Big East breakup could mean Notre Dame joins ACC early (in hoops)

But the bigger news could be that Notre Dame might be on its way to the ACC in basketball this year, rather than next. The schedule was originally planned for the Irish to join in 2014, but they could be a year ahead of schedule now that their current conference is on the verge of reformation.

As for football, the only change could be the conference’s name.

With Syracuse, Louisville and Pittsburgh already on their way to the ACC, that leaves UConn, Temple, Cincinnati, South Florida and future members Houston, SMU, UCF, Memphis, Tulane, East Carolina and Navy as the members of the current Big East, which will undergo a name change. Whoever wins this conference will still end up with a BCS bowl bid, according to McMurphy.

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