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49 results for "conference realignment"
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Previewing the 2013 Atlantic 10 tournament in Brooklyn - college ...
Eamonn BrennanEamonn Brennan previews the 2013 Atlantic 10 tournament, highlighting what and whom to watch in Brooklyn.
Story | Conversation | March 12, 2013 -
Atlantic 10 season primer - college basketball
Eamonn BrennanThe Atlantic 10 should be an interesting race to watch. Eamonn Brennan takes a look at what to expect.
Story | Conversation | January 09, 2013 -
Marquette AD Larry Williams' best point
Eamonn BrennanThe biggest story in college sports over the past three days has been, unfortunately, yet more conference realignment -- in this case the impending death of the Big East, and the very understandable desire of that league's basketball-only schools to ...
Blog | December 12, 2012 -
Why I no longer get worked up about realignment -- college basket...
Eamonn BrennanAfter all the rumors and breaking news and tortured explanations, Eamonn Brennan is over realignment. And he's not even angry anymore. It's time to accept reality.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2012 -
Welcome to Division I, Incarnate Word!
Eamonn BrennanOK, so it's not official yet. Becoming a member of Division I athletics is not an easy process. But I just can't help but be overexuberant about this latest blockbuster news from the annals of conference realignment. From The Associated Press: Abile...
Blog | August 20, 2012 -
Broncos' portrait of conference realignment
Eamonn BrennanIt wasn't major news and it's not quite finalized yet, but this week, the Boise State Broncos' men's basketball program found a home. The Broncos will be playing their men's hoops in the Big West, Boise State President Bob Kustra told the Idaho St...
Blog | August 17, 2012 -
Good and bad in Utah State's move to MWC
Eamonn BrennanFor most of the past two years, conference realignment has been about two things: football and football money. But as we've seen in this year's major Big East, Atlantic-10, and Colonial shuffles, the trickle-down effects of football-oriented realignm...
Blog | July 03, 2012 -
C-USA tourney waves farewell to Memphis
Eamonn BrennanIn the annals of conference realignment history, Conference USA's decision to move its 2013 end-of-season tournament to Tulsa will not rank with the most acrimonious post-partum decisions of all time. The Horizon League's call to disqualify Butle...
Blog | June 12, 2012 -
Quick Butler move makes A-10 a beast
Eamonn BrennanIn the long run, the implications of Butler's move to the Atlantic 10 in 2013-14 -- with a few caveats, like an increase in budget and travel expenses and the like -- were clear. The Bulldogs were moving to a much better league with natural geographi...
Blog | May 29, 2012 -
Games that should continue in the noncon
Eamonn BrennanRealignment ruins everything. That is the typical and typically warranted and, yes, somewhat childish response to the past two years of TV-rights-induced conference realignment, a phrase I can no longer even type without wincing. I just winced. See? ...
Blog | May 29, 2012 -
Afternoon Links: Realignment metrics
Eamonn BrennanThe Afternoon Links are (intermittently) back, and they are exactly what they say they are. Some days will bring more than others. This is the offseason, after all. If you have a link you'd like included, your best bet is to hit me on Twitter. You ca...
Blog | May 22, 2012 -
Old Dominion latest CAA school to bolt
Eamonn BrennanThe most important week in recent Colonial Athletic Association history started out all right: Five days ago, George Mason announced it would turn down offers from other conferences and remain in its home league. That was good news for the CAA and co...
Blog | May 17, 2012 -
Border War being waged on license plates
Eamonn BrennanThe last time we checked in on the Border War -- Kansas and Missouri's century-old blood feud, currently cancelled by conference realignment -- it was just two weeks after Kansas's run to the national title game. The setting: an elementary school ...
Blog | May 16, 2012 -
George Mason decides to stay in CAA
Eamonn BrennanThe Colonial Athletic Association, like so many other mid-major college hoops conferences, suddenly finds itself at a crossroads. Conference realignment on both coasts has moved on from the football-driven musical chairs game played by BCS big boys a...
Blog | May 11, 2012 -
Everybody's on the realignment move
Eamonn BrennanWe have now entered conference realignment's Stage 3. Or is it Stage 4? It's hard to keep track. Part of the reason it's so hard to definitively describe the where we are in the realignment process is because Stage 1 remains alive and well. Confer...
Blog | May 11, 2012 -
Big East commish Marinatto resigns
Eamonn BrennanThe big college sports-related story of Monday morning is here: Big East commissioner John Marinatto has resigned from his post, according to an announcement by the league, a league that is now leaderless as it "works to find its footing amid a rapid...
Blog | May 07, 2012