When the CAA loses VCU, ODU, Ga St. who do they add?

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Men's basketball likely will be the membership priority, but the CAA's football arm will be a factor.

CAA Football is a mix of schools (William and Mary, James Madison, Delaware and Towson) that play all sports, plus schools that are in the conference only for football.

By 2013, CAA Football will be down to eight members. League members want at least nine so they can play eight conference games.

The premier conference in FCS may look at some Northern schools, including Stony Brook, Albany or Monmouth, to help ease travel for Maine and New Hampshire.

William and Mary athletics director Terry Driscoll said he'd like to see a conference that is as "geographically manageable" as possible for travel and class-time reasons. But he suggested whatever the CAA does probably will take some compromise.

"I think the critical thing is if you get to a larger conference, 12 or more schools, you begin to get into either divisional play or things that can mitigate the travel costs over a large region," he said.

"Right now, I'm looking at the best quality we can get to try to reach the most obvious objectives, and that's really good basketball schools for the CAA and addressing the football issues of quality competition and geography that will allow us to retain what we have."

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Ambrose and Keeler recaps from CAA Football conference meetings.