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Article: Virginia Tech ACC's next target
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- June 19, 2003
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Desperately seeking to move forward with expansion, the Atlantic
Coast Conference is considering adding Virginia Tech to its plans,
potentially creating a 13-team league, three sources familiar with
the situation said. After a two-hour conference call of ACC
university presidents Wednesday morning showed that the current
expansion plan involving Big East schools Miami, Boston College and
Syracuse lacked the seven votes necessary to extend any invitations,
University of Virginia President John Casteen proposed the league
reconsider Virginia Tech, according to a source with knowledge of the
discussion.
ESPN reported on Wednesday that Big East member Connecticut also
could be pursued by the ...