Conference USA boss not speculating on NMSU joining league
By Bret Bloomquist / El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com
Posted: 11/29/2012 02:01:53 PM MST

In a conference call discussing Conference USA expansion, commissioner Britton Banowsky refused to discuss or acknowledge rumors that New Mexico State or Western Kentucky were being considered for admission to the league.

"I don't know where those reports got started and I'm not going to speculate on it," he said in the teleconference today welcoming Middle Tennessee State and Florida Atlantic to the changing league.

With regard to the recent round of realignment, which began with the Big 10 adding Maryland and Rutgers and eventually trickling down to the Big East grabbing Tulane and East Carolina from Conference USA, Banowsky said, "It's a big fabric, and when you start ripping the fabric, when you start putting stress on the fabric, things separate and it's hard to keep it woven together. When it's not woven tightly, that's not good for the entire United States."

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So he is only:
1) Does not know where the reports got started.
2) Is not going to speculate on it.

So basically he is not denying it.

Multiple sources say it's a done deal after the next couple defections. Probably Tulsa going to nBE or west. Same for UTEP.

Big East is becoming C-USA. C-USA is becoming Sunbelt. Sunbelt is shrinking. MWC has to fight off the Big East and try to steal back SDSU and BSU while the Big East supposedly doesn't want any more schools from C-USA. LOL!

The sun belt is shedding some dead weight

They are keeping their best teams.