Commish states schools committed to Big East
Updated: September 21, 2011, 1:30 AM ET
NEW YORK — Big East Commissioner John Marinatto states all the members of his conference are committed to staying together.
The presidents and athletic directors from the Big East football schools met for 3 hours at a Manhattan hotel Tuesday.
Marinatto states each member pledged to remain in the conference and the league is aggressively searching for replacements for Pittsburgh and Syracuse. He states the non-football members also are on board.
UConn president Susan Herbst was not attending the meeting, sources told ESPN’s Joe Schad, as the school focuses on lobbying for entry to the ACC. Herbst was expected to send a school official to the meeting as the representative.
A source with direct knowledge of the meeting told ESPN.com’s Andy Katz that UConn did not commit to remain in the league and is still actively pursuing membership in the ACC.
But the source stated that with the Big 12 likely staying together at least nine schools other than the Huskies may have to wait for the ACC to decide if it will act on adding two more schools from its recent jump to 14, with the addition of Big East members Pitt and Syracuse.
The source stated that if Big East football is to stay together then the league will look to add at least two military academies, likely Navy and Air Force.
“The ACC is the preferred place for (Connecticut),” the source said. “That hasn’t changed.”
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
source : espn.go.com
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