The American Athletic Conference

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Long-Term Deal With CBS For Men's Basketball


The soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference, demonstrating the continuing vitality of its basketball programs, has entered into an agreement with longtime partner CBS Sports to telecast men's basketball games through the 2019-20 season, Commissioner Mike Aresco and CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus announced today.

The contract includes up to 12 appearances per season. Half of the appearances each season will be conference games. CBS Sports retains the right to have the first selections among conference, non-conference and neutral site games. Financial terms of the agreement were not announced.


With this agreement and a previously announced deal with ESPN, the Conference continues its association with two of the most prestigious media organizations in sports, a major milestone in a realignment and rebranding that will culminate in the announcement of a new name later this spring.

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Long-Term Deal With CBS For Men's Basketball


The soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference, demonstrating the continuing vitality of its basketball programs, has entered into an agreement with longtime partner CBS Sports to telecast men's basketball games through the 2019-20 season, Commissioner Mike Aresco and CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus announced today.

The contract includes up to 12 appearances per season. Half of the appearances each season will be conference games. CBS Sports retains the right to have the first selections among conference, non-conference and neutral site games. Financial terms of the agreement were not announced.


With this agreement and a previously announced deal with ESPN, the Conference continues its association with two of the most prestigious media organizations in sports, a major milestone in a realignment and rebranding that will culminate in the announcement of a new name later this spring.

http://www.courant.com/sports/college/h ... 2847.story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Long-Term Deal With CBS For Men's Basketball


The soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference, demonstrating the continuing vitality of its basketball programs, has entered into an agreement with longtime partner CBS Sports to telecast men's basketball games through the 2019-20 season, Commissioner Mike Aresco and CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus announced today.

The contract includes up to 12 appearances per season. Half of the appearances each season will be conference games. CBS Sports retains the right to have the first selections among conference, non-conference and neutral site games. Financial terms of the agreement were not announced.


With this agreement and a previously announced deal with ESPN, the Conference continues its association with two of the most prestigious media organizations in sports, a major milestone in a realignment and rebranding that will culminate in the announcement of a new name later this spring.

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Supposedly the new name for this league will be America 12 heard this on rumor mill.

[EPJr]

Long-Term Deal With CBS For Men's Basketball


The soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference, demonstrating the continuing vitality of its basketball programs, has entered into an agreement with longtime partner CBS Sports to telecast men's basketball games through the 2019-20 season, Commissioner Mike Aresco and CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus announced today.

The contract includes up to 12 appearances per season. Half of the appearances each season will be conference games. CBS Sports retains the right to have the first selections among conference, non-conference and neutral site games. Financial terms of the agreement were not announced.


With this agreement and a previously announced deal with ESPN, the Conference continues its association with two of the most prestigious media organizations in sports, a major milestone in a realignment and rebranding that will culminate in the announcement of a new name later this spring.

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Supposedly the new name for this league will be America 12 heard this on rumor mill.

that has been univerally rejected

[dal4018]

that has been univerally rejected

What will be the name of this new league then!!

[EPJr]

that has been univerally rejected

What will be the name of this new league then!!

Commish states that he will not release it until after March Madness and Spring Football starts to emphasize that FB will be king in the new conference.

The grapevine states that it has the words "Collegiate" and "Metro" in it.

[dal4018]

What will be the name of this new league then!!

Commish states that he will not release it until after March Madness and Spring Football starts to emphasize that FB will be king in the new conference.

The grapevine states that it has the words "Collegiate" and "Metro" in it.

Me personally I liked the name America 12.

[dbackjon]

What will be the name of this new league then!!

Commish states that he will not release it until after March Madness and Spring Football starts to emphasize that FB will be king in the new conference.

The grapevine states that it has the words "Collegiate" and "Metro" in it.

Or United.


So Collegiate United Metro

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East Carolina joining Big East in all sports


East Carolina will join the soon-to-be-renamed Big East as an all-sports member, instead of just for football as originally planned.

East Carolina had already been set to join Cincinnati, Connecticut, South Florida and the rest of the Big East football schools in 2014. But with the recent split of the football and basketball schools, the football side is giving up the name Big East and needed to add more members for all sports.

Commissioner Mike Aresco called East Carolina ''a valuable addition'' in a statement announcing the move Wednesday.

''They have forward-looking leadership under Chancellor Steve Ballard and an outstanding and well-rounded athletic program,'' Aresco said. ''Their men's and women's basketball teams have enjoyed excellent seasons and their Olympic sports are strong. East Carolina being made an all-sports member is another important step in strengthening our conference.''

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source- ... ncaaf.html

[tampajag]

What will be the name of this new league then!!

Commish states that he will not release it until after March Madness and Spring Football starts to emphasize that FB will be king in the new conference.

The grapevine states that it has the words "Collegiate" and "Metro" in it.

Metro League 2.0

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The soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference are expected to make a series of site visits following the Final Four as they search for a venue for next season’s men’s basketball conference tournament. The candidates (for the first year): Memphis, Philadelphia, Hartford, Cincinnati, Louisville

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The soon to be named Big East conference could have its new name by the end of the week. There is increasing pressure on Big East commissioner Mike Aresco to take advantage of the Big East presence in the Final Four and announce a new name in Atlanta. Big Metro or Big Metro American are picking up support.

