Answering questions about the ever-changing college sports landscape - ESPN
The league is saying after a meeting Tuesday night that it has commitments from seven schools. But privately Connecticut wants to be in the ACC. Rutgers would love to get an invitation, too.
Navy nearly to Big East before Pitt, SU exited - CBSSports.com
No official invitation was extended by the league, but both parties had extensive discussions about Navy joining the league in football only and it very well could have happened in the next couple of weeks, college football industry sources told CBSSports.com. Besides Navy, the Big East also was targeting Air Force and league sources felt confident both schools would have been Big East members, perhaps within the next year – that is until Pitt and Syracuse announced they were leaving for the ACC.
Pac-12 Decides to Stay at 12 Teams - NYTimes.com
"O.U. would stay if they can get the right kind of deal out of Texas," a Big 12 official said. "Texas is doing everything they can to keep this together." The official said that Texas did not want to abandon the Big 12 for the Pac-12 because it did not want to share revenue from its Longhorn Network.
Connecticut governor says UConn in enviable position as conferences realign - The Washington Post
University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst has not ruled out keeping the school in a reconstituted Big East and said Tuesday that geography is a big factor in deciding whether UConn should join another athletic conference.
UConn president Herbst on expansion: Huskies 'sought after' - Connecticut Post
With all of the shuffling of conference affiliations that has already taken place and the moves that are about to be made, there is some concern by University of Connecticut fans that their Huskies will be left behind. But UConn President Susan Herbst and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday that's not going to happen.
UCONN BASKETBALL:Shabazz Napier ready to make his point - Houston Chronicle
"It was disappointing, and also surreal, just because I haven’t been cut from a team in a while," Napier said on Tuesday, prior to a team workout inside Guyer Gym. "It motivated me in a good way, but not in a way that I don’t like Coach Painter or the USA team. It didn’t do that. It just made me want to push harder. At the end of the day, I didn’t get chosen for the team because my presence wasn’t felt as much. I wasn’t being myself. So, I’ve been out here to help that motivate me and get my team going."
Alvarez and Cascio Lead No. 2 Huskies Past No. 10 BC, 2-0 - University of Connecticut Official Athletics Site
Freshman Andre Blake recorded a season-high eight saves to earn his fourth-straight shutout and his fifth overall this season. BC Keeper Justin Luthy stopped four shots on the night.
UConn Slated Fifth in Hockey East Preseason Poll - University of Connecticut Official Athletics Site
The University of Connecticut women’s ice hockey team was pegged for fifth in the eight-team Hockey East in the league’s preseason poll that was released Tuesday afternoon. For the second straight season, Boston University was chosen by the conference’s coaches as the preseason favorite, garnering 55 points and six first place votes.