Love the maps GTS. Excellent work!

That said, I really don't understand the need/desire to "fill in the map". UofL wasn't invited to the ACC because of some need to connect Indiana (Notre Dame) to the rest of the conference. It wasn't invited because Kentucky is a contiguous state to Virginia. UofL was invited to the conference because the ACC felt UofL was the best candidate for membership.

Geography is nice but in my mind it takes a back seat to things like overall athletic success, financial and community support, TV appeal (which is not the same thing as home TV market), and the ability to increase (or at least not decrease) conference revenues. If Texas wanted to join the ACC as a full member (and I am not saying they do), would anyone say "No thanks, you aren't in our footprint".