Less than three years after making the move to the Big East, UConn’s name has come up in realignment discussions surrounding the Big 12 Conference. On Friday, Boardroom’s Russ Steinberg reported that league commissioner Brett Yormark recently visited Storrs to meet with the school’s administration as part of “exploratory” discussions.
This news comes after both Sports Illustrated and The Athletic mentioned UConn as a potential target for Big 12 expansion.
The conference is set to lose its major powers in Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC, with BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF joining alongside remaining members Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, and West Virginia.