JOEY KNIGHT | Times
American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco, who probably exhaled deeper than anyone when the Big 12 announced Monday it's not expanding, spoke to reporters prior to USF's game Friday night against Temple. Here are some excerpts.
On the Big 12 not expanding (Eight AAC schools reportedly were finalists in the expansion process):
"I was talking to a person in the office today and I said to them, 'Doesn't it feel like it happened six months ago?' Obviously a weight was lifted from our shoulders. I am really glad it is over.