[NCAA News] Big 12 Adds West Virginia, Still Waiting On Missouri To Depart

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Big 12 Adds West Virginia, Still Waiting On Missouri To Depart

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Posted By: Chipper10 10-28-2011 , 01:12 PM	#1

West Virginia, a member of the Big East since 1995, will leave the conference after being formally invited Friday to join the Big 12. The Big 12, meanwhile, plans to remain at 10 schools and is waiting on the departure of Missouri -- which has yet to receive a formal invitation to join the Southeastern Conference. "This move by West Virginia does not come as a surprise," Big East commissioner John Marinatto said in a statement Friday. "League officials, members of our conference and the candidate schools to whom we have been talking were aware of this possibility. We have taken West Virginia's possible departure into account as we have moved forward with our own realignment plans." Marinatto also said Friday that West Virginia is aware that the conference will enforce the 27-month notification period to leave the Big East -- the same rule applied to Pittsburgh and Syracuse, who have agreed to join the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Big 12, however, seems to think West Virginia will come to the conference sooner than 27 months. In a news release Friday announcing the addition of West Virginia, the Big 12 said that "beginning with the 2012-13 season it is expected that the Big 12 will be comprised of 10 universities -- Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia."

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10-28-2011, 02:07 PM

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Semi OT, but what is UConn doing.

Dont know if I missed the story or not

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10-28-2011, 05:37 PM

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I know the BE, Conference USA and MWC at one time..were talking about possibilities of a merger.

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Heard the ACC want to add them. And the Noles are pissed about it.

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