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As an offshoot of Beebe's retirement, Missouri loses it's primary supporter of continued alignment with the Big 12.  Matt Peloquin tweeted something to the effect that many at Missouri desire the SEC move.

I'd wager it'll simmer another off season then Missouri will leave.

Speculation already out there that Louisville would be Missouri replacement target.

Elsewhere, TCU is trying to back out of the Big East deal for either the big 12 or to go back to the MWC.

Anyway you skin it, the big east as a football entity is on it's last legs.  There's just too much blood in the water.  Every single desirable member will get sucked off one by one, until you have Conference USA with the basketball schools bolted on.

Assuming the autobid isn't lost before then, that is when the split happens.

And I'll give Valpo's AD the benefit of the doubt in that he's just trying to say the right thing.  Because Butler (or anyone else) would be out the door without a second thought.

Butler is going to leave the Horizon League. When the Big East fails, whether it this year, next year, or the year after that, the Big East will split and Xavier and Butler will be invited to join the conference. (this was said in multiple places following the basketball-school only conference call early this week.  There is actually two people who popped on XavierHoops.com with details, but you can find it several places.

After the first two, the league will then assess if they want to go bigger.  I tend to think they'd take a couple more.

This really isnt the time to be ostridges with heads in the ground.  This is happening.  Everyone in the Horizon League needs to be preparing, even if UConn or Rutgers or Eest Virginia or_____ decide to jump ship now, it's going to happen.  This is a stay of execution and everyone knows it, from Georgetown all the way to Depaul.

3 years ago I said 2014.  That still sounds right.

As for everyone else, there'll be more team's moving around so there'll be places.  The natural, of course, a merger of sorts with the Summit.