The Catholic 7 - DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall & Villanova - have officially found their first three conference-mates in the form of Butler and Xavier of the Atlantic-10, and Creighton of the Missouri Valley Conf.
ESPN.com is reporting that the Catholic 7, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova, are expected to start their new conference for the 2013-14 season and retain the Big East name.
The phrase "Sound and fury signifying nothing" comes to mind regarding Friday's Big East meetings in Dallas - except that there's no fury, almost no sound - just a stale-sounding official statement released after. MW Connection has some reactions
Blogger Mark Blauschund of AJerseyGuy.com reports that sources have told him that no decision were made on the San Diego St. Aztecs' status as members of the Big East Conference. But the Jersey Guy dropped a bomb on us all with this purported plan.
A pair of reports surfaced late Tuesday afternoon indicating that the San Diego St. Aztecs' flirtation between the Mountain West Conference and Big East is on-going but has an end point - the end of this month. MW Connection has more news.
CBSSports.com's Jeremy Fowler reports today that talks between the San Diego St. Aztecs and Mountain West Conference are picking up steam and a Bleacher Report columnist thinks the MWC has is in a position to "pioneer something new." MW Connection is
The Chuck Norris of College Basketball, Andy Katz (He doesn't sleep, he lies in wait) has finally weighed in on the whole Mountain West/Big East expansion/contraction thing. In his 3-point Shot...
The centerpiece of the Sunday morning sports sections in Boise and San Diego this week offers interesting look at the current Mountain West Conference realignment - one looking back at the week's news and the other looking forward to what may be.
The moves made by the so-called Cathoic-7 of Big East Conference are what kicked this latest round of realignment in the Mountain West Conference into high gear. MW Connection is keeping an eye on the forgotten parts of all this - the affect on baske
The old adage "Where there's smoke, there's fire" is certainly applicable today as MW Connection has been able to confirm reports that surfaced as Internet rumors regarding the return of BYU to the MWC - plus debunking and clarifications. Oh my!
