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Article: ACC Invites Miami, Virginia Tech; Big East's Boston College, Syracuse Are Excluded
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- The Washington Post
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- June 25, 2003
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After 11/2 months of deliberations, discussions and telephone
meetings, the Atlantic Coast Conference stunned nearly everyone last
night, extending invitations to Virginia Tech and Miami, according to
a source close to the situation. Boston College and Syracuse -- Big
East schools that had gone through a formal process to receive
invitations -- were not included, the source said.
"It's all new," said a league source, shocked that a proposal that
had never been mentioned previously emerged during last night's two-
hour conference call among ACC university presidents.
Last night's conference call was one of the closing chapters in a
lengthy saga and marked a 180-degree reversal for Virginia ...