Cincinnati pushing to join ACC

[Tugg Speedman]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8683593/cincinnati-bearcats-making-strong-push-join-acc-source

Cincinnati pushing to join ACC

By Andy Katz | ESPN.com

Cincinnati is making a strong push to gain admittance to the ACC with a campaign about why the school is a more viable option than fellow Big East members Connecticut and Louisville, a source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.

The source said Cincinnati officials are cautiously optimistic that the Bearcats are in step with both Louisville and UConn if the ACC were to choose just one school to replace Maryland, which is headed to the Big Ten.

An ACC source said the conference has no timetable to replace Maryland, but there are still a number of options. The league could replace Maryland with one or go for two or three to combat possible defections.

The source said Cincinnati has stepped up the push to get into the ACC in light of the Big East adding Tulane as an all-sports member and East Carolina in football on Tuesday.

In making its case to the ACC, Cincinnati used a combination of athletic and academic qualifications, including how well its football and men's basketball teams have done as well as the size of its endowment and place in national rankings of top universities. Among the points Cincinnati made:

" The Bearcats were one of only six teams to finish in the top 25 of the final USA Today football and men's basketball polls (joining Michigan, Michigan State, Florida State, Baylor and Wisconsin).

" Ohio is a new and fertile recruiting ground and expands the geographic footprint of the ACC. Ohio had the fifth-most NCAA Division I football signees in 2012.

" Cincinnati's endowment is more than $1 billion, which is 26th nationally and more than six members of the ACC, and twice the size of Maryland's.

" The school is tied for 34th among public research universities, according to the Center for Measuring University Performance. That's in line with several other ACC schools.

" Cincinnati has nine Fortune 500 companies in the area plus is the 35th-ranked TV market.

[nathanziarek]

Marquette has a better TV market than Cincy, more closely matches Maryland's endowment and shares more letters, making it easier on the scoreboard people. Seems like a no brainier to me.

[Dawson Rental]

The shot's up, and, its.................an airball.

[M@RQUETTEW@RRIORS]

We can laugh now.  But when the B1G get two of UNC, Virginia and V Tech.  The ACC will add two more football members at least.  They will all likely go the 16 team football model.  The big 5 conferences that is.  Cinci might be in, they might be out when all is said and done.  Id bet they get a spot in the big 5.

[Dawson Rental]

We can laugh now.  But when the B1G get two of UNC, Virginia and V Tech.  The ACC will add two more football members at least.  They will all likely go the 16 team football model.  The big 5 conferences that is.  Cinci might be in, they might be out when all is said and done.  Id bet they get a spot in the big 5.

Geez, you could have given me more than six and a half minutes to laugh.

[PBRme]

We can laugh now.  But when the B1G get two of UNC, Virginia and V Tech.  The ACC will add two more football members at least.  They will all likely go the 16 team football model.  The big 5 conferences that is.  Cinci might be in, they might be out when all is said and done.  Id bet they get a spot in the big 5.

UVA and VATech are joined at the hip

[Groin_pull]

UVA and VATech are joined at the hip

The Big 10 might avoid that whole Virginia political mess and grab Georgia Tech to pair with UNC.

[MattyWarrior]

The Big East is ruined. I hate all this crap going on after signing such a great class and the team we already have.
Its just one big cluster and the NCAA is useless. Big state schools have all the swag whether there good or bad.