Weekend Links: CAA Edition

• Official release by the athletics department and by President Benson [CofCSports | CofC]
• Joe Hull would be "shocked" if more Southern schools were not added. An added throw-in for the baseball program: they'll be hosting the CAA Tournament at Patriots Point in 2015 and 2016. UNCW was originally going to host in 2015 [Post & Courier]
• President Benson says the value of our degrees should increase as a larger region of the country becomes more familiar with the College of Charleston. Well....employers...?? [YouTube]
• Video reaction from CAA Commissioner Tom Yeager. Pronounced like Jagermeister [YouTube]
• Reactions from the rest of the SoCon [Mocs Mania]
• I also answered a few questions over at Mocs Mania [Mocs Mania]
• GMU Hoops is excited to get a "solid, clean program that has a history of winning" [GMU Hoops]
• The beat writer for UNCW is glad to have a geographical rival, a baseball powerhouse and thinks the Cougars will immediately compete in tennis and golf as well [Star News]
• NBC Sports mentions that the NBC sports deal will be very advantageous for the Cougs [NBC College Basketball Talk]
• According to Andrew Miller the CAA men's basketball tournament could also be hosted in Charleston "in near future" [Twitter]
• Mid Major Madness sees the Cougars immediately making noise upon their arrival in the CAA and recognizes that Davidson is the last major player in the SoCon [SB Nation]