An array of weighty issues await Conference USA athletic administrators and coaches when they gather in Destin, Fla., today for three days of meetings.
What to do with the league’s basketball tournament, which has lost its magic since the last round of conference realignment led Memphis and other heavyweights to leave Conference USA? What will the league’s new TV contracts – which won’t include Fox Sports for the first time in five years – mean for C-USA’s coffers and its on-air profile?
And how can the league improve football and men’s and women’s basketball, none of which made much of a splash in 2015-16?