MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

ohyeah · April 13, 2006, 04:22:04 PM

Just noticed that Covenant on Signal Mountain just added baseball to the sports category. Any chance of luring them into the GSAC?

Hey Beaty, Im trying to catch you in Karma, doesnt matter what I post, people give me negatives and I think it is great. Can we somehow get me to -100 before June?

coachwgh · April 14, 2006, 07:36:52 AM

Happy Easter weekend to everyone!

Spencer Beaty · April 14, 2006, 09:36:52 AM

As Far as covanent goes, I know that their soccer Program is NAIA so i dont know what that means for the rest of their athletic programs.

mattgrubb · April 14, 2006, 09:49:00 AM

covenant is NAIA and they have a bball team, Wilburt let's be honest, they could not win at fisk or murvul, but i think they would be a good fit, everyone get on them

Ralph Turner · April 14, 2006, 11:00:02 AM

Add Covenant and Shorter, and you have 7 men's teams and the Automatic Qualifier in basketball, soccer and baseball.

Plus you pick up another football school, in Shorter.

Now all that Covenant and Shorter need to do is to go thru the 5-7 year process of becoming an NCAA D3 school!

wilburt · April 14, 2006, 11:20:42 AM

Don't know anything about Covenant or Shorter or where they are even located.

I thought that Crichton College in Memphis was a prime candidate for the GSAC until they decided a year or so ago to go NAIA and join the TranSouth Conference.

I was thinking more along the lines of a Tenn. Temple in Chattanooga as GSAC material. I know that they would have to add some sports and apply for D3 status. Plus it is a good regional fit (centrally located).

Ralph Turner · April 14, 2006, 11:39:19 AM

Wilburt, Tennessee Temple would need to add at least 2 men's sports and 3 women's sports. (Is their enrollment greater than 1000? Then they would need to have 6 sports each.)

That is a big hurdle.

mattgrubb · April 14, 2006, 12:00:22 PM

adding the sports is a good way to add students
I think the schools in the Chattanooga/N. Georgia area would be a better fit than Crichton, ex. Lagrange traveling to memphis, but if they would fit, then rust would be a logical next step
Chattanooga/N. Georgia area schools
Reinhardt
Shorter
Berry
Covenant
Tenn. Temple

I think with King leaving the AAC for the NCAA D2 SAC and they are planning on going NCAA 1 in four years, the AAC would be a great place to steal away schools for the GSAC and get maryville's automatic bid

coachwgh · April 14, 2006, 12:27:40 PM

I thought Maryville had an automatic bid?

None of those schools in GA are going to make the move. They have no idea what d3 is about with the exception of Berry whose president has a d3 background. They would go D2 if anywhere.

ohyeah · April 14, 2006, 12:43:27 PM

Dont think TN Temple will join the GSAC. I think their basketball team is actually trying to get in the D2 level. "Going down" a level is probably not in their plans. Speaking of going down, Grubb, what are you doing this weekend?

Ralph Turner · April 14, 2006, 09:38:18 PM

Quote from: ohyeah on April 14, 2006, 12:43:27 PM
Dont think TN Temple will join the GSAC. I think their basketball team is actually trying to get in the D2 level. "Going down" a level is probably not in their plans. Speaking of going down, Grubb, what are you doing this weekend?

ohyeah, I am glad that you put "going down" in quotation marks, because we all know that moving to D3 is "Moving Up" .

Spencer Beaty · April 14, 2006, 10:59:59 PM

I cannot believe that King would be trying to go DI. Granted, they would get better players than they have now if they were DI, but the players they have now couldnt even contest MURVUL much less the DI colleges of the south.

Spencer Beaty · April 14, 2006, 11:00:27 PM

Have a great easter all

wilburt · April 16, 2006, 02:17:14 PM

Quote from: mattgrubb on April 14, 2006, 12:00:22 PM
I think with King leaving the AAC for the NCAA D2 SAC and they are planning on going NCAA 1 in four years, the AAC would be a great place to steal away schools for the GSAC and get maryville's automatic bid

To clarify: Don't you mean Maryville's automatic Pool B bid?

wilburt · April 16, 2006, 03:01:47 PM

Quote from: ohyeah on April 14, 2006, 12:43:27 PM
Dont think TN Temple will join the GSAC. I think their basketball team is actually trying to get in the D2 level. "Going down" a level is probably not in their plans. Speaking of going down, Grubb, what are you doing this weekend?

Ralph: TN Temple would have to add a few sports. In addition their enrollment is at about 500 or so students. I believe Crichton College was in a similar situation a few years ago before they decided to go the NAIA route. It would just take a commitement from their administration to do so. If Crichton could do it so can TN Temple. It just may take a little longer...