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Mark Blaudschun, formerly of the Boston Globe, tweeted Tuesday night that Louisville was one vote away from gaining approval to come to the ACC. Three-fourths of the ACC must vote in favor of the move in order for a team to earn an invite.

If the report is accurate (and this is a credible source; remember, Blaudschun was the guy who pretty much called Calhoun’s retirement the week before it happened), it’s certainly not good news for UConn.

But it isn’t the end of the world, either. There’s still a chance the ACC adds more than one school. An ESPN report earlier today had UConn, Louisville and Navy as potential targets. If the ACC adds three schools, that bumps the football-membership to 16 and basketball-membership to 17.

Or, of course, that one mystery school could change its mind on Louisville, leaving UConn stuck with Tulane, Houston, Central Florida and the rest of Conference USA.

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The Big East inched closer towards what it calls stability (and what others call irrelevance) Tuesday when it added Tulane for all sports and East Carolina for football, according to an ESPN report.

My analysis: UConn needs to get out….ASAP.

That is all.

Here are Tuesday afternoon’s conference realignment links:

*Tulane, ECU to join Big East — Yahoo! Sports

Story highlights: “Tulane and East Carolina currently play in Conference USA. They will become the fifth and sixth C-USA schools to join the rebuilding Big East in the last two years.”

*Louisville, UConn, Navy ACC targets — ACC Sports (Twitter)

Story highlights: “David Glenn’s sources say ACC discussing expansion this week, 3 potential targets: Louisville, UConn and Navy.”

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Six games in, we’re becoming more familiar with this year’s UConn basketball squad. And our initial suspicions — elite backcourt, subpar frontcourt — have held true so far.

Let’s take a look at some questions (and some interesting stats) one-fifth of the way through the season: