CFN has confirmed that the Big Ten will announce a name change on Monday night, April 8th to coincide with the men's NCAA basketball national title game.

Ever since 1993 when Penn State joined the league, the Big Ten has had eleven teams while keeping the Big Ten name and identity. Twelve years later, the historic conference, founded in 1896, has decided it's time to roll out a new name.

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"We have a collection of some of the greatest academic institutions in the world," said the President of one Big Ten school who spoke to CFN under conditions of anonymity. "It's about time we showed everyone we know how to count. How are we supposed to be taken seriously with eleven member institutions in a league called the Big Ten?"