MIAMI --
Conference
USA released 2013 football opponents for each of its members Wednesday,
including the Marshall Thundering Herd, as the league's Winter Meetings
concluded.
The
Herd will host East Carolina, Southern Miss, UAB and UT-San Antonio and
will travel to FAU, FIU, Middle Tennessee and defending C-USA champion
Tulsa, during the 2013
football season. Marshall registered home victories over East Carolina,
Southern Miss and UAB in 2011 and will face UTSA -- which like MTSU
will be in its first year in C-USA -- for the first time.
"Our
conference alignment for the 2013 football season is favorable and
exciting for our program and our great Marshall following," Marshall
Director of Athletics Mike
Hamrick said. "We look forward to a great season."
It
also was decided that each C-USA member will play 16 league games in
men's basketball in 2013-14, with each of the 16 institutions playing
one fellow member twice. For
the Herd, that home-and-home foe will be Old Dominion University. The
Herd will face MTSU in basketball after traveling to Middle Tennessee in
March 2012 for a first NIT appearance in 24 years.
"Having
a chance to play each of our member schools once in basketball makes
for a very intriguing season that our fan base will enjoy," Hamrick
said. "We have wonderful
new additions to our conference, in particular Old Dominion, which has a
rich basketball history."
While
C-USA will have 16 basketball members in 2013-14, it will have 14
football-playing schools, with ODU (2014) and Charlotte (2015) starting
league football play in
future seasons.
In
football, Marshall is joined in the Eastern Division by East Carolina,
FAU, FIU, Middle Tennessee, Southern Mississippi and UAB. The Western
Division members are Louisiana
Tech, North Texas, Rice, Tulane, Tulsa, UTEP and UTSA.
The
C-USA football and basketball schedules for 2013-14 will be stand alone
for only that academic year. Future schedules have not been determined.
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