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Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - A new superconference consisting of the
remaining members of the Mountain West Conference and Conference-USA, plus
others, will be formed in time for the 2013-14 academic year.
The MWC and C-USA have both lost members in the ongoing conference shuffle,
leading to the coalition announced on Monday, one day after representatives of
16 universities discussed the issue in Dallas.
The schools present included: the United States Air Force Academy, University
of Alabama at Birmingham, Colorado State University, East Carolina University,
Fresno State, University of Hawaii, Marshall University, University of
Nevada, Reno, University of New Mexico, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Rice
University, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas at El
Paso, Tulane University, The University of Tulsa and University of Wyoming.
Hawaii will be a football-only member in the conference, which will consist of
18 to 24 schools and seek NCAA FBS affiliation.
"This is an exciting development that will stabilize the current conferences
and create the first truly national conference with members in five time zones
and television viewership from coast to coast," said UNLV president and MWC
board of directors chairman. "We are moving our plans forward rapidly and
expect to complete our conversations in the near future."
The schools are scheduled to work together for the next six months to finalize
the daunting merger.
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