New York - Rick Pitino has his eyes on the long-term success of the Big East Conference and has long advocated for the league to expand and potentially merge with the ACC.

The Naismith Hall of Fame coach said Thursday he believes UConn will “keep trying to move to another conference” and he would “love” for Notre Dame to join the Big East.

Notre Dame, of course, has made headlines in recent days after its football team was excluded from the College Football Playoff, and its AD, Pete Bevacqua, then slammed the ACC for its perceived role in the snub.

“I think Notre Dame, if they were to do something, they’d be more likely to join the ACC in football than they would [the Big East],” Pitino said Thursday in response to a question from NJ Advance Media. “We would love to have them back [in t

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