You can count Jim Boeheim among the group opposed to conference expansion, and the Syracuse coach isn't shy about his feelings with his school poised to leave the Big East for the ACC.

The Birmingham News covered Boeheim speaking at the Monday Morning Quarterback Club in Birmingham. He places the blame for the current situation in college athletics on the people running the leagues that are raiding other conferences.

"If conference commissioners were the founding fathers of this country, we would have Guatemala, Uruguay and Argentina in the United States," Boeheim said. "This audience knows why we are doing this. There's two reasons: Money and football.

In regards to money, he implied the extra few million dollars earned by some schools make little sense considering the budgets are near one billion.

And Boehiem, who has coached Syracuse for 35 seasons after playing at the school, said the result of the movement may not be positive. He lamented the loss of rivalries with St. John's and Georgetown, which have been played for more than 40 years, though was hopeful the series could continue.

"We're going to end up with mega conferences and 10 years from now either I'm going to be dead wrong - and I'll be the first to admit it - or everybody is going to be like, why did we do this again? Why is Alabama playing Texas A&M this week and going to Texas Tech next weekend? And why is Syracuse going to Miami in basketball this week and next week they're going to play Florida State?"

He also commented on the possibility of the ACC tournament being played in Madison Square Garden, the site of the Big East tournament since 1983.

"It's a great place for a tournament," he said. "Where would you want to go to to a tournament for five days? Let's see: Greensboro, North Carolina, or New York City? Jeez. Let me think about that one and get back to you."