Unc to sec?

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Both UNC and UVA are flagship universities, like Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Ole Miss Texas, Arkansas, and Mizzou. This is the SEC's reason for pursuit.

This and the North Carolina market.

And though the SEC needs no help with football I can't imagine they would push away a basketball program either. It is not like the SEC does not want to succeed at basketball and would see this as a bad thing.

[AppSt94]

Both UNC and UVA are flagship universities, like Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Ole Miss Texas, Arkansas, and Mizzou. This is the SEC's reason for pursuit.

This and the North Carolina market.

While football absolutely drives the SEC, bringing in UNC and UVA could add to the bball and help challenge for overall conference supremacy against the B1G. Having strength across all platforms could further add to the ability to break from the NCAA, which has always been the popular rumor.

That, coupled with the fact that neither school challenges the current SEC members in football, but adds viewers and name recognition, could be seen as a reason to add both.

Can you imagine how much of a pre-season paper Tiger UNC will be as members of the SEC? They’ll consistently be ranked top 10 in every poll, only to finish 6-6 and 25th 🤪

Agree that moving to the SEC doesn’t really help them get better in football. The other aspect is the SEC doesn’t sponsor many of the sports that UNC excels in. So while joining the SEC in football and basketball looks like a cool thing, what do they do with their elite level soccer, lacrosse, and women’s field hockey teams?

They are not going to the SEC. Both will be going to the BIG as it is just a much better fit.

Agree. It’s the BIG or nowhere.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

This and the North Carolina market.

While football absolutely drives the SEC, bringing in UNC and UVA could add to the bball and help challenge for overall conference supremacy against the B1G. Having strength across all platforms could further add to the ability to break from the NCAA, which has always been the popular rumor.

That, coupled with the fact that neither school challenges the current SEC members in football, but adds viewers and name recognition, could be seen as a reason to add both.

Can you imagine how much of a pre-season paper Tiger UNC will be as members of the SEC? They’ll consistently be ranked top 10 in every poll, only to finish 6-6 and 25th 🤪

Agree that moving to the SEC doesn’t really help them get better in football. The other aspect is the SEC doesn’t sponsor many of the sports that UNC excels in. So while joining the SEC in football and basketball looks like a cool thing, what do they do with their elite level soccer, lacrosse, and women’s field hockey teams?

They are not going to the SEC. Both will be going to the BIG as it is just a much better fit.

Agree. It’s the BIG or nowhere.

So Maryland was in the vanguard all along.