Syracuse Basketball: If ACC implodes, let’s see Orange return to Big East

The latest round of conference realignment is sending shock waves throughout collegiate athletics, and if the Atlantic Coast Conference at some point ultimately collapses, I’d love to see Syracuse basketball and other SU sports return to the Big East Conference.

Of course, such a return could prove highly unlikely, given that college football and TV money are the drivers of realignment, not basketball or Olympic sports. Plus, the ACC’s grant of rights deal, which runs until 2036, seems to be airtight, so to say that the Orange’s current league is on the verge of implosion is probably a stretch.

Sure, Florida State leaders have of late voiced their displeasure with the current ACC…