Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=17137624'>posted</a> on 12/15/2012:

They are forming their own conference.

Per NCAA rules if 7 teams of a current conference have 5 or more years in their current conference they are eligible to leave and still retain their automatic NCAA bid.

Per Andy Katz, these current 7 catholic schools are going to form a "catholic/christian conference", extending offers to St. Mary's, Gonzaga, St. Louis, Creighton, and Butler.

That would make a pretty solid 12 team catholic conference.