BC Interruption - ACC Expansion: League Presidents To Vote On Louisville WednesdayA Boston College Eagles Community.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47285/bci-fave.png2012-11-29T14:20:50-05:00http://www.bcinterruption.com/rss/stream/34659972012-11-29T14:20:50-05:002012-11-29T14:20:50-05:00Louisville To Be Added To Atlantic Division?
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<p>While nothing has been officially set in stone, it looks like Louisville will join Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, N.C. State, Syracuse and Wake Forest in the Atlantic Division. That's a mistake.</p> <p>As part of yesterday's announcement of adding Louisville to the ACC, commissioner John Swofford was asked where Louisville will fit into the divisional alignment. While nothing has been set in stone, Swofford anticipates that Louisville will join Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, N.C. State, Syracuse and Wake Forest in the Atlantic Division.</p>
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<p><i>"We have not had any conversations of that nature. I think that our anticipation is that Louisville will jump right into the decisions that have already been made in terms of a 14‑team league and take Maryland's place in terms of the Atlantic Division in football and simply to take Maryland's place in terms of our basketball scheduling and other Olympic sports scheduling, as well."</i></p>
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<p>When asked whether Louisville would simply inherit Maryland's crossover rival (Virginia), Swofford further added the anticipation would be that Louisville would be paired with Virginia.</p>
<p>The future ACC divisional alignment would look like this:</p>
<p><b>Atlantic Division</b><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/boston-college-eagles">Boston College Eagles</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/clemson-tigers">Clemson Tigers</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/florida-st-seminoles">Florida St. Seminoles</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/louisville-cardinals">Louisville Cardinals</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/n-c-state-wolfpack">N.C. State Wolfpack</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/syracuse-orange">Syracuse Orange</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/wake-forest-demon-deacons">Wake Forest Demon Deacons</a></p>
<p><b>Coastal Division</b><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/duke-blue-devils">Duke Blue Devils</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/georgia-tech-yellow-jackets">Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/miami-hurricanes">Miami Hurricanes</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/north-carolina-tar-heels">North Carolina Tar Heels</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/pittsburgh-panthers">Pittsburgh Panthers</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/virginia-cavaliers">Virginia Cavaliers</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/virginia-tech-hokies">Virginia Tech Hokies</a></p>
<p>Crossover rivals: Boston College-Virginia Tech, Clemson-Georgia Tech, Florida State-Miami, Louisville-Virginia, N.C. State-North Carolina, Syracuse-Pittsburgh, Wake Forest-Duke</p>
<p>Makes sense that the early thought process would be to simply replace Maryland with Louisville, especially with Clemson, Florida State and Syracuse (?) -- all Atlantic Division members -- <a href="http://www.nunesmagician.com/2012/11/28/3703148/syracuse-pushed-louisville-over-uconn-acc-expansion-big-east" target="_blank">pushing hard for Louisville over Connecticut</a>.</p>
<p>But the issue is that this can't make Virginia all that happy with respect to the 'Hoos' crossover rival. The Cavaliers trade in a crossover rival -- an <i>actual</i> rival -- they've met on the gridiron 76 times for one they've met ... twice (and not since 1989). Though this is a loss for the 'Hoos, it's hard to feel bad considering Virginia has been one of the conference's strongest proponents of keeping the current divisional alignment (even though the current alignment makes little sense to outsiders).</p>
<p>While I understand the reasons for sticking it out with the current Atlantic and Coastal Divisions, this is probably the right time to revisit the alignment instead of simply swapping out Maryland for Louisville. Before Louisville was added, I felt the most logical move was to <a href="http://www.bcinterruption.com/2012/10/18/3522136/acc-expansion-conference-realignment-georgia-tech-boston-college" target="_blank">make a Boston College for Georgia Tech swap</a>, sending the Eagles to the Coastal and the Jackets to the Atlantic.</p>
<p>That realignment reunited Boston College with Miami, Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech while aligning with other like-institutions Duke, North Carolina and Virginia. Similarly, Georgia Tech would join Clemson, Florida State and Wake Forest in the Atlantic -- the Jackets three closest geographic neighbors.</p>
