UConn Approves Move to BIG EAST, Announcement Thursday

The BIG EAST will host a press conference at @TheGarden Thursday at 12:00 PM to announce the University of Connecticut re-joining the BIG EAST.

Watch the press conference live on Twitter or on https://t.co/p8ZjDpHp11 pic.twitter.com/hZBDQwKcby

— BIG EAST Conference (@BIGEAST) June 26, 2019

The Board of Trustees up in Storrs have enacted the inevitable: UConn is officially headed to the Big East.

As previously reported, press conference will be held tomorrow at MSG to formally announce. https://t.co/PKHbSgf8Go

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) June 26, 2019

The UConn to the Big East presser is set for noon tomorrow at MSG. pic.twitter.com/yU4yXZmVat

— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) June 26, 2019

UConn Board of Trustees Approves Move to Big East https://t.co/ItdcpdYU5x

— Randall B Plaxa (@JMRandalls) June 26, 2019

via @DaveBorges - UConn 'will deal w/ a $10 M exit fee from the AAC, which also requires a 27-month notice for departing school. UConn will likely negotiate the terms so it can join the Big East in 2020, but that could result in an inflated exit fee.'https://t.co/QA0KAtUfzO

— Kris M Gardner (@TheHRReview) June 26, 2019

Randy Edsall supports #UConn’s move to the Big East, despite the uncertainty it brings for his football program https://t.co/s1dIKp4N59 pic.twitter.com/P5UFDOMXBX

— TheUConnBlog (@TheUConnBlog) June 26, 2019

UConn football coach Randy Edsall says he doesn't know where his team will end up once the school leaves the American Athletic Conference.

by @peatonrobb https://t.co/sz6jGWULM5

— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) June 26, 2019

We're home. We're finally home.

— UConn is home (@NoEscalators) June 26, 2019