The conference formerly known as the BIG EAST is now the AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE, but it'll look more like Conference USA. East Carolina and Tulane are coming in and Tulsa is along for the ride, but Rutgers is moving to the Big Ten in 2014 and Louisville is also taking off next year to the ACC. Navy will join in 2015. For this year, the league is Cincinnati, UConn, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers, South Florida, SMU, Temple and Central Florida.
I guess you have to give the league credit for being extremely proactive in making sure it doesn't turn into the WAC. It has to keep its foot on the gas, however, as UCF, Cincinnati and South Florida are ripe to be snagged by the ACC or even the Big 12. Expect more and more Conference USA teams to come aboard, as Louisiana Tech and Southern Miss are big enough to be on the radar to join East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa.
Frecken mess.................
I guess you have to give the league credit for being extremely proactive in making sure it doesn't turn into the WAC. It has to keep its foot on the gas, however, as UCF, Cincinnati and South Florida are ripe to be snagged by the ACC or even the Big 12. Expect more and more Conference USA teams to come aboard, as Louisiana Tech and Southern Miss are big enough to be on the radar to join East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa.
Frecken mess.................