Effective July 1, 2012, Texas Christian University (TCU) will be a member of the Big East Conference.
TCU currently plays in the Mountain West Conference and has one of the top football programs in the country. They are #3 in the country at 12-0 and are either heading to the Rose Bowl or the National Championship game depending on results of the Auburn and Oregon games.
The move is for all sports so including basketball so TCU will become the 17th member of the Big East for basketball and the 9th member of the Big East for football.
The main reason why TCU joined the Big East was to join a conference that is an automatic qualifier for the BCS. If TCU wins the Big East, they are guaranteed to go to go to a BCS game. While in the Mountain West Conference, they were not guaranteed a BCS spot if they won the conference championship.
The move is kinda odd geographically as all of the member of the Big East are along the eastern parts of the United States. TCU plays far west of Big East schools as they are located in Texas. This could be difficult travel wise for them but they have been in this situation before when they played in the "old" Conference USA in the early 2000's.
This looks like a good move for TCU and should take their athletics program up to another level playing on the higher stage.
As for the Big East, this is a tremendous pickup for them and should make them a stronger conference down the line.
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