of its athletics to the Big XII, but maybe not all of them. If most of the sports end up in the Big XII, it is likely that UCF, Cincy, and WVU may only make trips to Spokane for maybe half of them because the "regular season" for some of the sports (i.e. baseball, soccer, tennis, etc.) only allows a team to play the other conference foes 1 game or 1 series. Even if Oregon State and Wazzou end up in the Big XII as @tarheelblue suggests, there's no guarantee that UCF, Cincy, or WVU would have their conference schedule arranged so they play all 3 away or at home in the same season. I suspect most seasons they would only get to play 1 team or 2 teams if they are lucky. Likewise, the same scenario could apply to Gonzaga, Oregon St, and Wazzou. I probably would include Iowa State on that list given that the flight time from Ames, IA to Spokane, WA is somewhere between 5.5 and 7 hours including travel time to Des Moines, IA (Des Moines International Airport). It doesn't appear there are any direct flights between those 2 airports, so I don't know if the schools would be able to charter a direct flight vs. have a connecting flight in either Minneapolis or Denver. FWIW I know some of the "smaller DI schools" are willing to do the connecting flight option because I have seen tweets where a team was stuck at an airport due to bad weather. The reason I was curious about the travel time between those 2 airports is because either school could be starting a multi-game road trip or heading home from a multi-game road trip and it could be a much bigger issue for games played during the middle of the week. Also, it would give me an idea of the time range for the other Big XII members in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.