Daily Oklahoman: Why UConn should join BYU as Big 12’s best expansion candidates
by Berry Tramel
Yuta Ikeda ripped a drive off the first tee of the PGA Championship’s third round a few weeks ago in Springfield, N.J., and with the ball still in flight, a voice boomed loud and clear over the TNT telecast.
Mike Paonessa of Cromwell, Conn., did not yell the traditional golf fan refrain of “You Da Man!†or “Get in the hole!†Paonessa was on a mission.
He yelled, “UCONN! BIG 12!â€
Schools are doing all kinds of things to make their case to be included in Big 12 expansion. Houston is practicing politics. Memphis has resorted to bribery. Brigham Young offers its résumé. But we haven’t heard much from Connecticut, outside of the Baltusrol gallery.
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