Friday, 8 March 2013

Big East completes football-basketball breakup (Yahoo! Sports)

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2010, file photo, Connecticut's D.J. Shoemate (24) shouts as he runs onto the field for NCAA college football game against Texas Southern in East Hartford, Conn. Big East football schools will get almost all of a $110 million pot in a deal that will allow seven departing basketball schools to keep the name Big East and start playing in their own conference next season, a person familiar with the negotiations says. They will receive approximately $100 million under the agreement, most of which will go to holdover members Connecticut, South Florida and Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

The Big East says it has reached an agreement with seven departing basketball members that will allow them to separate from the football schools and create their own conference on July 1.




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