Western Kentucky’s move to Conference USA became official earlier today. That would lead one to believe that Tulsa’s reported move to the Big East is on the verge of coming to fruition.
In fact, it’s expected to become official tomorrow. Mark Blaudschun, ESPN’s Brett McMurphy and the Tulsa World all report Monday afternoon that an 11:30 a.m. ET press conference on Tuesday will be to announce the school’s jump to the soon-to-be-renamed Big East (and holy hell that’s getting annoying to keep writing).
Tulsa is expected to join their new home in 2014, the same year WKU joins C-USA. The school’s exit fee is reported to be $500,000.
Tulsa would be the seventh recent C-USA school to join the Big East, the others being Central Florida, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU and Tulane. Former C-USA members Cincinnati, Louisville and South Florida joined the Big East in 2005.