As fans, everyone has this scenario for implosion of the BIG EAST and starting a new, basketball only conference. Everyone seems to think the University Presidents and ADs are the driving forces. What if MU, and whomever our current bretheren may be, do this in reverse fashion by going to NBC and/or FoxSports saying "give us a conference you want to see and let us know what the numbers are and we will react". This would maximize exposure and probably income by giving the networks exactly what they want. So the networks devise a football side and a basketball side--whether in one conference or two--all of which results in hoops keeping MSG--which is the best possible conference tourney venue. Maybe they can even be the driving force behind the implosion of and combination of the BIG EAST and ACC in some fashion should NC and FSU and GT and Clemson leave the ACC. This makes a lot more sense to me than frantic phone calls after any given school defects.