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The Big East Name Game

September 9, 2012 by

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The Big East Conference will soon have members spanning from the east coast to the west coast and everything in between. Despite being headquartered in Rhode Island and having their conference championship in New York, Commissioner Mike Aresco states the conference has no intentions of changing its name. Aresco says that the namesake of the […]

Pittsburgh Agrees to Exit Terms

July 18, 2012 by

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The Big East announced that it has reached a deal with the University of Pittsburgh for the school’s departure for the Atlantic Coast Conference.  Pittsburgh will be held to the same agreement that Syracuse will be held to with an exit date of July 1, 2013 and an exit fee of $7.5 million. ” ‘This […]

‘Cuse Coach Jim Boeheim Wants To Keep Ties With Storm

July 17, 2012 by

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Come 2013, Syracuse will no longer be playing games as a members of the Big East. According to coach Jim Boeheim, however, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the Orange won’t be playing regularly against their soon to be former conference rival St. John’s. After news that the Orange would be out of the conference a year early […]

Another Trip to Philly?

February 24, 2012 by

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In the past week, it has been reported that Temple University and the Big East have been in talks about potentially adding the school to the conference. A decision is expected to be made by the end of the month. The addition of Temple basketball into the Big East (The school was in the conference […]

Memphis Reportedly Heading to the Big East for 2013

February 7, 2012 by

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Reports broke today that Memphis University and the Big East are close to a deal that would bring the Tigers to the conference starting in 2013. Memphis would enter the conference as a full member, meaning  that all of their sports would participate in the Big East. This move makes sense for both sides, especially […]

West Virginia to Big 12

October 25, 2011 by

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News broke this morning that West Virginia has been accepted to the Big 12 pending formal approval.  Just when you thought the attention would finally be turned to basketball, realignment rears its ugly head again. West Virginia had previously sought a spot in the ACC, but was apparently denied on the basis of lack of […]

Report: TCU to Big 12

October 6, 2011 by

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Various sources are reporting that the growing interest between Texas Christian and the Big 12 Conference has culminated in a formal invitation.  TCU is expected to accept and join in 2012-13.  It had been officially announced in the past year that the Horned Frogs were on their way to the Big East.  TCU was to […]

Big East Prepped For Expansion (Updated: 10/10)

October 3, 2011 by

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When Syracuse and Pittsburgh announced their decision to bolt from the Big East to the ACC, the initial consensus was that the Big East as we now know it was disintegrating.  After the presidents and chancellors from the fourteen remaining schools in the conference, in addition to Texas Christian, met in Washington D.C. on Sunday, […]

Big East, Big XII, Big Changes

September 20, 2011 by

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With the departures of Syracuse and Pittsburgh from the Big East to the ACC, a domino effect has been set off across all college athletics. This has led to schools scrambling around trying to fix their conferences. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim though does not think that is it for Big East departures, according to The […]

The Week Ahead

September 19, 2011 by

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As we move closer and closer to Tip-Off (October 14th, Carnesecca Arena) and subsequently the start of the 2011-12 college basketball season, the amount of news revealed each day will only strengthen.  I know everyone is embedded into many other things this time of year – summer’s end, a new school year, pennant races, and […]

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