What kind of scheduling problems would BYU bring to the Big 12? Here is a breakdown of all the sports in which BYU fields a varsity team and in which the Big 12 sponsors:

Other than geography, two things always have popped about BYU. 1) Its reputation as hard to deal with; and 2) Its refusal to compete on Sundays, in accordance with the Mormon church. The pain-in-the-butt stuff, we’ll look into later. The Sunday stuff, we can figure out. So let’s analyze.

The Big 12 will vote on expansion this summer, OU president David Boren says, so it’s not a bad time to start seriously vetting candidates. Not just throw out the names of schools, but look closely at the issues. Brigham Young has remained a hot candidate since the first Big 12 exodus in 2010.

Football: A non-factor. College football never is played on Sunday, with the rare exception of season-opening weekends and an occasional minor bowls. The latter never includes a Big 12 team, but Baylor, in particular, has played Sunday night games to open the year. BYU wouldn’t have to worry about that.

Men’s basketball: The Big 12 almost a decade ago changed its tournament format from Thursday-Sunday to Wednesday-Saturday. Fans and Kansas City would much prefer Thursday-Sunday. Coaches and the NCAA basketball committee much prefer Wednesday-Saturday. The coaches and the committee have won the day. If BYU joined the league, it would end all debate.

Women’s basketball: The Big 12 stages a Friday-Monday tournament. That would have to change if BYU joined the league. But it’s not like the women’s schedule is set in stone. When the tournaments were held concurrently in the same city, the women used a Tuesday-Saturday format. That all changed because the women wanted their own stage and in the best possible venues. If BYU joined the league, the Big 12 could look at going back to the same city format and finish both tournaments on Saturday; keep them separate but at the same time, so the women would use the same Wednesday-Saturday schedule; or stay apart from the men in both day and city, using a schedule that skips Sunday.

Baseball: The Big 12 Tournament uses a Wednesday-Sunday format. That would have to change. The teams wouldn’t mind — school is out in late May, and finishing on Saturday would give the teams an extra day of rest before the NCAA regionals the next week — but tournament organizers, primarily Oklahoma City, wouldn’t be crazy about it. However, with the two-bracket, double-elimination format, the Saturday schedule calls for games at 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., with the possibility of no games after that. So it’s not like the Saturday/Sunday finish crescendos to a scintillating climax. Most conference series are played Friday-Sunday, but there seems little reason why BYU series couldn’t be Thursday-Saturday or even Friday-Saturday, with a doubleheader.