Conference USA Expansion & Realignment

WKU to Conference USA

The search to replace Tulsa concluded quickly with Western Kentucky slotted in to replace the departing school in Conference USA. As conference officials have known for months that Tulsa was the likely pick for the Big East football conference, the move was virtually seamless as WKU had been considered for the spot prior to Tulsa [...]

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Tulsa to Join Old Big East, ECU for All-Sports

Mar 27th, 2013 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: American Athletic Conference Expansion & Realignment, Big East Expansion & Realignment, Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

As has been expected since the “America 12″ conference name was floated around, the Old Big East is adding Tulsa as it’s 12th member. ECU will also be “promoted” from a football-only member to an all-sports member. The move will officially bring the conference to 11 members for non-football sports and 12 members for football. [...]

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Middle Tennessee St. and Florida Atlantic to CUSA

Nov 28th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

Following the departures of Tulane and ECU, Conference USA has invited Middle Tennessee St. to join. MTSU was the runner up for the spots that eventually went to Old Dominion and Charlotte. But with the loss of the New Orleans market via Tulane, gaining some access into the Nashville market is just what CUSA needs. [...]

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Tulane and ECU to Join Big East

Nov 27th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: American Athletic Conference Expansion & Realignment, Big East Expansion & Realignment, Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

The 20+ year wait if over for ECU as they are finally joining the Big East…not entirely, but they will become a football only member. Tulane on the other had will join the Big East in all sports, offering some access to the New Orleans market for the conference trying to improve its television contract [...]

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Old Dominion Makes it Official – Will Join CUSA

May 17th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: CAA Expansion & Realignment, Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

After a couple weeks of speculation, ODU will indeed make the expected move to CUSA. They will join in 2013, remaining in the CAA for 1 more year. They will become the 14th member, joining along with Charlotte. The move gives CUSA a stronger eastern presence to offset some of their recent losses. Marshall, ECU, [...]

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CUSA to Add Charlotte & Old Dominion

May 1st, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Atlantic 10 Expansion & Realignment, CAA Expansion & Realignment, Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

Conference USA continues to stockpile schools. It’s hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago, a merger with the Mountain West, combining the 8 MWC schools with the 8 CUSA schools was on the table. CUSA has taken their expansion a step further, going beyond the 12 school total they were set to have [...]

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CUSA to add UTSA & Others

Apr 28th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

Once a idea of a full merger between Conference USA and the Mountain West was put aside in order to preserve NCAA tournament revenues, bids, and conference exit fees, and an economic or even football alliance was favored, it was clear that both CUSA and the Mountain West would need to pull the trigger on [...]

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Breaking Down the CUSA & MWC Discussions

Apr 18th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

If you’ve been following the developments between Conference USA and Mountain West on this site and other sources, it’s easy to be confused. At first, there was a bold statement about the two conferences formally deciding to work together to form some sort of conference alliance or merger. And the idea made sense: since both [...]

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CUSA/Mountain All-Sports Merger on Hold

Mar 26th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

It appeared that a Conference USA and Mountain West merger would come in just a matter of time. Now, it appears to be dead. As it stands, the original plan (to dissolve both conferences and form something new) is off the table. What remains are two options: 1) Remain as 2 separate conferences with a [...]

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Conference Realignment: What’s Up Next?

Feb 17th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: ACC Expansion & Realignment, American Athletic Conference Expansion & Realignment, Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Big East Expansion & Realignment, Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, College Sports Television News, Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Editorial, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, SEC Expansion & Realignment, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment, WAC Expansion & Realignment

The Recap: So the ACC struck first by adding Syracuse and Pittsburgh from the Big East. The SEC followed by adding Texas A&M and Missouri from the Big 12. The Big 12 then added TCU and WVU. And things seemed normal. Patterns remained intact. And we waited for the next, seemingly logical move. And then [...]

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