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AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco Touts Optimism As Conference Meetings Wrap05 / 23 / 13The talk around this week's American Athletic Conference meetings "was about the future, not the threat of realignment," according to Kyle Veazey of the Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL. AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco yesterday said of the meetings, "Nobody ever even slipped and said Big East. Everybody said... |
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