HEY! A key Tweet!

[Fishy]

I doubt it's good news for us because, well, good news likes to avoid us, but this is a key tweet.

 

[noeynox]

Just saw that on twitter. When was Huggins told? UConn did play WVU in PR. Your right, wtf am I thinking.

 

[CL82]

Hmm, interesting though it is, because the Tweet originates from West Virginia, it is not a key tweet.

 

[IceBus]

I'd like to see the old Big East reformed. The schools were much closer to UConn than the ones in the Big Ten.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Hooray!!! We're about to get kicked in the balls again. Awesome!

 

[Mots010]

At least this time we won't get our balls tickled just prior to the boot crushing them.

 

[WestHartHusk]

OK...who would call old huggy bear? I don't think Pastner has any relation and I don't think he has a great friendship with Mick. Perhaps old Jimmy C?

 

[Fishy]

He doesn't have a good relationship with Cronin - they had a falling out years ago.

Dave Rose, at BYU, has no apparent overlap with Huggins. Josh Pastner would certainly know Huggins, but there's nothing to indicate they've ever worked together or are especially close. But....

UCF's Donnie Jones...is from West Virginia.

 

[WestHartHusk]

He doesn't have a good relationship with Cronin - they had a falling out years ago.

Dave Rose, at BYU, has no apparent overlap with Huggins. Josh Pastner would certainly know Huggins, but there's nothing to indicate they've ever worked together or are especially close. But....

UCF's Donnie Jones...is from West Virginia.

UCF seems the most plausible.

 

[Point6]

Wow, how does Frank reconcile his own tweet with his view that, whatever it is, it's not going to happen?

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Frank the Tank ‏@frankthetank111
FWIW: Bob Huggins at 1:17:30 mark: non-power school coach told him they had "emergency meeting" re: Big 12 invite http://Post original url/1384SbI

Alex ‏@AlexAmend08 2h2 hours ago
@frankthetank111 which non power school?

Tone of Huggins' comment strongly suggested a current coach, not a past coach, mentioned the "emergency meeting". So, it was Ollie.

 

[Huskybite]

UCF seems the most plausible.

FWIW

http://www.sportstalkflorida.com/four-reasons-ucf-will-not-join-the-big-12/

 

[sub legacy]

Hooray!!! We're about to get kicked in the balls again. Awesome!

It's not really a kick in the balls if you see it coming.

 

[RedStickHusky]

It's not really a kick in the balls if you see it coming.

Yeah, I don't recommend testing that hypothesis.

 

[Penfield]

I knew Huggins was the Dude of WV all along... or is it M Hver 3??

 

[CTGoonie]

I just listened to that portion of his radio show. I think the most likely school that is referenced is SMU. Their Board of Regents held an emergency meeting as soon as Bowlsby made his comments about the B12 might need to expand. Makes sense that Larry Brown would call Huggins to immediately work on their relationship.

 

[WestHartHusk]

I just listened to that portion of his radio show. I think the most likely school that is referenced is SMU. Their Board of Regents held an emergency meeting as soon as Bowlsby made his comments about the B12 might need to expand. Makes sense that Larry Brown would call Huggins to immediately work on their relationship.

If it is not us, then I hope it is SMU, or some other nonsensical pick, because that would speed along the destruction of one of the P5. SMU adds nothing to the B12 in terms of market (Texas/TCU), football or basketball.

 

[Ha Who]

Looks like it is time to monitor the changing landscape from conference USA 2 to Yankee conference 2

 

[CTGoonie]

If it is not us, then I hope it is SMU, or some other nonsensical pick, because that would speed along the destruction of one of the P5. SMU adds nothing to the B12 in terms of market (Texas/TCU), football or basketball.

I don't think SMU was offered an invite. I just think they are the ones that had the emergency meeting. Huggins doesn't say they were invited only that a "particular coach at a particular school" told him his school had an emergency meeting. My bet is SMU was overreacting and that there is nothing else to see here...

 

[Stinger92860]

Was it an emergency to discuss why they DID or DID NOT get an invite? Whomever it is, they may be trying to recover, like the Ville did.

 

[Dooley]

Holy . I'm on full self-protection guard over a potential Memphis invite over us. That would send me into complete meltdown and cause me to cancel cable and cut all ties to the NCAA (except UCONN). But SMU? SMfahqingU??!?!?! I think I would quit my job, go off-grid, grow a birds nest beard, and become one of those nutty government conspiracy theorist dudes that gets my info from star gazing and a copious amount of peyote.

 

[Kolumbo]

Guys, wake up and smell the coffee. He said, "non-power school coach." Clearly he does not mean UCONN.
Re: SMU. Its colors are Harvard Red and Yale Blue? $1.4 billion endowment. Holy Sheet.

 

[Samoo]

Holy . I'm on full self-protection guard over a potential Memphis invite over us. That would send me into complete meltdown and cause me to cancel cable and cut all ties to the NCAA (except UCONN). But SMU? SMfahqingU??!?!?! I think I would quit my job, go off-grid, grow a birds nest beard, and become one of those nutty government conspiracy theorist dudes that gets my info from star gazing and a copious amount of peyote.

You're not one of those dudes already?

 

[coachcap]

So I'm driving in to work @ 8:15 & listening to Sirius-XM channel 91 & the discussion was big-12 expansion. Chris Childers & his co-host were discussing the merits of adding SMU: 15 minute drive from Big-12 offices, improved facilities, & "well, you just can't have enough Texas teams". Then Childers threw out his idea for team #12: the Huskies (of Northern Illinois).

 

[CL82]

Conference realignment is starting up again. Hang on a sec...

Okay shoot, what's the news?