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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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ACC Not Ruling Out Moving Tourney To N.Y.
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New Big East Announcement Expected This Week
The new Big East will have "only 10 members in 2013-14 and then will take an approach to future expansion," according to sources cited by Katz & McMurphy of ESPN.com. The 10 members will be the Catholic 7 schools that left the Big East, "plus Butler and Xavier of the Atlantic 10 and Creighton of ...
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Maryland Will Get Subsidy To Offset Travel Costs
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Las Vegas The New Hot Spot For College Hoops
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