Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
I called Big East spokesman John Paquette to track down these rumors that Memphis might join the Big East and he categorically denied them.
“No truth,” Paquette said by phone from Rhode Island. “I saw the clip. It’s a TV report with no named sources. No one from the University of Memphis. No on-the-record sources. We’ve been down this road. We are not talking about expansion with any institution.”
With 16 schools already in the Big East for basketball, it’s hard to imagine the conference absorbing anyone else at this point….So John Calipari can look forward to dominating Conference USA for the forseeable future. Now the only question is, Will Devin Ebanks join him?
Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
I called Big East spokesman John Paquette to track down these rumors that Memphis might join the Big East and he categorically denied them.
“No truth,” Paquette said by phone from Rhode Island. “I saw the clip. It’s a TV report with no named sources. No one from the University of Memphis. No on-the-record sources. We’ve been down this road. We are not talking about expansion with any institution.”
With 16 schools already in the Big East for basketball, it’s hard to imagine the conference absorbing anyone else at this point….So John Calipari can look forward to dominating Conference USA for the forseeable future. Now the only question is, Will Devin Ebanks join him?
