MBB: Conference of New England

Ralph Turner · April 15, 2010, 11:04:25 PM

Sports sponsored by the current members of TCCC. Football is not sponsored by the TCCC. Seven (7) members, including 4 full members, must offer a sport to earn the AQ. The conference must have 7 full members offering 5 men's and 5 women's sports including 3 team sports, and one sport in each season.

New Conf School

WBB

WXC

FH

WLax

WSoc

SB

WTen

WVB

BB

MBB

MXC

MLax

MSoc

MTen

MGolf

FB

Curry

+

No

+

2010

+

No

+

No

+

Endicott

+

Gordon

+

No

Nichols

+

No

+

No

+

No

+

Roger Wms

+

No

+

No

Salve Regina

+

No

+

UNE

+

No

+

No

+

No

+

No

Wentworth

+

No

+

No

+

No

WNE

+

New Conf

9

6

8

9

8

9

6

9

8

5

TCCC School

WBB

WXC

FH

WLax

WSoc

SB

WTen

WVB

BB

MBB

MXC

MLax

MSoc

MTen

MGolf

FB

Anna Marie

+

Colby-Sawyer

+

2010

+

No

+

No

+

No

E. Naz

+

No

+

No

+

No

NEC

+

No

+

No

+

No

Regis

+

No

+

No

+

No

+

No

TCCC

5

3

4

5

4

5

3

5

4

1

Corrections are appreciated.

Thanks to Hoops Fan for proofreading the table, and thanks to Bill Gorman for the information.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · April 15, 2010, 11:36:36 PM

Quote from: akirk on April 15, 2010, 10:11:36 PM
Does anyone have any idea what other school the new conference will target to get a automatic bid?

They'll let CSC in, if CSC really wants in.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · April 15, 2010, 11:38:28 PM

Ralph, ENC does have baseball.

Ralph Turner · April 15, 2010, 11:54:43 PM

Quote from: Hoops Fan on April 15, 2010, 11:36:36 PM
Quote from: akirk on April 15, 2010, 10:11:36 PM
Does anyone have any idea what other school the new conference will target to get a automatic bid?

They'll let CSC in, if CSC really wants in.

But, Anna Marie would bring more sports to impact the AQ's. $:-\$

Hugenerd · April 16, 2010, 11:44:44 AM

Quote from: akirk on April 15, 2010, 10:11:36 PM
Does anyone have any idea what other school the new conference will target to get a automatic bid?

You only need 7 teams to get an AQ, so they dont need to let in any more. They will just need to wait two years once the conference is formed (again, just talking about basketball, not XC, or FH).

boston ball 56 · April 16, 2010, 02:04:31 PM

Anna Maria was not invited. Colby Sawyer was invited. They out of the schools invited abstain. The other nine schools that were invited voted yes. Get it?

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high flyer 21 · April 16, 2010, 10:39:55 PM

Aaron Trigg, Jon Chaloux, Mark Mastrullo, and Matt Abbott were selected to play in the 2010 NEBC All-Star game at Babson this Sunday and will represent the CCC.

Bill Gorman · April 17, 2010, 07:19:47 PM

Curry has men's soccer and is adding women's volleyball next year; UNE does not have baseball; Colby-Sawyer is adding field hockey next year

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · April 18, 2010, 08:26:29 PM

CSC wasn't the abstention; they weren't at the meeting. AMC makes sense, since they sponsor so many sports - and they do come before Curry alphabetically, so that would fit the story we had.

boston ball 56 · April 20, 2010, 07:17:27 PM

Hoops, COLBY/ CURRY . CO before CU.They were asked to vote first. They were not comfortable with the process. They elected to pass. After the vote they were not given an opportunity to vote again. AMC, Regis, NEC and Eastern Nazz was not invited. Not that any of this matters it was not in control of anyone that post here on this board. All upper level stuff. Hope everyone has a great summer and let's all enjoy the last hurrah of TCCC as we know it!

