173:, addressed rumors surrounding BC's intentions toward the Big East. Fr. Leahy conceded that BC might indeed be leaving the conference, and he would determine how genuine the ACC's reported interest in having any school as a 12th member. He stated he could not agree to an exit penalty larger than the already agreed to $ 5,000,000, and expressed concerns about academic issues at Louisville and Cincinnati that emerged prior to doing due diligence. It was decided that the conference would add the additional football and basketball schools and continue in its existing structure until such time as the football schools could establish their own conference. Unhappy with the vote on the future structure of the conference, the administration of BC continued discussions with the ACC.
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882:—announced that they had voted unanimously to leave the Big East Conference, effective June 30, 2015. Further negotiations between the so-called "Catholic 7" and the remaining Big East members ended in an agreement that these schools would depart at the end of the 2012–13 school year. The split left what remained of the Big East primarily focused on football. The "Catholic 7"
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in 2005 box office receipts and TV ratings for the football championship have declined. This was generally attributed to the fact that the conference's two
Florida based teams were not playing in games in Jacksonville and Tampa. Beginning in 2010, the game was moved to Charlotte, NC, a location more
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Chancellor Fox, a Notre Dame trustee, cast her initial vote against BC so that the ACC might consider extending membership to Notre Dame was fueled by press accounts reporting that a bid to the Fighting Irish was imminent. But in mid-October 2003, the ACC voted unanimously to invite
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announced a major shift away from the Big East on
September 12, 2012, formally joining the ACC as a conference member in all sports but football starting as early as 2014. While Notre Dame's football program retained nominal independence, the agreement included a commitment by the Fighting Irish to
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cast a last-minute "no" vote against BC. As a result, the ACC extended invitations only to Miami and
Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech immediately accepted the invitation and filed court papers to get themselves out of the awkward position of suing their new conference. Miami, stunned by the outcome of
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Louisville and other proposed new members. Several models for a new conference were discussed; and it was decided that the football schools would explore separating from the basketball-only schools to establish an eight-team all-sports conference. The presidents and athletic directors described
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publicly expressed his disapproval of a conference change, even as
Syracuse and ACC officials proceeded with the formalities of official campus visits. Miami and Boston College were unwavering in their interest in the ACC, and Virginia Tech made it clear that they had long wanted to join the ACC.
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C-USA's men's soccer program also was affected. South
Carolina (which had been part of the Metro prior to 1995 reunification for men's soccer only but not invited to the reunified C-USA, but had been part of that conference from 1983-91 for most sports, and had played as an independent in men's
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Conference USA to attract replacements. Five C-USA members departed for the Big East, including three football-playing schools
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Commissioner Mike Tranghese in 1999. Their issues went unresolved, leading to Miami's interest in the ACC — a league that had been pursuing the college football
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soccer since 1995) rejoined the reunified conference, bringing along fellow
Southeastern Conference member Kentucky (Mid-American Conference) to the men's soccer program. Florida International also joined for men's soccer, but by 2013 became an all-sports C-USA member.
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BC to be its twelfth member, although because of timing issues BC was not able to compete in the ACC until the 2005-2006 season. When BC accepted they were returned to the lawsuit still pending against Miami by several Big East schools. After expansion,
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explained the delay stating "We had numbers on BC-Virginia Tech. We had done numbers on Miami alone. But we had not anticipated that Virginia Tech and Miami would be the only two invitees." The remaining four
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of the remaining schools focused on a potential split into two conferences; an all-sports conference including football, and a second conference focused primarily on basketball. The idea of a 16-team
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125:. Minutes of a July 9, 2003 meeting of presidents and athletic directors held before any detailed review of the conference's options show that Syracuse Athletic Director
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saw radical changes for the 2005–06 academic year. The stage for these changes was set in 2003, when the
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superpower since the mid-1990s, at the request of football-oriented
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the breakup of the football and basketball schools as "inevitable".
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interest in joining the conference. The minutes show the presidents
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welcomed two teams from Conference USA: Charlotte and Saint Louis.
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FIU had been a full but non-football Sun Belt member since 1998.
1567:"Sports Media Watch: ACC Championship Game ratings lowest ever"
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of Virginia on the conference and member institution
1683:"Michigan-Notre Dame Series Cancelled from 2015-17"
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176:In response to losing three football programs, the
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1485:"Boeheim: 'Keep the ACC. I prefer the Big East'"
811:alongside ACC charter member Maryland in 2014,
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1617:"O'Neil: A truly sad weekend for the Big East"
79:In 2003 the Big East was put on watch as the
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180:extended invitations to five schools from
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1405:NCAA Division I conference realignment
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62:, as 23 teams changed conferences and
1762:McMurphy, Brett (November 28, 2012).
