The ACC is interested in having Notre Dame join their conference this summer if the Fighting Irish can exit the Big East, sources told ESPN. Notre Dame originally intended to stay in the Big East through the 2013-14 season if the league's Catholic basketball school remained.
However, the seven schools involved - DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova - are expected to announce their plans to leave the Big East and begin their own league on July 1.
Officials within the program previously indicated that Notre Dame would seek an earlier exit from the Big East if the Catholic 7 schools departed before 2014. Notre Dame announced last year that it was joining the ACC in all other sports, except football.
ACC commissioner John Swofford and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick have said that there isn't a firm deadline for the school to notify the ACC of its decision. Big East by-laws require that schools must provide 27 months' notice before leaving, so Notre Dame wouldn't be able to leave the league until 2015, unless the school negotiated an earlier exit.
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