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · April 21, 2010, 09:43:37 AM

Quote from: boston ball 56 on April 20, 2010, 07:17:27 PM
Hoops, COLBY/ CURRY . CO before CU.They were asked to vote first. They were not comfortable with the process. They elected to pass. After the vote they were not given an opportunity to vote again. AMC, Regis, NEC and Eastern Nazz was not invited. Not that any of this matters it was not in control of anyone that post here on this board. All upper level stuff. Hope everyone has a great summer and let's all enjoy the last hurrah of TCCC as we know it!

So you were there representing Curry? If so, that would trump the info I received about CSC not being invited. I suppose I have to bow to a personal testimony.

high flyer 21 · April 21, 2010, 11:47:10 AM

Just wanted to note that the four schools not invited (Anna Maria, ENC, NEC, and Regis) have enrollments under 1,000. CSC also fits into that category which could explain the controversy surrouding whether or not they were invited. Every other school has over 1,000 students. Not saying this has anything to do with it, but it is interesting. Maybe the CCC will become New England's very small-college conference by definition in the future.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · April 21, 2010, 02:55:54 PM

Quote from: high flyer 21 on April 21, 2010, 11:47:10 AM
Just wanted to note that the four schools not invited (Anna Maria, ENC, NEC, and Regis) have enrollments under 1,000. CSC also fits into that category which could explain the controversy surrouding whether or not they were invited. Every other school has over 1,000 students. Not saying this has anything to do with it, but it is interesting. Maybe the CCC will become New England's very small-college conference by definition in the future.

Yeah, the schools selected all have a much more similar profile. It's why I wasn't surprised CSC didn't end up there. I was just going on info I got from someone I thought would know better than I. The info here from Curry is probably more reliable.

Bill Gorman · May 22, 2010, 11:45:07 AM

Anna Maria will be leaving TCCC at the end of 10-11 to join the GNAC.

http://www.annamaria.edu/athletics/

number1chargerfan · May 26, 2010, 11:00:20 AM

Hope this helps..e-mail to the CSC community regarding the situation...

To: Colby-Sawyer College Community
From: College Communications
Re: Status of Athletic Conference
Date: 4-16-2010
For the past 16 years, College Sawyer College has been a proud and successful member of The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC). Ten of our varsity teams have engaged in intercollegiate competition in this conference and have collectively won 18 conference championships since joining in 1994.

In March 2010, Colby-Sawyer was one of a group of TCCC institutions invited to participate in a conversation about potentially disbanding the conference and starting a new one. Because the proposed process would not include all TCCC members, President Tom Galligan—a member of TCCC Board of Directors—chose not to participate and expressed to all of our fellow TCCC members the college's perspective on the process and our desire to remain neutral in these deliberations.

"I felt strongly that if we were going to discuss the future of the conference and its members, we should do that with everyone in the room, face-to-face," said President Galligan. "As a director of TCCC, I owe a duty of loyalty to the entity and, just as importantly, I feel an obligation of mutual respect to my colleagues and fellow directors. Colby-Sawyer believes that if we are to deliberate or take action on changes in the composition of our membership or to disband the conference, all the representatives of our membership should be present and able to participate in the decision."

On April 5, 2010, an announcement about the formation of a new conference was released by nine TCCC institutions including Curry, Gordon, Endicott, Nichols, Roger Williams, Salve Regina, the University of New England, Wentworth and Western New England. Following the announcement, Colby-Sawyer officially submitted application for membership in this new alliance and was denied entry as a charter member.

All 14 schools will participate in TCCC competition in the 2010-2011 academic year. Colby-Sawyer and the other TCCC members that did not participate in creating the new conference will consider the best options for their individual institutions, as well as for the future of TCCC.

"We will continue to explore options with like institutions that value athletics and strive to provide high quality competitive experiences for their intercollegiate athletic teams," said President Galligan. "Colby-Sawyer has demonstrated a strong commitment to our intercollegiate athletic programs, and our goal is to ensure the continuation of a high level of competition for our student-athletes."

Athletic Director Deb McGrath said, "The fracturing of TCCC is regrettable, but at this juncture Colby-Sawyer will align with those institutions that will provide our student-athletes with the best quality competitive experience across the board."