Who is reporting stories on ACC expansion? When did major conferences start kicking out members instead of just adding new ones? When did Duke football become some huge, untouchable cash cow for the ACC? So many questions. If there is a crown jewel in the ACC right now, Clemson, FSU and Miami, at minimum, are more desirable than UNC, not for the SEC, but in general. Even though the SEC would take UNC, it would rather have Texas or Oklahoma, among others.
For purposes of conference expansion, bball means nothing. When the Big 12 seemed to be falling apart, nobody wanted Kansas and its legendary bball program. If this thing were to happen, your buddy can say goodbye to the Duke bball rivalry.
I think that if any schools should be worried about conference expansion, they're in the Big 12, and at the top are Baylor, Iowa State and Kansas.