October 24, 2003

Atlantic Coast Conference Adds Boston College, Leaving the Big East Bereft

By DAVID GLENN and BEN GOSE

The Atlantic Coast Conference added Boston College as its 12th member last week, eliciting sharp criticism and a new lawsuit from four universities that charge they have been damaged by the ACC's success at wooing teams from the Big East Conference.

Boston College's flight from the Big East Conference to the ACC followed identical moves by the University of Miami and Virginia Tech in late June. The ACC had been seeking to add Boston College at that time, but that plan fell apart when