Houston Chronicle: UH officials hope Gordon Gee recalls visit when Big 12 mulls expansion
By Joseph Duarte
As Big 12 expansion talk heats up, the University of Houston hopes Gordon Gee remembers his visit to campus.
Gee, the West Virginia president and a member of the Big 12’s composition committee, took a tour of UH athletic facilities during a trip to Houston last November, UH’s top athletics official confirmed Tuesday.
Gee’s visit to Houston, however, was part of a regularly scheduled appearance to discuss the university’s capital campaign.
“He was not here in regard to expansion. He was here for a development exercise,” said Hunter Yurachek, UH’s vice president for intercollege athletics. …
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