After three days of spring meetings in West Virginia, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said Friday the leadership in his conference is aligned on pursuing expansion this summer if the right opportunities emerge.

Yormark met with Big 12 presidents, chancellors and athletic directors this week at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.V., and continued discussions on potential expansion candidates. The Athletic has previously reported that Pac-12 members Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah, as well as UConn and Gonzaga, are among the many schools currently under consideration.

“We have a plan,” Yormark said in a video conference with members of the media. “As I’ve said all along, we have an appetite to be a national conference in our makeup from coast to coast, and we do believe in the upside of basketball moving forward as a collective group. That being said, we love our current composition, love the four new schools that are coming in next month. However, if the opportunity presents itself to create value, we will pursue it.”

Yormark highlighted academic alignment and leadership, cultural fit, geography, athletic performance and long-term upside as their criteria for evaluating new members. Texas Tech president Lawrence Schovanec, chair of the Big 12’s Board of Directors, said the conference’s presidents and chancellors are taking “a very open attitude” to these expansion prospects going forward.