<p>Taking this a step further, I would propose swapping Clemson for Miami. Going forward, the conference should put their eggs in an annual Florida State-Clemson, not Florida State-Miami, ACC Championship Game matchup. This sets up the possibility of an FSU-Clemson championship game tilt as well as giving the 'Noles an annual game against its three biggest conference rivals.</p>
<p><b>Atlantic Division</b><br>Florida St. Seminoles<br>Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets<br>Louisville Cardinals<br>Miami Hurricanes<br>N.C. State Wolfpack<br>Syracuse Orange<br>Wake Forest Demon Deacons</p>
<p><b>Coastal Division</b><br>Boston College Eagles<br>Clemson Tigers<br>Duke Blue Devils<br>North Carolina Tar Heels<br>Pittsburgh Panthers<br>Virginia Cavaliers<br>Virginia Tech Hokies</p>
<p>Crossover rivals: Georgia Tech-Virginia Tech, Miami-Boston College, Florida State-Clemson, Louisville-Pittsburgh, N.C. State-North Carolina, Syracuse-Virginia and Wake Forest-Duke</p>
<p>A Syracuse for Virginia swap doesn't do much for the Cavaliers -- we are talking an extra two games all-time over Virginia-Louisville -- but this does give UVa back one of its original ACC conference mates in Clemson. Virginia-Georgia Tech seems like a loss but doesn't seem as much of a stretch if you reunite UVa with Clemson. </p>
<p>There are a bunch of other benefits to this realignment -- BC gets Miami back on the yearly schedule for one. Moving Florida State vs. Miami within the division seems to put even greater importance on the game, while setting up the possibility of an FSU-Clemson rematch in the title game. It's been eight years since the ACC moved to the two divisional format. At what point does the conference figure out that the long-awaited Florida State-Miami ACC Championship Game -- which would have actually happened this year if not for Miami's self-imposed NCAA postseason ban -- isn't worth maintaining divisions that make little sense?</p>
https://www.bcinterruption.com/2012/11/29/3707124/acc-expansion-louisville-to-be-added-to-atlantic-divisionBrian F.2012-11-28T11:26:10-05:002012-11-28T11:26:10-05:00ACC Adds Louisville To Replace Maryland
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<p>It's official. Louisville is #14. #15?</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theacc.com/genrel/112812aaa.html">Riots in the streets of Storrs, Connecticut</a>.</p>
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<p><i>GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference Council of Presidents has unanimously voted to accept the University of Louisville as its newest member. The vote followed the submission of Louisville's letter of application.</i></p>
<p><i>"With the addition of the University of Louisville, the ACC continues to be well positioned for the future competing at the highest level in all facets of the collegiate experience," said the ACC Council of Presidents in a joint statement. "The ACC continues to be a vibrant conference that remains steadfast in its commitment to balancing academics and athletics."</i></p>
<p><i>"The University of Louisville will be a terrific member of the Atlantic Coast Conference," said University of North Carolina Chancellor Holden Thorp, chair of the ACC Council of Presidents. "We welcome them as full partners into the ACC."</i></p>
<p><i>"With its aggressive approach to excellence in every respect, the University of Louisville will enhance our league's culture and commitment to the cornerstones we were founded on 60 years ago," said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. "The University of Louisville is an outstanding addition to the Atlantic Coast Conference and I commend the Council of Presidents for continuing to position our league for the long-term future. If you look at what has been done over the last 15 months, the ACC has only gotten stronger with the additions of Louisville, Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse."</i></p>
<p><i>"The University of Louisville is honored to join the ACC, a conference with a long history of excellence in athletics and academics," said Dr. James Ramsey, President, University of Louisville. "The ACC will be a great home for UofL and our commitment to great academics, groundbreaking research and top-notch athletic teams."</i></p>
<p><i>"When it became apparent to us that we needed to make a move, the ACC is the perfect fit for us and we are so elated to be joining this prestigious conference," said Tom Jurich, Vice President and Director of Athletics. "Under John Swofford's leadership, the ACC continues to prosper. We sincerely appreciate this opportunity. This will open so many more doors for us both athletically for all of our sports programs, and academically for our university. What I really like about this move is it's terrific for our fans, with the proximity of the institutions and we never have to leave the Eastern time zone. This is a credit to everyone at the University of Louisville and our community, as we have all pulled together to position ourselves for this opportunity. It's amazing what has happened here over the last 15 years. We appreciate so much what the BIG EAST Conference has meant to us."</i></p>
