ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas-Arlington is the newest member of the Western Athletic Conference.
The University of Texas system’s board of regents voted to accept an invitation during a meeting in Austin on Thursday.
UTA will leave the Southland Conference for the WAC starting in 2012-13. It becomes the league’s 10th school — and its third that doesn’t play football. The Mavericks compete in 14 sports, including basketball and baseball.
The school is building a $78 million on-campus arena for its basketball and volleyball programs. It is schedule to be done in December. School president Jim Spaniolo said he doesn’t expect a discussion about adding football to begin until the building is complete.
