 2, UConn 2, Maryland, Syracuse)

B1G (12)
Illinois (1)
Indiana (1)
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State (5)
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State (1)
Penn State
Purdue
Wisconsin (1)

Final Four Appearances since 2000: 9
National Championships since 2000: 1 (Michigan State)

Big 12 (10)
Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas (3)
Kansas State
Mizzou
Oklahoma (1)
Oklahoma State (1)
Texas (1)
TCU
Texas Tech

Final Four Appearances since 2000: 6
National Championships since 2000: 1 (Kansas)

SEC (13)
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida (3)
Georgia
Kentucky (1)
LSU (1)
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Vandy

Final Four Appearances since 2000: 5
National Championships since 2000: 2 (Florida 2)

Pac 12 (12)
Arizona (1)
Arizona State
Cal
Colorado
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA (3)
USC
Utah
Washington
Wazzu

Final Four Appearances since 2000: 4
National Championships since 2000: 0

Big East (12)
Cincinnati
DePaul
Georgetown
Louisville (1)
Marquette (1)
Notre Dame
Providence
Saint John's
Seton Hall
USF
Villanova (1)
West Virginia (1)

Final Four Appearances since 2000: 4
National Championships since 2000: 0

 

[jovs]

Missouri will be in the SEC almost a given now.

What happens to the Big 12 is the question with only 8 members, do they expand to include BYU and TCU, or do they join with the left over Big East teams. How does Texas and Oklahoma fit those scenario's.

I think there is a distinct possiblity that the basketball only Big East schools will build a conference, maybe add Gonzaga and Xavier to make it a National Catholic League.

 

[dingo]

Thats where I see it going as well. The Big East should be a basketball only conference, which could be real powerful if done correctly. Here would be a pretty solid 10 team hoops conference.

Georgetown
Depaul
Marquette
St Johns
Villanova
Xavier
Dayton
Seton Hall
Providence
Butler