The "New" Pac-10?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

I think the scenario Cannon is describing would happen over the course of like 50 years. Kansas has probably THE biggest college hoops alumni fanbase outside of Carolina maybe, and those fools travel. Kansas could play the sisters of the poor for years on end and still get the Collisons and Rushes and Collins of the world to come there. Besides, is playing Air Force, San Diego State, and Wyoming really any worse than the usual slate of Iowa State, Nebraska, and Colorado? I'd argue those three teams in particular are actually better.

You are confusing attendance at games with things that really matter. You think that Kansas versus AF at 10p eastern on CSTV is going to attract kids? You think they will maintain the athletic budget playing in a non BCS conference? Think they will miss the football revenue that they received from Texas and Oklahoma and Nebraska and the rest of the football powers in the Big 12?

Perhaps what Kansas would do is become an Independent in mens basketball like Notre Dame, make their own tv deal and play a national schedule?