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<p>The ACC is set to vote on the Maryland replacement for #14, which could very well be the University of Louisville.</p> <p>According to David Glenn, ACC presidents and chancellors will <a href="http://www.accsports.com/blogs/david-glenn/2012112714123/acc-will-vote-on-expansion-wednesday-morning.php" target="_blank">meet early Wednesday morning to vote on the addition of Louisville</a> as the 14th all-sports member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Louisville is poised to replace the Big Ten-bound Maryland and is likely a net gain when it comes to the Cards' combined football / basketball programs.</p>
<p>While there has been speculation that the ACC could add either Louisville, Connecticut or Cincinnati as a replacement for Maryland, Glenn claims that the vote will be exclusively about Louisville.</p>
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<p><i>"Given the way the conversations have gone to this point, either Louisville will be approved for an invitation (Wednesday), or nobody will be approved for an invitation," one ACC source said. "Any other result would be a major surprise."</i></p>
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<p>Adding a new member of the conference requires a three-fourths majority of the 11 university presidents and chancellors. It seems that Louisville is the only expansion candidate with a realistic chance at receiving nine of the 11 votes to gain acceptance in the ACC. </p>
<p>Earlier Tuesday it was reported that Louisville was <a href="http://www.cardchronicle.com/2012/11/27/3699718/report-louisville-one-vote-shy-of-landing-acc-invite" target="_blank">one vote shy of the 75 percent approval necessary</a> to receive an invite, with Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and Wake Forest all opposing the addition of the Cardinals. Not much of a surprise that this group of four programs opposes the addition of Louisville. This is more or less the same group of programs that initially voted against the addition of Boston College as the league's 12th program. </p>
<p>The sticking point, as always, is academics. Louisville is rated much lower than other expansion candidates -- namely Connecticut and the Naval Academy -- but has a strong support base among the football-first schools including Florida State, Clemson, Georgia Tech and Miami. Given the earlier report that Louisville garnered seven of a possible 11 votes for admission, it appears unlikely that UConn has the votes necessary to gain admission to the ACC as #14. </p>
<p>Sources told ESPN that the league presidents will <a href="http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8685360/acc-expected-vote-add-louisville-cardinals-source-says" target="_blank">vote to add only one member as the remaining two Big East schools</a> -- presumably Connecticut and Cincinnati -- have no other options. Should the ACC lose more schools, it could always reload with one or both of UConn and Cincinnati.</p>
<p>Requisite academic hit aside, it's hard not to like the addition of the Cardinals. Louisville adds a competitive football program and a top ranked hoops program to the stable of ... ACC top ranked hoops programs. U of L brings a new TV market and helps bridge the geographic gap between Charlottesville and South Bend.</p>
<p>If the ACC were to take a mulligan on conference expansion and throw academic concerns by the wayside, the league probably would have picked off West Virginia long ago. But as far as reactionary expansion moves go, Louisville is likely as good an add as the ACC can pull off at this point. Adding Louisville looks like a better move than the Big Ten adding Rutgers, and the Cards are currently a better combined football / basketball program than the Terps (with a much more financially sound athletics department to boot). BCI readers approve, with <a href="http://www.bcinterruption.com/2012/11/21/3674702/ncaa-conference-realignment-acc-expansion-louisville-uconn-to-acc" target="_blank">68 percent of a 2,471 vote favoring the Cardinals over the Huskies</a>.</p>
<p>I'd imagine Louisville would replace Maryland in the ACC's Atlantic Division, joining Florida State, Clemson, N.C. State, Boston College, Syracuse and Wake Forest. Boston College is tied 3-3 with Louisville in the all-time football series. In hoops, the Eagles own a 3-2 edge in the all-time series. </p>
<p>Leave your thoughts on the possible addition of Louisville below.</p>
