BOSTON (CBB/Newsfeed) — Boston University is moving to the Patriot League, leaving the America East conference at the start of the 2013-14 academic year.
“This is a really unique opportunity for us to challenge ourselves,” BU athletic director Mike Lynch said. “We will be entering a league that embodies the ideal of valuing academics as the highest priority while sponsoring very competitive athletic programs. That is our commitment too.”
The move involves men’s and women’s basketball, soccer, lacrosse, tennis, cross country, track and field and swimming and diving. Women’s field hockey, golf, rowing and softball will also be making the move.
The five-time NCAA champion BU hockey team will remain in Hockey East.
BU dropped its football program in 1997.
The Terriers have won 40 America East championships in 14 sports during their tenure in the conference.
“Boston University has a strong tradition of excellence in academics and Division I athletics, both of which reflect the core values of the Patriot League,” Patriot League executive director Carolyn Schlie Femovich said. “They will strengthen the League both in the classroom and on the field of play.”
The new conference includes American, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Army and Navy as full members. Fordham and Georgetown are members for football and M.I.T. competes in women’s rowing.
“We are very impressed by the academic quality of the institutions in the Patriot League and by the league’s commitment to student-athletes while effectively competing at the NCAA Division I level,” BU president Robert Brown said. “We believe that the philosophy of the league is a good match for Boston University and that the schools in the league will give our athletes a rich competitive environment.”
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Pereira will tell you it’s okay, don’t worry.
How about the league admitting the officials this year have sucked more than ever?
As a Lions fan and a fan of the NFL I am sick of he league apologizing for mistakes made in games when it’s already too late to fix it. Instead of writing apologies to teams and fans maybe the league could hire some capable officials that know all the rule to the NFL.
Does that mean players should play through a whistle? Does that also mean there will no longer be personal foul penalties for late hits?
How many days will i have to wait for the league to admit that the line judge for the denver-pittsburgh game deserves to be banned from officiating any level of football..Harrison and Woodley get held every play all the time so usually it is not worth pointing it out becasue it is just a waste of energy…. but it was straight up criminal what the broncos were able to do and a line has to be drawn somewhere
When is the league going to admit that Santonio Holmes never got two feet down in the end zone against the Cardinals. Put that on tv and discuss. Refs pretty much suck.
Just do a 2-for-1 with the steelers/broncos blown lateral fumble non-call…
Why does everyone assume it would have been a TD for the Lions? The Saints players didn’t attempt to recover the ball when the whistle blew. If the ref hadn’t blown the whistle, the Saints could have recovered the ball. So all in all, the Lions got lucky.
But this is all spilt milk. Lions are sitting at home. Saints are getting ready for 49ers.