Houston? I'm not sure if Texas (and it's pretty much their conference afterall) would want to add another in-state school to the Big 12, especially one that has the ability to be pretty decent, for two reasons: They don't want to battle Houston for recruits (hey, come play at Houston, we're in the Big 12 too just like the other guys in this state). Second, adding Houston doesn't expand the TV footprint for the Big 12. I understand the first, but the second is inconsequential until/unless they scrap the Longhorn Network for an all-encompassing Big VII network