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College Conferences Ponder Expansion, and Their Extinction

New York Times

April 19, 2010

The central player is the Big Ten, which, as The Chicago Tribune reported over the weekend, has moved up its timetable for expanding. The scope of that expansion, along with Notre Dame's decision whether to keep its football independence, will determine just how much the landscape shifts in college sports. This comes on top of the likelihood of a 96-team N.C.A.A. basketball tournament.

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