Updates

[MV pony]

According to A Jersey Guy :

1. New name won't have numbers and may be out in 2 weeks.

2. Aresco content to stay at 12 teams unless Navy and Air Force can be enticed to join.

[StallionsModelT]

Navy is already joining. Air Force commandant has been adamant in his opposition to leaving the MWC.

[Water Pony]

According to A Jersey Guy :

1. New name won't have numbers and may be out in 2 weeks.

2. Aresco content to stay at 12 teams unless Navy and Air Force can be enticed to join.

Actually, the reference is to Army and Air Force, since Navy is already committed. However, Air Force would struggle finding a conference for its other sports, while Navy has the Patriot League.
Army makes sense only if AF is in.

http://ajerseyguy.com/

[ponyboy]

" According to sources at the Big East and the NCAA, the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament given to the Big East each year will be retained by the football group of schools who expect to have a new name within the next two weeks."

[SMU_Alumni11]

" According to sources at the Big East and the NCAA, the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament given to the Big East each year will be retained by the football group of schools who expect to have a new name within the next two weeks."

If true, it sure pays to have an ESPN tv contract... It all of a sudden gets us back an AQ bid lol

[MustangStealth]

" According to sources at the Big East and the NCAA, the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament given to the Big East each year will be retained by the football group of schools who expect to have a new name within the next two weeks."

If true, it sure pays to have an ESPN tv contract... It all of a sudden gets us back an AQ bid lol

It's talking about the basketball automatic bid.

[Junior]

Doesn't virtually every D-1 conf champ get am auto bid?

[SMU2007]

I thought that was the case. How could the nBE possibly not get an auto bid? Cusa obviously had one.

[CalallenStang]

I thought that was the case. How could the nBE possibly not get an auto bid? Cusa obviously had one.

Every D-1 conference gets an autobid, but there's a probationary period for new conferences. Since the to-be-renamed conference is technically not a new conference, it makes complete sense that we get the autobid. The new Big East (the C7 conference) is a new conference and would traditionally have to go through a probationary period (a couple of years without an autobid), but they are expected to receive a waiver of the probationary period.

The last major conference split was the MWC splitting off from the WAC, and the MWC did not have an autobid in the 1999-2000 season, their first season as a conference.

[MV pony]

A Jersey Guy reporting-

New name to be announced before the Final Four semi finals on Sat.

Variations such as ""The American Athletic Conference or the American Metro Conference are the front-runners, with the American Metro receiving the most support since it fits the profiles of almost all of the schools in the conference.

Although there are no major plans to expand beyond 12 teams in football, Big East officials have let it be known that invitations in football to Army and Air Force would not be difficult to obtain.

Let's see if this pans out.

[SMU2007]

American athletic conference doesn't sound bad.

Also would be in favor of adding the service academies

[East Coast Mustang]

American Athletic Conference or AAC sounds too much like ACC in my opinion. Still better than America 12 though

[PK]

American athletic conference doesn't sound bad.

Also would be in favor of adding the service academies

You heard it here first.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=65727&p=890475#p890475

[SMU2007]

American athletic conference doesn't sound bad.

Also would be in favor of adding the service academies

You heard it here first.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=65727&p=890475#p890475

nice work!

[SMU2007]

American Athletic Conference or AAC sounds too much like ACC in my opinion. Still better than America 12 though

agree