Big Ten expansion talk has led to rampant speculation about Maryland possibly leaving the ACC for the Big Ten. The Washington Examiner’s Jim Williams has reported that Maryland might receive an invite:
The Big Ten began discussions Monday about conference expansion, and somewhere in a pile of folders is a file on the University of Maryland. According to two sources — both former Big Ten coaches — and a number of media outlets, the Terps are being considered for an invitation.
But Athletic Director Debbie Yow has said it would be news to her if the Terps were being considered as an addition.
“The discussion is a waste of time,” Yow said via e-mail today. “No communication has occurred.”
Does that mean that the Terps would turn down the invite if it were to come?
“I never ’speculate’ on possible scenarios,” Yow said, “bad form to comment on things/situations that do not exist.”
Expansion rumors are swirling, with everyone from Big 12 programs like Nebraska and Missouri all the way to Big East schools such as Pittsburgh and Rutgers joining the Big Ten. Notre Dame is apparently at the top of the Big Ten’s wish list — as they have been for years — but the Irish continue to be hesitant to abscond from their independent football status and Big East basketball affiliation.
Jeremy Schneider is The Diamondback’s Terrapin softball beat writer. He can be reached at schneider@umdbk.com.