1630:McMurphy, Brett (November 28, 2012).
1400:2021–2024 NCAA conference realignment
1395:2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment
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1788:Racer, Owen (September 13, 2021).
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711:D-I men's basketball championships
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771:massive violations of NCAA rules
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1764:"ACC to add Louisville in 2014"
1632:"ACC to add Louisville in 2014"
1573:from the original on 2008-12-12
1465:from the original on 2012-07-22
1453:Blaudschun, Mark (2005-06-30).
1835:College football controversies
18:2005 NCAA football realignment
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888:American Athletic Conference
654:American Athletic Conference
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92:Connecticut Attorney General
540:Western Athletic Conference
518:Western Athletic Conference
512:Western Athletic Conference
219:University of South Florida
171:Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J.
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1743:. ESPN. December 15, 2012
1435:Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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1235:Division I-AA independent
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252:Atlantic Coast Conference
161:At a Big East meeting in
129:and BC Athletic Director
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1657:"Notre Dame joining ACC"
1483:Bock, Hal (2003-05-14).
1273:Division I-A independent
843:with Big Ten powerhouse
504:Mountain West Conference
498:Mountain West Conference
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359:to make a move from the
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189:University of Cincinnati
99:confidential information
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474:Mid-American Conference
449:Atlantic Sun Conference
154:berth and possibly its
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590:departed for the WAC.
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640:. However, since the
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1619:. 18 September 2011.
1455:"BC's bumpy landing"
209:Marquette University
70:Affected conferences
1825:Big East Conference
1522:on October 17, 2007
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612:Big West Conference
606:Big West Conference
576:Sun Belt Conference
570:Sun Belt Conference
361:Big East Conference
351:successfully lured
283:basketball programs
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198:non-football school
178:Big East Conference
75:Big East Conference
48:University of Miami
40:Big East Conference
915:Former Conference
905:Conference changes
809:Big Ten Conference
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95:Richard Blumenthal
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837:like-minded
638:Orange Bowl
404:joined the
398:Atlantic 10
394:Saint Louis
306:Switzerland
298:Mark Warner
290:Jim Boeheim
242:Atlantic 10
139:unanimously
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1799:2022-05-26
1726:2013-03-13
1701:2012-11-09
1602:2011-09-18
1577:2009-07-04
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1496:2010-04-22
1469:2009-04-04
1411:References
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1043:Louisville
1009:Cincinnati
899:Louisville
893:Following
876:Seton Hall
872:St. John's
868:Providence
860:Georgetown
824:Notre Dame
793:Pittsburgh
763:Louisville
588:Utah State
560:Utah State
544:land-grant
374:Louisville
370:Cincinnati
326:plaintiffs
313:Chancellor
310:N.C. State
167:New Jersey
111:Presidents
1490:USA Today
1060:Marquette
975:Charlotte
890:moniker.
880:Villanova
864:Marquette
833:rivalries
650:successor
626:Aftermath
574:From the
506:welcomed
443:from the
423:from the
390:Charlotte
386:Marquette
363:in 2004.
103:defendant
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1526:April 4,
1463:Archived
1384:See also
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1333:Sun Belt
1316:Sun Belt
1299:Big West
1294:Sun Belt
1282:Sun Belt
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1244:Sun Belt
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1087:Big East
1070:Big East
1053:Big East
1036:Big East
1019:Big East
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929:Big East
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852:Catholic
845:Michigan
789:Syracuse
715:Virginia
703:Nebraska
552:Sun Belt
548:Big West
421:Marshall
295:Governor
271:Virginia
234:Sun Belt
912:School
841:rivalry
805:Rutgers
705:in the
695:Alabama
308:, then-
259:Clemson
90:Led by
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683:Auburn
652:, the
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376:, and
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163:Newark
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1416:Notes
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1162:Tulsa
958:Miami
813:UConn
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693:over
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556:Idaho
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437:Tulsa
353:Miami
248:bid.
1775:2012
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1268:Troy
1196:Army
1179:UTEP
1128:Rice
767:2013
759:2023
755:2014
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735:Duke
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729:and
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1230:FAU
1213:TCU
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1145:SMU
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