But what conference is going to be able to compete with the Big 12 on the NCAA boards? Widely considered to be the country’s top sporting event for several years now, the central United States conference will soon enter a new dimension.
After having already integrated Houston, Cincinnati, Brigham Young (BYU), Central Florida (UCF) and Colorado a few days ago, the Big 12 is in negotiations to strike its biggest blow: integrate Arizona !
According to ESPN, the departure of the Pac-12 Wildcats should be formalized soon, and we imagine that the migration will be effective from the 2024 offseason, as for Colorado, to coincide with the end of the current Pac conference TV contract -12. The deal comes to an end after the 2023/24 campaign.
In a year, after departures to the SEC from Texas and Oklahoma, the Big 12 would therefore be made up of: Arizona, Baylor, BYU, Colorado, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia!
An absolutely insane level, which should eventually push other conferences to change their compositions to try to compete…
