Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS
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And yet... the average fan is more likely to know about the Directionals than about Grand Valley State.
School presidents are generally willing to trade in the chance at championships for the shot to be mentioned in the same sentence as D1 brethren. It has much less to do with actual sports relevance than all of us here might hope.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
No doubt. And, of course, this is yearly off-season message board discussion. There's better odds of Elvis playing the KCAC than IUP Football moving up to D1.
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Originally posted by iupgroundhog View Post
I think West Chester would be the best candidate to move athletics to D1. They've grown so much and if there was local corporate support I think it would be a possibility. Obviously, WCU has flirted with D1 sports in the past (as has IUP).
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Originally posted by Inkblot View Post
Not just flirted... West Chester was Division I except in football until 1982.
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Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View Post
I don't believe that's true because West Chester has always been a member of the PSAC as an NAIA and NCAA DII conference. There were fewer divisions before 1982 and a lot of current D1 schools were smaller then and played other smaller schools. It was also much more common for PSAC schools to play up as well as down to fill the schedules. We as a conference played a lot of NY, NJ, and MD D3 schools until more recently.
That's basically correct, I think. Correct me if I'm wrong.Last edited by iupgroundhog; 04-08-2022, 07:38 AM.
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Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View Post
I don't believe that's true because West Chester has always been a member of the PSAC as an NAIA and NCAA DII conference. There were fewer divisions before 1982 and a lot of current D1 schools were smaller then and played other smaller schools. It was also much more common for PSAC schools to play up as well as down to fill the schedules. We as a conference played a lot of NY, NJ, and MD D3 schools until more recently.
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The ECC began falling apart when St. Joseph's, Temple, and West Chester departed in the summer of 1982. WCU basketball won the regular season west division of the ECC that last year, and Temple won the east, but both lost in the quarterfinals of their conference tournament. St. Joseph's won the tournament.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_C...ce_(Division_I)
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Wow I never realized WCU was actually D1 for basketball previously. Would imagine that ship has sailed for the University unless a influx of cash comes in allowing them to operate freely from the PASHEE. Would be great to see the ECAC return with UCONN, Temple, Rutgers, Maryland, Nova, Delaware, UMass, Delaware, Nova, Georgetown, Towson & WCU all play one another in BB/FB if they all equally invested in their programs but that's never happening with MD/Rutgers being in the Big 10 lol.
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Originally posted by shipfbfan1 View PostWow I never realized WCU was actually D1 for basketball previously. Would imagine that ship has sailed for the University unless a influx of cash comes in allowing them to operate freely from the PASHEE. Would be great to see the ECAC return with UCONN, Temple, Rutgers, Maryland, Nova, Delaware, UMass, Delaware, Nova, Georgetown, Towson & WCU all play one another in BB/FB if they all equally invested in their programs but that's never happening with MD/Rutgers being in the Big 10 lol.
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Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View Post
It used to be about location, size, etc. Now its about money and West Chester doesn't have it. Let's say they did - very few D1 conferences would be interested in a D2 program funding 1/3 of the football max.
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