Southland Looks to Expand: Following the Southland Conference Board of Directors meeting, the conference has announced that it will continue expansion talks with Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Central Arkansas. Three other schools – Texas-Pan American, Centenary and Tarleton State – had made 45 minute presentations in May, but did not make the cut. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a D-I Independent, and has been in D-I since 2002. Central Arkansas is currently in Division II but will begin the D-I exploratory stage for the 2005-06 athletic season. Current member Louisiana-Monroe is departing for the Sun Belt Conference for the 2006-07 season. [6/06/05]