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students and the basketball team has been a bottom dweller in the Big East since it migrated to the elite league from the Conference USA in 2005. With the funding for the new arena coming from both the city and the university, members of the community and
in the Colonels' resurgence last season. Kane was the leader of the Thundering Herd from the get-go as he earned the Conference USA Freshman of the Year award as a rookie. He then spearheaded Marshall's charge to the conference tournament championship
McNeill is 19-19 in three seasons at his alma mater and has guided the Pirates to two bowls. East Carolina is leaving Conference USA for the American Athletic Conference in 2014, and new athletic director Jeff Compher says the extension shows the school's
McNeill has led the Pirates to two bowl appearances with a combined 11-4 divisional record. The Pirates have ranked in the Conference USA East Division's top three during McNeill's tenure. "As a former student-athlete in our football program, he understands
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Community College in Kansas. McDonald played in 42 career games (28 starts) for Rice. A two-time First-Team All- Conference USA selection, McDonald finished his career ranked seventh in school history with 119 receptions, sixth in receiving yards
10 basketball schools and 12 in football. The CAA has lost VCU and George Mason to the Atlantic 10 and Old Dominion to Conference USA in the last year. The league also is adding the College of Charleston for all sports next season, while Albany and Stony
on the team. He had 20 blocked shots and 22 steals on a team that went 31-5 overall last season, including 16-0 in Conference USA play. "Tarik has played in a ton of big games and certainly has had good experience at Memphis," Kansas coach Bill Self
Corp Stadium in Annapolis, Md. The Military Bowl will match a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference against one from Conference USA and will be played Dec. 27. ESPN will broadcast the afternoon game. The bowl has been at RFK since its inception in 2008
season (17.6 ppg, 10.7 rpg) and was a First-Team All- Conference USA selection. In 2011 Davis, who transferred from NC State to Tulane, was named to the All- Conference USA Third-Team after nearly averaging a double-double (11