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I think TCU competes well with UH and Memphis in terms of being in conference expansion but even then those schools being larger with a much larger natural following give them an advantage.
The Big 12 could have added UH and had a team in a large Texas metro area (that is less saturated with Big 12 fans, too), but they added TCU instead.
The Big 12 could have added Memphis and not another Texas school at all, but they added TCU.
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Could the ACC be persuaded? I don't see it, especially given the other options that would be out there.
The ACC could have added South Florida, but they added Miami instead.
The ACC could have gone after several larger, northeastern schools and they took BC instead (which ultimately led to the exclusion of UConn from ACC expansion.)
And ultimately the ACC also took Syracuse, despite its existence as a private school with less than 15,000 undergrads. They added Syracuse even though Rutgers and 40,000 students were clearly looking for a move to a major conference.
A marketable major sport can take you a long ways in realignment discussions, and TCU has that in football, baseball, and are diligently working on it with both basketball teams.
And while I don't know the ins and outs of TCU's enrollment plans, they've added over 2,000 students in just the past 5 or 6 years and are now over 10,000 students on campus.
I don't think its a slam dunk for TCU but I think they would be in the discussion, particularly with the ACC whose natural move is westward.