This is part of The O'Colly's series on the four new members of the Big 12 Conference.
Kansas State isn’t the only group of cats in the Big 12 now.
The conference announced on Sept. 10, 2021, that four new teams would be joining the conference: Cincinnati, BYU, Houston and UCF.
As of July 1, the almost two-year-old news became official.
The best is yet to come.Welcome to Day One.#Bearcats | @Big12Conference pic.twitter.com/vovAca1Ph4
— Cincinnati Bearcats (@GoBEARCATS) July 1, 2023
The University of Cincinnati exited the American Athletic Conference after becoming one of the all-around dominant programs in the AAC.