Memphis still in Big 12 mix after Colorado leaves Pac-12 | Report

Memphis is still in the Big 12 mix after Colorado joins the conference following the 2023-24 season, according to a report from Action Network's Brett McMurphy. The report Thursday afternoon stated that the Big 12 will look to add one to three more schools to have an even number of teams. The conference currently has 14 members; Texas and Oklahoma are leaving for the SEC in 2024, making Colorado No.

13. The conference first will look at other Pac-12 schools, such as Arizona and Utah, before considering Group of Five schools, according to the report. McMurphy lists Memphis, UConn, San Diego State and UNLV as the Group of Five possibilities, along with SMU as a "long shot.

" Big 12 will add b/w 1 & 3 schools to join Colorado in 2024, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. League will 1st seek others from Pac-12 to join. If none do so, Big 12 would add 1 Group of 5 (UConn, Memphis, SDSU or UNLV) to reach even number of teams in 2024https://t.

co/j31J8IUMQN pic. twitter. com/rXcumkWoqn — Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) July 27, 2023 The Big 12.

, which issued an invitation to Colorado on Wednesday, added three former AAC schools this season: UCF, Houston and Cincinnati. Colorado's board of regents on Thursday voted unanimously to leave the Pac-12 and rejoin the Big 12 starting in 2024. Memphis' interest in the Big 12 is no secret.

In early June, a report surfaced that there was evidence of a potential courtship between the two. CollegeAD, citing anonymous sources, reported that several Big 12 officials, including commissioner Brett Yormark, made an "under the radar" visit to Memphis as part of the conference's "due diligence" efforts. Yormark, speaking with ESPN's Pete Thamel on June 9, publicly addressed the matter.

“I’ve never met with anyone at Memphis about adding them to the Big 12, nor have I been on campus," Yormark told Thamel. More: Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark weighs in on report of 'campus visit' with Memphis Earlier this month, Yormark said at the conference's media day that he would consider adding schools from outside the Power Five. “As it relates to a school that is non-Power Five, if they create value and they align well with our goals and objectives, it’s a conversation we’ll consider having,” Yormark said.

“The great thing about my board and my AD partnership is that we collaborate all the time. We can agree to disagree on certain things and we have throughout the year. I’ve learned a lot from both governance groups, but again, if within the value equation, there is alignment, Power Five or non-Power Five, we’ll look to pursue it.

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