Facebook Twitter Follow Us

Train derailment: Train service in Connecticut is disrupted by an accident near the Fairfield-Bridgeport line. One train derailed and struck a train headed the opposite direction. Cars of the second train also derailed. Amtrak, which uses the Metro North tracks, suspended service between Boston and New York indefinitely because of the accident. Read More

Latest Sports

Sources: Xavier Ready To Join Catholic Seven

March 19, 2013 3:36 PM

(Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Filed under

NCAA Tournament, Sports

Related tags

Atlantic 10, Big East, Catholic Seven, Xavier

By JOE KAY, AP Sports Writer

Xavier is ready to join the reconfigured Big East, with an announcement expected out of the new league on Wednesday, two sources familiar with the move have told The Associated Press.

Seven Catholic schools split off from the Big East to form a basketball league, retaining the name and looking to add schools. Xavier has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday to talk about its future. Two persons familiar with the move, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the league would announce the move on Wednesday.

Xavier has been a dominant team in the Atlantic 10 in recent years, winning at least a share of the regular-season title for five straight seasons. The Musketeers failed to get a title and missed out on the NCAA tournament this year.