MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Ralph Turner]

True, after all, Pool B is the way into the tournament for independents.  Good reminder Hoops Fan.

The net effect of Pool B in the next 5 years is that it will be dominated by strong independents or transition conferences in transition (like the Interstate 8 7).

In baseball, the Pool B bids have gone to the Capital AC Conference teams like Salisbury.   Aurora is getting another Pool B bid.  The independent with the strongest Pool B baseball history is Chapman.

In basketball, Maryville TN has gone every year.  NJCU went as a Pool B when it had its brain burp in the 2004-05 season.

The number of Pool B bids will be determined by the access ratio which is the number of schools in Pool A conferences divided by the number of conferences.  That number is currently 9+ in basketball.  That means that only 2-3 Pool B bids in basketball will be allocated.

The AD and President at those schools will need to evaluate that consideration for all sports, e.g., soccer, volleyball, softball, baseball.

IMHO, going as an independent is not the way to do it.  My advice is to seek conference affiliation humbly.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

C'mon Ralph, you know no one cares about anything but football and basketball.  It's all about the big money sports.  Sheesh.

[matblake]

HF,  I had a co-worker look at me like this  because I laughed out loud. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

HF,  I had a co-worker look at me like this  because I laughed out loud. 

Right on.  Good to know at least one person got it.

[cardinalfanrochelle]

Anyone hear who is going for the Lakeland head coaching job? the boys are in the dark!!! who are they looking at??? why not Wolfe,Sorenson or Nicholas, don't say their age is a drawback the great coach Herb Magee at Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science now called Philadelphia University started at age 25 and is still coaching 40 years later and it's a D2 school. If the AD of Lakeland is out there Let us know!!!! oh by the way Troy Noble ofBlackhawk Moline of the Quad City area is a awesome coach also

[Greek Tragedy]

Today's Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel has an article on the "NAC" or whatever we're going to call it here.  It's from the viewpoint of MSOE, who along with Clarke, are applying (again) for inclusion into the conference.  They list eight current LMC schools and four from the NIIC.  They say that the NAC is appealing with the NCAA to try to get their AQ right away, instead of waiting two years.  They did mention that MSOE did indeed inquire about joining the MWC, which of course we all know by now, was shot down.  Check it out if you get a chance.  I think you could probably find in online as well. 

I'll keep my eye on the always informative Sheboygan Press (you're swimming in sarcasm here) to see if I hear anything regarding the coaching job out in the cornfields.

[chapdog]

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=421919

[Pat Coleman]

I blogged about the NathCon.

Also merged the NIIC and LMC boards into this one.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So I guess its NAthCon then?  While I was a huge fan of NAsCon, this will have to do.

[Big_Uns]

So since MSOE and Clarke are not charter members, provided they gain admission into the NATHCON, as we're now calling it, would they be provisional members for a year? If so it certainly seems like a silly risk both of them made not being charter members and fishing for a new conference as independents.

[Greek Tragedy]

I would've thought they would have made an attempt and guage the interest from the MWC prior to just bailing on the NathCon. 

Also, they mention the fact they have to wait two years (maybe just one) to get into the conference, thus making it harder to get bids into the NCAAs as an independent.  But, if they were to join the league, they'd have to wait anyway since the league has a two-year grace period.  I guess it's just a matter of one more year.

I would guess they would have a provisional year, Dominican did when they jumped from the NIIC to the LMC.  How ironic was that?  Now they're kind of back in the NIIC.  I wonder what their reasons were from swapping conferences in the first place!

[Gregory Sager]

So I guess its NAthCon then?  While I was a huge fan of NAsCon, this will have to do.

You can pretend it's NAsCon with a lisp.

[petemcb]

So I guess its NAthCon then?  While I was a huge fan of NAsCon, this will have to do.

You can pretend it's NAsCon with a lisp.

Then maybe the suppliant institute of higher learning in brewtown would do better to advertise themselves as MThOE....

[Pat Coleman]

Then maybe the suppliant institute of higher learning in brewtown would do better to advertise themselves as MThOE....

Imagine Harry Caray spelling out Milwaukee School of Engineering.

[Gregory Sager]

Imagine Harry Caray trying to pronounce "Grzesk" ... forwards or backwards.