Trib: Big Ten expansion talk has USF's attention

[dabull80]

It was wierd hearing the name Tom Crean and it being the B-10

[smazza]

anything is possible

[mikebeau]

The current Big 10 schools would love to have a nice place like Tampa to roadtrip to, but I'm afraid trying to compete in the Big 10 would be brutal for USF.

doubt big 10 wants a southern team

You're not keeping up...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5196584

The potential travel costs for Michigan are a real concern for Brandon, who's new to the job, even if his budget is "in excess of $100 million."

"We service 750-ish athletes and the consequences of changes in the composition of the conference are a material issue to my life," Brandon said.

For example.

"I've got to get student-athletes to and from competitions, and I've got to get them in class," he said. "That's one of the things that I really want to get an understanding of from a scheduling competition standpoint. In a world where we expand the geographic scope of the conference and just the number of places that we go, how will we make that happen in a way that's affordable and consistent with our values?"