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C-USA and MWC Will Form New Conference

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Getty S NCAABLogo?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1329219983903Mitchell Layton/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — With so many teams being purged from their conferences, the Mountain West and Conference USA decided to form their own. The new conference could start as early as 2013-14.

It would likely contain between 18 and 24 teams.

“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,” UNLV president Neal Smatresk said in a statement. “This partnership brings together like-minded institutions to improve the integrity and stability of intercollegiate athletics.

Both conferences have lost some big name tems recently. Conference USA lost Memphis, SMU, Houston and Central Florida, while the Mountain West lost Boise State and San Diego State.

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