Missouri Curators Next Week Looking At Conference Realignment

The Univ. of Missouri Board of Curators reportedly will meet Tuesday to discuss the school's "position in conference realignment scenarios." The most likely result stemming from the meeting "would be formal authorization for MU to explore admission to another conference." But a decision "to either stay in the Big 12 or leave is not anticipated." Sources said that the curators' "prime concern is a Big 12 exit fee" of as much as $40M (K.C. STAR, 9/29).

Meanwhile, the presidents of Big East schools this weekend "will discuss the future of the conference at a meeting" in DC. The meeting is a "confidential gathering for conference presidents only and will not involve other university officials" (AP, 9/28).