UConn Is Forcing the Big 12 to Reconsider Expansion, Plus Joey McGuire Gets in on the Big 12 Drama
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Should the Big 12 reconsider expansion with UConn after another deep postseason run?
Heartland College Sports' Pete Mundo breaks down why UConn continues to make a strong case as a future Big 12 addition, what it would mean for the conference, and whether the timing is finally right.
Plus, Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire sounds off on the Big 12 over a potential Friday night football game vs. Houston, and what it says about the league moving forward.
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| 0:00.0 | Is it time to reconsider the Yukon Big 12 conversation? |
| 0:05.4 | I'm Pete Mundo. |
| 0:06.1 | We're Heartland College Sports. |
| 0:07.5 | We cover the Big 12. |
| 0:08.6 | Thank you, as always, for joining us being here. |
| 0:11.6 | Yeah, the Big 12 basketball season's over. |
| 0:13.8 | Although, shout out to West Virginia winning the crown, the inaugural crown, and Arizona |
| 0:19.9 | getting to the final four. |
| 0:21.3 | As we sit here getting set for the national championship, no matter what happens, you have a |
| 0:26.1 | Yukon program that is getting set to play in the national championship and could win its third |
| 0:31.3 | in four years. A couple of years ago, the Big 12 was potentially strongly considering adding |
| 0:36.7 | Yukon as an expansion member. Did the Big 12 screw potentially strongly considering adding Yukon as an expansion member. |
| 0:39.5 | Did the Big 12 screw that up? |
| 0:41.4 | Well, it's easy to say yes in hindsight. |
| 0:43.7 | It is easy to sit here right now and say, yeah, they missed the mark on that. |
| 0:47.9 | And Yukon may be a valuable addition to the ACC before long. |
| 0:51.7 | That's entirely possible. |
| 0:53.5 | Should the Big 12 pounce right now, does that make |
| 0:55.9 | sense? I thought it made sense a year and a half to two years ago. I think it makes sense now. |
| 1:01.7 | And there are multiple reasons for that. So Danny Hurley has put together another great march. |
| 1:09.1 | Win or lose the national championship should not change the |
| 1:13.2 | conversation. But you have a Big 12 conference that is leaning into basketball more than ever before. |
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