During the Big 12 spring meetings in West Virginia, commissioner Brett Yormark talked about the Big 12 having a plan for expansion, as well as trying to be the best basketball conference in the country.
The Big 12 will undergo a serious change in less than a month when they welcome BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF. 365 days after that, they will say goodbye to longtime members Texas and Oklahoma, and the Big 12 will look a lot different.
“We have a plan,” Yormark said. “As I’ve said all along, we have an appetite to be a national conference in our makeup from coast to coast, and we do believe in the upside of basketball moving forward as a collective group. That being said, we love our current composition, love the four new schools that are coming in next month. However, if the opportunity presents itself to create value, we will pursue it.”
The Big 12 has also been rumored to be in contention to grab basketball powers such as Gonzaga from the west coast and continue to expand the geographical reach of the conference, as well as the talent level.
“There’s a chance for us to double down as the No. 1 basketball conference in America, but football is the driver and we all know that,” Yormark said. “We’re exploring all options and considerations at this point in time.”
