Metro Conference Adding Three Schools

The Metro Conference, forced to expand because of the departure of four of its members for other leagues, added North Carolina Charlotte, South Florida and Virginia Commonwealth, all three formerly of the Sun Belt Conference.

The three schools join Louisville, Southern Mississippi, Tulane and Virginia Tech in the Metro, which does not compete in football. Louisville has given the Metro two national basketball championships.

The four Metro members who left were Florida State, to the Atlantic Coast Conference; South Carolina, to the Southeastern Conference, and Cincinnati and Memphis State, to the Great Midwest Conference.