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Along with the elimination of longtime rivalries like Texas vs. Texas A&M, Missouri vs. Kansas and Notre Dame vs. Michigan, one of the most negative effects of recent conference expansion is the proliferation of permanent crossover opponents in l...

Marquette has a new home in the new Big East, and Buzz Williams is adjusting to the change by changing nothing, writes Dana O'Neil.

Tulsa officials say they've accepted an invitation to join the soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference beginning in 2014.

Tulsa will hold a Tuesday news conference to announce it is moving to the soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference in 2014, sources said.

Butler and Xavier have not notified the Atlantic 10 that they plan to leave the conference to join the "new" Big East, A-10 commissioner Bernadette McGlade said Saturday.

The seven Catholic schools in the Big East have agreed to leave the conference, but Georgetown is not on board with the process of departure, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

The presidents of the Big East's seven Catholic, non-Football Bowl Subdivision schools are expected to decide on their future in the Big East in the coming days, and it "would be an upset" if they remained in the league, sources told ESPN.

John Gasaway writes that in what is likely its last season as an elite college basketball conference, the Big East is pushing the Big Ten for the honor of being the nation's best league. He takes a look at the Big East's top Final Four contenders.

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The Big Ten recently announced it would increase to 14 members, so can a 16-team Big Ten be far behind?

Hired coaches, fired coaches, conference expansion ... oh, and there are actual games to play this week. Welcome to college football's silly season, writes Andrea Adelson, when normal is an endless cycle of change.

Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten is the latest round of conference expansion, but it certainly won't be the last, Mark Schlabach writes.

The lies of conference expansion and the sad truth of college football.

Under Armour founder and Maryland uber-booster Kevin Plank is "100 percent" behind the Terrapins moving from the ACC to the Big Ten, a regent told ESPN Sunday.

The University of Texas at Arlington will begin competing in the Sun Belt Conference, effective in July 2013.

Joe Schad, Jesse Palmer and Ed Cunningham discuss conference expansion and if Notre Dame should remain independent....

NCAA President Mark Emmert reiterated his support Monday for a two-round, four-team BCS championship playoff and his concern about the discord conference expansion creates.