G-MAC All-Sports and Conference Business Thread

[UFSwimDad]

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Also, it looks like Wheeling Jesuit quietly dropped both men's and women's swimming. Disappointing.

[UFSwimDad]

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Looks like the GMAC and the MEC are hooking up for the swimming championships this season!

[Looking For 9]

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Underclass showing up.

[alumnifan]

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Wesleyan's volleyball team dropped their first four matches, and then? won five in a row including their last match at TNU. The Panthers came back from an 0-2 game disadvantage to win three straight games in their first G-MAC match of the season.

[alumnifan]

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Cedarville's men's and women's soccer teams (which are usually pretty good) both got absolutely smoked by OVU yesterday. OVU hired a Columbian coach to coach both teams and he has assembled two very nice international-rostered teams. I know our schools have gotten used to beating OVU in most sports - but they have clearly stepped up their game. Watch out.

They do that a lot in the NAIA as well. However, it can raise a big Red flag to the NCAA unless OVU worked strictly through and within NCAA rules.

[alumnifan]

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Centre College and Transylvania will probably stay in D3 until a different intercollegiate athletic system forms in the distant future.

[alumnifan]

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The Xavier game is a support game for a sister institution. Thomas More going D2 would be good for the other D2 programs in the state.

[alumnifan]

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Calipari said that he wants to help D3 programs. You also pay less to the D3 teams than you do to D2 programs. I have no problem with that.

[UFOILERFAN]

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Who knows? I will say it's much easier for an NCAA D3 Program from Kentucky to go D2 than for an NAIA Program to get in if early G-MAC history means anything. I would be all for TMC coming on board. Bell and TMC could both make the jump. Lots of discussion going on.

Just noticed TMC basketball schedule has exhibition games at Kentucky and Xavier.

[UFOILERFAN]

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Oilers squeak out a tough 5 set volleyball win over the Hillsdale Chargers. Sounds like it would have been a great match to see. Oh, well, can't be everywhere.

http://athletics.findlay.edu/sports/...20170912x8kyve

[alumnifan]

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TMC had to void their 2015 Women's Basketball D3 Championship. They give athletic scholarships in D2.

They may very well get to the G-MAC. I did not know their situation. They do like to win. My gosh the G-MAC is in their backyard in Covington.

[alumnifan]

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Who knows? I will say it's much easier for an NCAA D3 Program from Kentucky to go D2 than for an NAIA Program to get in if early G-MAC history means anything. I would be all for TMC coming on board. Bell and TMC could both make the jump. Lots of discussion going on.

[UFSwimDad]

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Interesting. I am curious as to when anything will be decided this fall?

[BlueBlood]

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Cedarville's men's and women's soccer teams (which are usually pretty good) both got absolutely smoked by OVU yesterday. OVU hired a Columbian coach to coach both teams and he has assembled two very nice international-rostered teams. I know our schools have gotten used to beating OVU in most sports - but they have clearly stepped up their game. Watch out.

[BlueBlood]

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I'm not saying this is anything at all (its probably not), but when I see comments, I post them. I still think that TMC ends up in the DIII Heartland, but who knows.



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