Boston College
Suffice to say, Boston College has not exactly been a successful basketball conference in recent memory. Ever since the Eagles joined the ACC nearly two decades ago, the basketball program has pretty much been an afterthought, but that doesn’t mean it won’t factor into these considerations. Frankly, a change of scenery could be a major win for the college as a whole.
Boston College made a pair of Elite Eight appearances and had a number of other successes while members of the Big East Conference, which they left back in 2005. In fact, the Eagles actually won the Big East regular season title in their final season before experiencing limited success in the ACC. As such, they’re also familiar with several of the teams still in that league, including Connecticut, Georgetown, Villanova, and a few others.
Geographically, the Big East makes the most sense for Boston College, who’s seemed a little out of place in a conference that stretches all the way down to Florida on the east coast. There’s no guarantee of future success, but clearly, Boston College’s best years came when they were in the conference. With no football sponsored by the Big East, they’d have some considerations to make, though they could choose to refocus their resources as UConn did with their own football team.