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Big 12 formally exploring expansion
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All signs now point to the Big 12 expanding sooner rather than later. An announcement Tuesday afternoon from commissioner Bob Bowlsby and Oklahoma president David Boren, the chair of the Big 12's board of directors, noted the conference would actively evaluate schools who showed prior interest to joining.
"A number of universities, as you well know, have contacted the Big 12 to express interest in our conference," Boren said. "And the board today directed the commissioner to actively evaluate their interests and to report back those evaluations which he will make back to the board at a future board meeting.