Pitt Coach: MU and Depaul added in '05 so bball schools could eventually split

[MUMountin]

Two interesting tidbits in Andy Katz's Three Point Shot (http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/69989/3-point-shot-coaches-should-be-on-watch) this morning:

2. Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said on the ESPNU College Basketball Podcast Thursday that the Irish had talked to the other seven Catholic schools about forming a national Catholic conference. If the ACC option didn't occur then the Irish would have bolted with the rest. That shows how much this has been discussed and was a distinct possibility. Pitt coach Jamie Dixon also said on the same podcast that he was told the reason Marquette and DePaul were added 10 years ago was to ensure the five Catholic schools had seven members to retain an NCAA bid if they decided to leave. He said the eventual split of football and non-football was always inevitable, and may have actually happened later than predicted.

[Benny B]

The headline is a bit misleading.  Take out the word "eventually" and you're much more on track.