[clenz]

I'm not sure Louisville is a viable option since they won't be in the conference - assuming they want to use the KFC Yum! Center

[EPJr]

I'm not sure Louisville is a viable option since they won't be in the conference - assuming they want to use the KFC Yum! Center

They leave July 1, 2014

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Sources: Old Big East has new name

By Brett McMurphy | ESPN


The American Athletic Conference is the new name for the former Big East Conference, according to sources.

The league is expected to formally announce the new name as early as Thursday.

In the Big East's final season in its current makeup, the league is going out with a flourish. Louisville upset Florida in the AT&T Sugar Bowl, and five teams reached the men's and women's Final Fours, the most from one conference in NCAA history.

Last month, sources told ESPN that commissioner Mike Aresco favored America 12 Conference as the league's new name. However, the schools' presidents rejected it because they didn't want a number included.

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Big East Conference‏@BigEastConf46m
For those asking, the conference intends to emphasize "The American" as its brand, not an acronym.

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Ben Fairclough‏@bigeast_ben36m
The American will launch its new website at its new domain July 1. Twitter handles for The American have not been used to date.

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Nike helps rebrand University of Connecticut as UConn



HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut is officially rebranding itself as UConn.

The school is adopting the UConn nickname as the "primary visual word mark for the entire institution," President Susan Herbst said Thursday in her annual State of the University address to the campus community.

The nickname will replace the University of Connecticut on the schools signs, letterhead, banners, advertising and web pages, she said. The change comes with a new logo, which features the block letters UCONN in all capital letters.

"As an institution, for years we have made use of UConn as institutional nickname of sorts," Herbst said. "But while we see it as shorthand, it appears that throughout the nation - due to our athletic success no doubt - most everyone refers to the university as UConn. That's not a bad thing at all. Think UCLA or Penn or Georgia Tech or Cal or MIT, nicknames all - and proud ones."

http://www.oregonlive.com/playbooks-pro ... rsity.html

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new UCONN unis


http://www.uconnhuskies.com/view.gal?id=140250

[uofmman1122]

new UCONN unis


http://www.uconnhuskies.com/view.gal?id=140250

That's pretty badass.

[SuperHornet]

Those jerseys are way too tight. They're almost as nasty as that dipped-in-plastic look of those stupid NYG unis.

[clenz]

You're a moron

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The newly named American Athletic Conference will begin its search for a site for men’s basketball tournament in Philadelphia.

According to sources familiar with the process, representatives of the American will visit the historic Palestra in Philadelphia on Tuesday as a potential site of the men’s basketball tournament in March 2014.

Other sites that will be considered are Hartford, Memphis and Tampa. American Athletic Association commissioner Mike Aresco is intrigued by the Palestra because of its historical significance as one of the storied venues in college basketball as not only the home court of the University of Pennsylvania, but as a long time site of Big 5 basketball–Temple, Saint Joseph’s, Villanova, LaSalle and Penn–in a prime basketball market.

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Casino bidding for AAC tourney


HARTFORD, Conn. -- A tribal casino in Connecticut is bidding to host the men's and women's basketball tournaments for the new American Athletic Conference.

Chris Sienko, vice president for the Mohegan Sun, which includes a 9,500-seat arena that is home to the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, said the resort is interested in hosting one or both tournaments.

"We have no insight as to whether we'll be chosen or be a finalist," said Sienko, who also serves as general manager for the WNBA team. "We're just going through the same process that everyone else is going through to be vetted out by the AAC."

Conference officials confirm the venue is in the running, but said the sites for each tournament will be chosen separately by the presidents and athletic directors of the member schools, with input from coaches. The topic will be discussed at the upcoming conference meetings, which begin May 20.


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The NCAA Division One Board noted that the current Big East Conference would become the American Athletic Conference ("The American") on July 1, 2013, clearing the way for the new conference to adopt the Big East name. The American will retain the Big East's permanent seat on the Division I Board of Directors and their three votes.

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The only conferences with permanent seats and 3 votes on the NCAA D1 Board are the 11 FBS conferences. The other 7 seats rotate.

In any given year, 4 will go to FCS conferences, and the other 3 to D1 leagues that do not sponsor football. Those 7 leagues have 1.14 votes each.

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The American is how we want to brand ourselves," Aresco said. "The AAC acronym will probably be used, but we shy away from it because it's similar to the ACC and we're also trying to be sensitive to the Appalachian Athletic Conference."

•Aresco said the conference logo will be released very soon.
"We've been going to campuses (showing the group of logos) and it's generated a tremendous positive reaction,"

•"American" could potentially be in the endzone, that word with a group of marks as well. It depends on how people want to use them. We'll have choices. We're doing a logo that can customized and color-coded by school.

•"Everything will be rolled out in the next 2-3 weeks."

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American Athletic Conference officials will begin their spring meetings next week in Florida, with a logo for the newly named conference, plus the sites of the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments the primary items on the agenda…Memphis and Philadelphia remain the leading contenders for the men, although Atlantic City is receiving some consideration

Lame duck member Rutgers, which is heading to the Big 10 in 2014, is expected to name a new athletic director with Nebraska associate AD Sean Frazier and Louisville Sr. Associate AD Julie Herman the two finalists…

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