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Originally posted by laker
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That's good, I wish they would have stayed at 64 teams.
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I don't know about their other sports, but I do know that NIU is really bad at men's basketball. They finished with 6 wins last year (only 3 of which were against other D1 opponents) and a KenPom rating of 343 out of 364, even lower than Mercyhurst. Maybe taking a step down is what they need to start being a little more competitive again.Originally posted by Bballfan View PostComment
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They just added four teams to put more Power conference teams in. And all of those teams should have been the #15 & #16 seeds playing on Tuesday or Wednesday- what they did made absolutely no sense. But it is the NCAA...........Originally posted by crixus View PostComment
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Unless something has changed in the last couple years, the MAC rules required that any schools competing in men's / women's basketball also offered football within the MAC. When NIU left the MAC for football, they no longer met the MAC's membership guidelines for continuing to be a member of the conference.Originally posted by Bballfan View Post
The MAC allows affiliate membership, for all sports, including football, but to be a full member you have to have football and men's basketball within the conference.
Thankfully NIU leaving the conference won't impact men's track and field, as NIU was not one of the 5 schools (out of 12 members) that offered the sport.Comment
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Remember, the power conference teams are the ones whose fans will generally travel and spend the money. They also generally have much larger fan bases who will spend money related to the event.Originally posted by laker View PostComment
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Then you have Saint Joseph PA. They qualified for the NCAA tournament as one of the 68 teams. Then the school proceeded to drop from D1 to D3.
Just shows there are some really crappy D1 conferences who you wonder if they deserve a bid in the first place.Comment
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St Francis…and I would agree with you about the NEC. D1 conference in name only, even though they’ll always have that 16 over 1 upset.Originally posted by Bballfan View PostComment
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Just saw this on Twitter. Poster didn't have a source. People are guessing West Florida and Lincoln Memorial. I thought that there was going to be a moratorium on move ups to D1?
"Three schools have sent in their letter of intent to move to the D1 level. a school in the Gulf South Conference, Nova southeastern, and a school in the South Atlantic Conference"Comment
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Yes St. Francis! My bad. At least the school knows their limitations. Some other NEC schools could learn a thing or two from them!
I would believe that about Nova Southeastern. They could probably be competitive depending on the conference.
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Tennessee Tech to the SoCon in 2026 Tennessee Tech Athletics to join Southern Conference in 2026 - Tennessee TechComment
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Much better league. Man, the OVC went from being a good fun league to the pits over the past decadeOriginally posted by laker View PostComment
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Which is more likely- more defections, or more move ups? I'd say the former.Originally posted by canadarican View PostComment
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I still stand by the idea that there's going to be a breaking point with all these schools that have moved up in the last 20 years where we are either going to see a large group of them close or reclassify back to D2 and D3.Comment
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Maybe a few, but not large a large number of them. If they reclassify it will be because the NCAA loses the Power 4 and everyone gets relabeled.Originally posted by psugorilla View PostMavs > EveryoneComment
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