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[QUOTE="Towney007, post: 3216667, member: 5832"]
Without UConn in it, the AAC IS Conference USA with a few alternate members

In 2006, it was:

Memphis
East Carolina
UCF
Houston
Tulsa
SMU
Tulane
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Southern Miss
UAB
Rice
UTEP

Southern Miss, UAB, Rice and UTEP are gone.

IN are Cincinnati (who left CUSA in 2004), USF (who left w. Cincinnati), Temple, Navy (football only), Wichita State (basketball only)

Army was in as late as 2004, so Navy's basically replaced them. Cincinnati and USF are back where they started. They basically just added Wichita for hoops and Temple since 2005 while dumping Southern MIss, UAB, UTEP and Rice. Temple and Southern Miss in football seems like a lateral move, if not an outright step back assuming football is the only priority. And UAB is on a shortlist of schools they'd be bringing back in.

Again - it's the epitome of spinning your wheels in that conference. No one wanted to be in then. Those who could get out did, but weren't compelling enough to keep, so ended up back there. It's always going to be like that. Just an expensive revolving door that anyone who can get off should get off.
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