16 Team ACC?

This is new UConn athletic director Warde Manuel talking to the Hartford Courant.

UConn, with multiple championships in men's and women's basketball, and its football, soccer and baseball programs on the rise, is the biggest brand name left and might look more at home in a conference such as the ACC as opposed to the new Big East. Sources told The Courant recently that the ACC has a 16-team model in place with its first choices being Notre Dame and UConn, but with Notre Dame maintaining its independent position there is no rush to go to 16. If the ACC can't convince Notre Dame, Rutgers could get the call with UConn, but sources say there is no rush there, either.

"Who knows what's going to happen with conference realignment, but the bottom line is UConn is such a great institution that my belief is we will find a home should something happen," Manuel said. "But right now — and again I haven't talked to [commissioner] John [Marinatto] at the Big East — it seems like they're making some moves to stabilize everything and we'll go from there."

via http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-big-east-expansion-0214-2...

FWIW, if ECU could deliver Notre Dame, I think the ACC would take the both of them.