They played Big 12 newcomers Cincinnati, Houston and UCF in the AAC. The Tigers have a rich basketball history, as well as a pretty strong football program over the last decade or so. You would be getting the biggest media market in the Mid South. Even if it doesn’t happen, I still think it serves a league like the Big 12 to look long and hard at potentially adding Memphis into the fold. UConn competes independently on the gridiron.Įven if Yormark seems lukewarm on the Big 12 adding Memphis, is there still meat on that bone? Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark refutes league potentially adding Memphis To date, their biggest targets seem to be the Pac-12’s Four Corners universities, especially former league member Colorado, as well as Gonzaga and UConn on the hoops side of things. It is just not at the top of the priority list for Yormark and his league. Truth be told, Memphis is still not a bad potential expansion candidate for the Big 12.

Just spoke to Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark about the multiple reports that the Big 12 has met with Memphis: “I’ve never met with anyone at Memphis about adding them to the Big 12, nor have I been on campus.”

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