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The Big West may have indirectly helped keep Big East football together for the short term by reversing its December decision to consider Boise State for membership in all other sports.

Butler will officially join the Atlantic 10 for the 2013-14 season Wednesday, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiation process told ESPN.com Tuesday night.

The UNC Charlotte 49ers have declined an offer to join the Sun Belt Conference, according to a source. The 49ers are eyeing a bid to Conference USA, the source said.

The Sun Belt will add Georgia State Monday for the fall of 2013 in the first move by new commissioner Karl Benson to keep the conference in the chase for Division I relevance.

The Mountain West and Conference USA will announce a newly named conference in what is being termed a new association, not a merger of the remaining existing members.

Conference USA's board of directors will meet later this week to discuss the possibility of a full-scale merger with the Mountain West Conference, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Missouri's move to the Southeasten Conference was finished Friday, a source told ESPN.com on Saturday.

Interim Boise State athletic director Curt Apsey called Big West Conference commissioner Dennis Farrell Wednesday seeing if there would be interest in taking in the Broncos sports, including men's basketball, if the Broncos join the Big East in football.

Louisville coach Rick Pitino is actively lobbying the Big East Conference and its member schools to add Memphis and Temple to the conference, regardless of whether or not the Big East adds Central Florida, Houston or SMU.

The Big 12's revenue-sharing pact was a "bittersweet" development for ousted commissioner Dan Beebe, who said it was something he attempted two years ago but Nebraska stood in the way.

The Pac-12's decision not to expand has made the remaining nine Big 12 schools trend toward an agreement to stick together. But Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe's situation is tenuous at best, Andy Katz reports.

The Pac-12 decided it won't expand further late Tuesday because commissioner Larry Scott couldn't get assurance that Texas would agree to an equal revenue sharing plan, a source with direct knowledge told ESPN.com.

Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson isn't sitting idle during the potential seismic shift in college athletics.

UConn president Susan Herbst is aggressively pursuing membership in the ACC to become the 15th or 16th member institution in the conference, according to a source with direct knowledge of UConn's situation.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said Saturday night grabbing Syracuse and Pittsburgh away from the Big East would be a major coup.

Big 12 athletic directors were given a list of schools to contact a few weeks ago once it became clear that Texas A&M would be departing the conference for membership in the SEC.