Angling to get UCONN into Big XII. Which currently has 16 members. They would be 17. BigXII might be covering in case they lose a member, or are fine grabbing whatever borderline power players are left unaffiliated with ACC, Big 10, or SEC. UCONN fits that bill and opens up the northeast.

Who knows maybe they grab someone like Navy who is very unique, or prepping for ACC post Clemson FSU explosion to already have a northeast presence.