The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Charlotte accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is also awaiting a decision from Saint Louis.
The A-10 invited both to join last week. St. Louis is expected to accept today, pushing the conference to 14 teams.
Charlotte and Saint Louis are in Conference USA, which is losing Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida, Marquette and DePaul to the Big East in 2005.
"The landscape has changed, and the Conference USA that we have known and loved will no longer exist," Charlotte athletic director Judy Rose said. "We needed to find a new home, and the Atlantic 10 was a perfect fit."
When the five C-USA schools decided to leave for the Big East, Rose said she knew Charlotte needed to find a strong new basketball conference. The 49ers have been in C-USA since 1995-96.
The Atlantic 10 already has 12 members: Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, La Salle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's, Temple and Xavier.
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