MBB: Colonial States Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

The conference would have a two-year grace period to come up with a seventh team should it fall below the seven-team threshold.

[WolfPAC]

Chairman - what would you call it?  The Dregs Conference?

I could  not resist, I do not speak for Chairman but I must chime in....

Why not call it the Pennsylvania WolfPAC conference or the JDzik conference.  (just kidding)

How about the  " Little 7"

[hIdeUmm]

I like the PAC it just sounds good. As for my predictions lets just say i was $$$. Anyway... Sorry for gettin off track...


I thought the PAC was going to disolve personally. I thought that they would have to step up and move to a conference like the MAC even though the MAC is almost bustting at the seams. I honestly do not know how to read the Matrix HOWEVER i like the fact that i can see who plays who when instead of scrolling down d3hoops...

I just took the survey and i am not creative so i couldnt really make up a new conference name... But i think it should root itself in the History of the 3 states...

Jon was that a vivid enought description of the game last night for ya???

[Jon]

That will work for me.  In such a close game I was hoping for a bit more play-by-play to be available on the web, but I'll settle for your last minute recap.

I'm sure we appreciate the Macs putting a little anger in the hearts of the Griffins and the Knights before we come to town.  Hopefully we don't forget to unpack our shooting touch for tomorrow's visit.

I can understand a little confusion in reading the bottom portion of the matrix I suppose.  It's basically you look at teams listed across the page and read down their column to see their record against teams listed on the left side.

[chairman]

I'm not in a position to offer an opinion on the new name of the conference.... (not sure where to put the modifier there whether it is a new name for the conference or a name for the new conference.) Either way, the league is going to have to do something to avoid being the new-NEAC "stay classy." The re-branding idea is probably a good one. But I don't know that the web survey will prove overly helpful.

Congrats to Neumann SID Leigh Martini on the new baby boy.

Enjoy your weekend all.

[Chris Panter, GMC SID]

anybody else care to throw some names out for the conference?

Since Pioneer, Gateway and even Horizon are taken, I can't think of much....something along those lines would make sense.

[Jon]

I have not filled out the online survey, but I suppose I'll weigh in with this.

You gotta find a way to come up with a conference name that won't be confused with another local conference.  Get away from the President's Athletic Conference (PAC), etc.

Just about all conferences have a geographical reference of some sort in it, so you have to come up with you all-encompassing descriptor.  Mid-Atlantic is overplayed, so get creative.  It's not just one state, so don't get stuck there again.

Figure you've got three, maybe four words to get it done.  Do you take "Athletic" out out of the picture?  As these conferences are put together you always hear about "like" or "common" schools.  These aren't athletic comparisons.  Some of them may be about the abilities to attract student-athletes, but the comparisons are typically based in academics.  I think it sounds a little goofy to call yourself the Pennsylvania Academic Conference, but taking the "Athletic" out may be a more apt description.  Especially in Division III (that one's for you Wolfy)

This could be an exciting time for the conference.  I realize a name change is only that, but it could be the start of a new attitude.

[lefty2]

I'm not creative enough to come up with a new name either, but you can't tie yourself to a state/states.

The late Arnie Garinger, long-time golf coach at Misericordia, wondered how a team from Delaware (Wesley) could win the golf championship in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference?

[WolfPAC]

I have not filled out the online survey, but I suppose I'll weigh in with this.

You gotta find a way to come up with a conference name that won't be confused with another local conference.  Get away from the President's Athletic Conference (PAC), etc.

Just about all conferences have a geographical reference of some sort in it, so you have to come up with you all-encompassing descriptor.  Mid-Atlantic is overplayed, so get creative.  It's not just one state, so don't get stuck there again.

Figure you've got three, maybe four words to get it done.  Do you take "Athletic" out out of the picture?  As these conferences are put together you always hear about "like" or "common" schools.  These aren't athletic comparisons.  Some of them may be about the abilities to attract student-athletes, but the comparisons are typically based in academics.  I think it sounds a little goofy to call yourself the Pennsylvania Academic Conference, but taking the "Athletic" out may be a more apt description.  Especially in Division III (that one's for you Wolfy)

This could be an exciting time for the conference.  I realize a name change is only that, but it could be the start of a new attitude.

Jon,  I could not agree with you anymore.  This is a unique opportunity to shape the attitude especially with the new teams coming and the old teams going. 

I came up with something but don't know what all you folks out there think about it.  I did not want to sound ridiculous but here it is.........


The  American Small College Conference  (ASCC) or   

The Atlantic Small College Conference.

Feel free to comment or critique anyone if it makes sense or not.  Just trying to help all of us.     What other thing about our area is truly representative of the schools.   

How about the ...

  Four Seasons Athletic Conference ! !  (FSAC) If anyone uses these please just remember at least where it originated.

[Pat Coleman]

There are only three seasons of college sports.

[WolfPAC]

There are only three seasons of college sports.

Thats my point.  Up here we are passionate more than anywhere else in the country!  Especially around the Philly area.   We play, practice, and immersed in our sports all year round despite the boundaries of the school calender.   

Our schools have intramurals, summer league basketball, tennis etc all the time at least at Cabrini.    Even the lacrosse team has informal practices for those who want to be there and summer camps.   Point is we do it in all four seasons.   We eat it, live it, and breath it at Cabrini anyway.  In addition to the Philadelphia area with the local talk shows and our football teams the passion is definitely all year round with due respect.     

OK  Pat you win!  There are only 3 seasons but not around here.   

[old ends]

I think coming up with a new name is going to be tough. The only thing I could think of real quick was Tri State.
All of the schools have strong academics with  some having a religious base to them. I do not think a name like Crusader Conference would fly either. The founding dates for some of the schools go back to mid 1800's to Mid 1900's so the Century Conference could fit.

One school seems to take for ever to get to, Keystone, and the one's in the Philadelphia area are close, but depending on the Schuylkill( 76 ) and Blue Route ( 495 ) it too could seem forever.

Again, tough one to pull a name out.  Wolfpac's American Small College Conference sure does fit the bill. The Atlantic one also sounds good, but the other is the better.

[mailsy]

If you want to name a conference based on geography.  What about the Mason Dixon Line Athletic Conference(MDLAC)?  There are teams on both sides of the line and you can add teams from any state in the local region(MD, NJ, DE & PA).  Just a thought.

[chairman]

Teams? I was under the impression the Mason-Dixon Line was the Northern border of MD. Seems like there is just one team below that line, and they only compete on the women's side of things. You could through Shen in for MLAX, but I think that is not likely to last and would therefore be ill-advised as a rationale for a name.

I like "small college" in the name. The PAC schools should  try to brand themselves as places that are dramatically different from the Rowan's, Stockton's and West Chester's of the world, and that would seem to do something.

I wanted to bring up, in case I forgot to earlier, that the Eastern women won last night at Notre Dame....

[chairman]

Just looked at the new matrix.... I should have taken the blue pill. What a mess.