The SEC will be one 12-team basketball league beginning in the 2011-12 season.
The conference's athletic directors approved a recommendation from SEC coaches Wednesday that they scrap the current, football-based two-division, six-team East-West split at the league's annual spring meetings in Destin, Fla.
"It's done,'' Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley told ESPN.com Wednesday night from Florida. "The presidents don't have to sign off on this. This is an AD decision. We will be one (12-team) league effective next year.''
Kentucky coach John Calipari, who chaired Wednesday's meeting, told ESPN.com that the coaches were hoping the divisional re-alignment would help get "eight teams in the discussion for NCAA bids.''
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