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Former Big East Has New Name
Former Big East Has New Name
Former Big East Has New Name
When the catholic basketball schools separated themselves from the Big East, taking the Big East name with it, the new look 12 member league needed a new name. The league, which features Tulane University, will be called...
Duke, Kentucky, Georgetown All Fall in Conference Tournaments
Duke, Kentucky, Georgetown All Fall in Conference Tournaments
Duke, Kentucky, Georgetown All Fall in Conference Tournaments
Is Duke still a #1 seed?  Did Georgetown lose its chance at a #1 or #2 seed?  Is Kentucky even going to make the field. That's some of the questions being asked after a crazy evening in college basketball on Friday. Duke fell in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament, losing to Maryland 83-74 behind Dez Wells' career high 30 points.  Duke ma...
Boise State May Stay In MWC And Shun Big East
Boise State May Stay In MWC And Shun Big East
Boise State May Stay In MWC And Shun Big East
The Boise State Broncos are perhaps the most well known and successful mid-major football program in the Country. Six months ago they announced their decision to join the Big East, a BCS conference. However, with the current college football landscape in limbo, could Boise State remain in the Mountain West Conference? They still haven't officially...
The Baseketball Conferences Hurt Most By Realignment
The Baseketball Conferences Hurt Most By Realignment
The Baseketball Conferences Hurt Most By Realignment
As the realignment reality in college athletics rages on, most fans have focused on what it means to their preferred conference in the sport of football. What about basketball? Several big time college basketball conferences will take a big time hit as a result of realignment, including the likes of...
Don’t Look For Pittsburgh, Syracuse on ACC Schedules Next Year
Don’t Look For Pittsburgh, Syracuse on ACC Schedules Next Year
Don’t Look For Pittsburgh, Syracuse on ACC Schedules Next Year
The Atlantic Coast Conference evidently doesn't want to rock the boat. The Conference announced midway through 2011 that Pittsburgh and Syracuse would be leaving the Big East conference for the ACC.  But Big East by-laws say a school must give 27 months notice before leaving, which raised the question as to exactly when the two schools would start competing in their new league. ...
West Virginia Sues Big East
West Virginia Sues Big East
West Virginia Sues Big East
West Virginia was invited by the Big 12 to join their conference on Friday, but the Big East said it would hold the Mountaineers to a provision that requires notice of 27 months before a school can withdraw. The Mountaineers aren't too happy about that, and they are now suing the Big East, seeking immediate withdrawal from the conference without penalty.
Lack Of Smart Thinking In Conference Realignments
Lack Of Smart Thinking In Conference Realignments
Lack Of Smart Thinking In Conference Realignments
Last year, Nebraska left the Big XII to join the Big Ten, while Colorado left the Big XII to join Utah, who left the Mountain West Conference, to join the new Pac-12. Recently, Texas A&M announced they will leave the Big XII, and are expected to join the SEC, and recent reports say that Missouri may be headed from the Big XII to the SEC as well. We're still not done. Pittsburgh and Syracuse ar
Big 12, Big East Leftovers Talking Merger
Big 12, Big East Leftovers Talking Merger
Big 12, Big East Leftovers Talking Merger
With speculation that the Big 12 and Big East are going to cease to exist as we know them, the schools that could be left behind in conference realignment are talking about coming together. Sources close to the situation say that the two conferences would merge under the Big 12 umbrella because of a better television contract...