On Wednesday, Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal dropped a 122-character bombshell on Twitter: the Big East, he claimed, was “looking hard” at adding Memphis. He went on to say that “talks are hot and heavy.” No story or follow-up was ever produced by the journalist noted for his strong connections with the Big...
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Just one day after the U.S. Naval Academy announced that it would move it’s football program to the Big East conference in 2015, a report came out through Brett McMurphy of CBS Sports that the Big 12 conference was meeting on Wednesday to discuss possibly adding one or more schools. To make matters worse...
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It took them long enough, but the Navy Midshipmen are finally ready to join the Big East — in 2015. CBSsports.com is reporting that the Naval Academy will announce its plans to move to the Big East for football only. It was a move that Navy wanted to make in early December when the...
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The Rhode Island judge who was last seen denying the motion of West Virginia University (WVU) to dismiss the Big East’s suit in favor of one in West Virginia courts has now ordered both parties to submit their case to mandatory, non-binding mediation. He has not yet ruled on the Big East’s motion for...
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The Rhode Island court where the Big East is suing West Virginia University over their plan to leave the conference by giving less than the required 27-month’s notice, has ruled against the Mountaineers on their motion to dismiss. Now the case remains active in in parallel suits in both West Virginia and Rhode Island...
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On November 11th, expectations were high for Villanova’s season. Prior to and immediately after that opening game, a 106-70 walloping of Monmouth University, fans and pundits alike were discussing what seed Villanova would receive in the NCAA tournament, or how high they could climb in the Big East standings. Since then, the Wildcats have...
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On Monday, the Monanglia County Court in West Virginia ruled in favor of West Virginia University on the Big East’s motion to dismiss. Each party moved to dismiss the complaint filed by the other, and the West Virginia court was the first to rule, deciding that it was the correct venue for an action...
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When some media outlets were reporting that Temple would be invited to the Big East conference earlier this fall, Owls fans got their hopes up. When those reports turned out to be all smoke and no fire, Owls fans were disappointed. When other reports tried to place the blame for Temple being left out...
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All of the speculation and rumors have finally come to a head this evening, when the Big East held a 5pm conference call to announce that five schools will join the conference for football in 2013, and three of them will join in all sports. It is the first step of an expansion plan...
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According to the Newark Star-Ledger, the Big East league officials met with athletics directors from the five remaining football members in New York on Monday to work on the remaining details related to expansion of the football conference. The Star-Ledger source believes that the conference will complete the first major phase of it’s expansion...
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