Yeah, I was short on time and decided to throw the concept out there for purposes of banter as UALR, UNO, and USA are the only non-football schools of the Sun Belt and Lamar, UTA, and UTSA are the only non-football schools of the Southland. Barring major changes in membership requirements, this "Texas and three others" conference is an obvious pipe dream, especially with the glaring issue of automatic bid qualification into the NCAA Tournament. I foresaw travel New Orleans and South Alabama (Mobile) as travel partners, and would have also included Centenary and Oral Roberts if not for their sectarian status...also, is the Sun Belt really on the verge of returning to multi-bid status (ala mid-1980s)? Utah State is headed to the WAC, not the Sun Belt, and Louisiana-Lafayette isn't exactly of Western Kentucky stature just yet (esp. in light of recent events)...
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