too is because the NC govt decided last year (I think) that UNC and NC State MUST be joined at the hip if either school were ever to decide to leave the ACC for a P2 conference. If the NC govt isn't willing to change that requirement or allow the schools to end up in separate P2 conferences, then the Big Ten may not be willing to add NC State, who I believe is currently not an AAU member, in order to add UNC. It may come down to how badly does either conference want to add UNC. It may even offer insight as to why Greg thinks the SEC will add 4 schools in the future. Assuming the 4 schools include some sort of combination of UNC/NC State package because that would be 2 schools right there.