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<p>Louisville, Connecticut. Two programs enter, only one emerges victorious.</p> <p>So this is kind of awkward. Louisville or Connecticut? Who ya got as the ACC's #14?</p>
<p>Let us put aside personal differences for a moment with our frenemies down in Storrs. Yes, the school, led by then Attorney General Richard Blumental, sued Boston College back in 2003 and named the school's President, a Jesuit who took a vow of poverty for Christ's sake, in the lawsuit. Forget all that for a moment. As UConn fans will quickly point out, Pittsburgh sued BC, Miami and the ACC too! So did West Virginia, Rutgers and Virginia Tech. Two of five are now in the conference and two more are off to B1Gger and better things.</p>
<p>So let's take a measured approach to weighing the pros and cons of adding either school to the ACC as the Maryland replacement.</p>
<p><b>University of Connecticut, nee Storrs Agricultural School</b></p>
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<p><b>Positives:</b> Academics in line with the rest of the conference, the state of Connecticut is actually situated along the Atlantic Coast, women's shootyhoops is good, so is the men's side up until this year's NCAA Tournament ban gave the program a bit of a black eye as Calhoun exited stage left, men's varsity hockey team is joining Boston College and Notre Dame in Hockey East starting in 2014-15 though they aren't very good at hockey, wins lots of Big East championships in a watered-down talent pool, football team is coached by the Big East's all-time winningest coach, made a BCS bowl game a few years ago.</p>
<p><b>Negatives: </b>Really no TV market to speak of claiming neither the Boston nor New York television markets (plenty of overlap with BC, Syracuse and Notre Dame), doesn't play on-campus for football (The Rent in East Hartford) or hockey (XL Center for Hockey East games), men's basketball team is banned from this year's NCAA Tournament (because the conference needs more run-ins with the NCAA), men's hockey is awful, men's hockey brings us one program closer to being forced into ACC Hockey (awkward as it sounds), football program's BCS bowl game was attended by approximately 3,500 fans, school took a bath on their one BCS bowl trip that they love to rub in BC fan's noses because they think college football history started in 2000, small football following, little-to-no football history, to be sure, the conference doesn't need more basketball-first schools.</p>
<p><b>How'd They'd Fare In The ACC:</b> I'd imagine Connecticut would be the most "Maryland" Maryland replacement out of the two. In a normal, non-NCAA Tournament ban year I'd expect the Huskies to be competitive in the ACC and finish in the top half of the league table annually (in the upper half of the conference along with North Carolina, Duke, N.C. State, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and the hot Florida program of the year).</p>
<p>Football is another story. The long-term prospects for UConn football look about as good as BC's right now; possibly worse given that we are only a few days away from circus cannon-ing Spaz and Pasqualoni is just getting started in East Hartford. Many of the Huskies Olympic sports programs would be very competitive in the ACC, but I'd imagine UConn would quickly find out how sick nasty this conference is in the Olympic sports. This isn't the Big East where you can line the trophy case with Olympic Sports trophy after Olympic Sports trophy, especially competing against the likes of North Carolina and Virginia (though admittedly, Maryland leaving does ease the old guard ACC's strangehold on conference championships a bit).</p>
<p><b>Impact To Boston College: </b>Despite what UConn fans will tell you, there isn't a great rivalry on the gridiron between BC and UConn. The two schools have met just four times since World War II -- all four meetings were during UConn's transition to Division I-A big boy football, which started in 2000. Unlike football, Boston College and UConn share a long history on the hardwood. The New England Cold War has deprived everyone of a great regional rivalry in men's basketball, though the series is very one-sided in favor of Connecticut. Most other sports still play annually so there is little impact to a UConn add, other than slightly reduced conference travel costs.</p>
<p><b>ACC Doppleganger: </b></p>
<p>Football: Wake Forest and/or possibly Syracuse. I'm going to get roasted on this one in the comments section, but I maintain BC will stay above Connecticut in football over the long-term.</p>
<p>Basketball: Florida State / N.C. State / Notre Dame. Slightly behind the big four -- North Carolina, Duke, Syracuse and Pittsburgh -- but will make things interesting most years and will definitely finish in the top half of the league table more years than not. This is a compliment, OK guys?</p>
