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Big 12 mailbag: Placing the expansion candidates into tiers

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In this week's Big 12 Twitter mailbag, I place the expansion candidates into tiers, and weigh in on who brings the most to the table from a culinary perspective.

On to the 'bag:

@Jake_Trotter with all these candidate (what is it 20 now?) who are the real serious contenders?

— John Robert (@JJanusik33) August 19, 2016

Trotter: Out of the 20 schools, I feel like there are four tiers for the moment. Tier 1: BYU, Cincinnati, Houston; Tier 2: Connecticut, Central Florida, Colorado State; Tier 3: Memphis, South Florida, Boise State, Tulane.