football alignments with those schools that can not compete at the highest football level. Duke, Cuse, wake, Pitt? and others not invited to the big boys party could join a Big East or ACC for basketball, and form their own football conference based on their own media value with teams like UConn (and others). Align the basketball and non revs with traditional and geographic rivals, and let the football land where it may - based on the value the networks are willing to pay.