<p>Baseball: Boston College or Notre Dame. Watching northern schools trying to compete with the southern powers is hilarious.</p>
<p><b>University of Louisville</b></p>
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<p><b>Positives: </b>Football program is one win away from the school's second BCS berth as a member of the Big East, brought 35,000 fans to their first BCS bowl back in 2006 (Orange Bowl), basketball program has (very) recently surpassed UConn's men's hoops in a superficial, "what have you done for me lately" kind of way, basketball program prints money, seriously they are rolling in money, men's soccer is very good, new television market, contiguous state (Kentucky shares a border with both Virginia and Indiana), not overshadowed by multiple professional sports teams, on-campus facilities, significantly larger football and basketball stadiums, doesn't sponsor men's varsity hockey keeping the ACC Hockey Death Star at bay, could serve as a "western" travel partner for Notre Dame in all the other sports not football, Louisville seems like the stability candidate, keeping Florida State and Clemson happy.</p>
<p>On that last point, I believe the perception among the Florida State, Clemson and to a lesser extent, Georgia Tech fan bases are that adding Louisville would be far superior to adding Connecticut. Like I said, has everything to do with perception. I don't think these schools LOVED the Syracuse and Pittsburgh adds, and adding UConn seems like more of the same -- skewing the conference's influence further northward. I think it's possible that adding UConn would be more of an impetus for FSU and Clemson to look towards the Big 12 than adding Louisville would.</p>
<p><b>Negatives: </b>Academics, not going to put a ton of weight into the college rankings (USN&WR, Forbes) but by these measures Louisville would instantly the worst ranked school in a conference which prides itself on its high marks, famously NOT Kentucky or Ohio State in its own market, not a very large TV market, Rick Pitino, unclear the long-term trajectory of the Louisville football program once Charlie Strong gets the opportunity to move back into the SEC, football program was recently Kragthorpe'd (5-16 Big East over three seasons), hardly "Atlantic" or "Coastal," could be ripe for poaching should the Big 12 decide to expand beyond 10 programs.</p>
<p><b>How'd They'd Fare In The ACC: </b>Maryland fans don't want to hear this, but Louisville is a short-term upgrade in both the football and basketball departments. The men's hoops program just went to the Final Four and is currently ranked #2 in the country. Football is a win away from a BCS bowl. Maryland is more than a decade removed from both of those accomplishments and hasn't really been a factor in the ACC for football since Miami and Virginia Tech joined for the 2004 season. There are obviously some Olympic sports where Louisville will fall short of Maryland -- notably men's lacrosse (which UofL doesn't have) and men's soccer -- but the loss to both is mitigated by the Syracuse and Notre Dame adds (in lax) and Louisville for men's soccer.</p>
<p><b>Impact To Boston College: </b>The Eagles don't have much of any shared history with Louisville. In fact, it was the Big East's desire to add Louisville as a replacement for Miami and Virginia Tech that was another factor in BC's decision to bolt for the ACC. Boston College is tied 3-3 with Louisville all-time in football, last meeting in 1988 (a 52-28 Cardinals win). The two men's hoops programs have met just five times with BC owning a 3-2 lead in the series.</p>
<p><b>ACC Dopplegangers: </b></p>
<p>Football: You can't help but look at Louisville as another N.C. State. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the fact that both school's primary color is red or that they met in the Charlotte Bowl last year. Both seem like sleeping football giants that, given the right coach, can lead them to challenge Florida State, Clemson, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech at the top of the league table most years.</p>
<p>Basketball: Again, N.C. State. Or Pittsburgh. I don't think Louisville is to the basketball blue blood status of North Carolina, Duke or Syracuse, but they have the potential to break through and finish in the top four in the conference standings in most years.</p>
<p>Baseball: I can't find a comparable ACC program here. In the ACC, either you make the NCAA Tournament every single season -- Florida State, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Virginia -- or you never make it -- Boston College, Maryland, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh, etc. Maybe North Carolina fits here, but I think that would be selling the Heels baseball program short a bit.</p>
<p>So who ya got? Louisville? Connecticut? Vote below and leave your thoughts in the comments section.</p>
https://www.bcinterruption.com/2012/11/21/3674702/ncaa-conference-realignment-acc-expansion-louisville-uconn-to-accBrian F.