The Big Ten continues to study expansion, but has not extended any invitations to potential new members and will not vote when the league's presidents and chancellors meet next month, commissioner Jim Delany said Tuesday. Delany, speaking at the conference's spring meetings, provided few specifics about the league's expansion study, but reiterated that it's nowhere near a conclusion. The league's presidents and chancellors meet June 6 at Big Ten headquarters in Park Ridge, Ill., and while expansion will be discussed, no decisions are expected from the league's university officials, who ultimately have the final say. There will be no vote," Delany said. "That's not in our time frame. ... We're months away." The Big Ten laid out a 12- to 18-month timetable for the expansion study, which it announced Dec. 15. Despite media reports and speculation that the process is accelerating, Delany said he and the league remain in the information-gathering stage. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5199145
