The report quotes Kansas basketball coach Bill Self as saying Arizona is the most important of the four Pac-12 schools to get to join the Big 12.
Kansas State coach Jerome Tang also mentioned Arizona as a key to conference realignment, calling all four schools"a natural fit for us."Reports have circulated since the summer that the Four Corners schools could move to the Big 12.
Those have intensified as the Pac-12 has struggled to find a new TV deal for its remaining teams and has not yet added replacements for UCLA and Southern Cal, which are departing for the Big 10.Phil Villarreal is the senior real-time editor for KGUN 9. He is also a digital producer and host of"Phil on Film" seen weekly on Good Morning Tucson, Phil moved to KGUN after 17 years with the Arizona Daily Star. He is married and has four children.
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