Report: VCU to join A-10

May 14, 2012 - 6:49 PM (Sports Network) - The Atlantic 10 will further solidify its position as the premier non-BCS college basketball conference by adding Virginia Commonwealth, according to a report.

Sources told CBSSports.com on Monday that VCU, a year removed from its unprecedented First Four-to-Final Four run in the NCAA Tournament, will announce the move, effective 2013, on Tuesday.

In the ever-changing landscape of conference realignment -- driven, primarily, by college football -- it would be another significant addition for the A-10, a league that does not sponsor football but boasts solid basketball programs.

Four of its teams earned bids to the NCAA tourney in 2012.

The move, if confirmed, shores up the conference following two departures. One of its traditional powerhouses, Temple, is departing for the Big East in 2013-14, and UNC Charlotte will join Conference USA in the same academic year.

The A-10 has already officially filled one of those spots by luring Butler -- national runners-up in 2010 and 2011 -- away from the Horizon League earlier in May.

VCU, meanwhile, moves up from the Colonial Athletic Association, a league that despite having two Final Four teams in the past six seasons is traditionally a one-bid conference.

George Mason, the first CAA institution to make a Final Four run, announced Friday that it would remain in the league after much speculation that it was seeking a bid to the Atlantic-10.

The Colonial also may lose another key member in Old Dominion. ODU, which has a strong FCS football program, has reportedly been mulling an invitation to join BCS football by way of C-USA.