EXPLAINED: What the pac 12 s demise means for college hoops - The Real Truth

Last week’s landscape-altering conference-realignment moves have left a Power 5 league staggering and seen some of college athletics’ biggest brands switch conference affiliations. The Big 12 started this round of realignment with its move to swipe Colorado from the Pac-12, and the Big Ten went in for the kill with Oregon and Washington.

In general, these moves are made entirely based on football. It’s why Stanford, the nation’s best athletic department 26 out of the last 29 years, is left in flux as things stand today. The money involved in the highest levels of college football has made even the cash from the men’s NCAA tournament look like a drop in the bucket. That means major shifts to the college basketball world happen with little mind paid to the sport itself. Here’s where things stand now for each of the most-impacted leagues and the big questions that still need answering.