Conference changes

[Caz Bombers]

NEAC rebranded today as the United East Conference.

[gordonmann]

Watch the hype video on their front page and take note of who tweeted about the name change.

There's one very interesting person in there.

[Inkblot]

Made a few edits regarding committee approvals and added a couple moves that were missing.

Provisional Pipeline for 2021-22
Full membership fall 2021: SUNY-Delhi
*3rd year provisional members (full membership fall 2022): Pratt, University of St Thomas (Texas)
2nd year provisional members (full membership fall 2023): Bob Jones, Mississippi University for Women, Warren Wilson
1st year provisional members: Asbury
Exploratory: Johnson & Wales (Charlotte)

* Games against Year 3 provisional members count the same as games against full-members for regional-ranking and tournament selection purposes

Becker is closing, removed from NECC
Wesley athletic programs discontinued in merger with Delaware State, leaves AEC

Conference Changes Starting in 2021-2022
Bay Path leaves the NECC and NCAA for the USCAA
Centenary (NJ) leaves the CSAC for the AEC
Elms leaves the NECC for the GNAC
Emory & Henry leaves ODAC for Division II
Iowa Wesleyan leaves SLIAC and NCAA for NAIA
Louisiana College leaves ASC and NCAA for NAIA
Mary Baldwin will add men's program, begin play in the USA South
Southern Virginia leaves the C2C for the USA South
St. Mary's (Md.) leaves the C2C for the UEC
St. Norbert leaves the MWC for the NACC
St. Thomas involuntarily removed from MIAC, will join Division I (Summit League)
St. Scholastica leaves the UMAC for the MIAC

Conference Changes Starting in 2022-2023
Averett leaves the USAC for the ODAC
Mississippi University for Women (MUW) will join the SLIAC

[Greek Tragedy]

Thanks Inkblot! +1

[gordonmann]

What he said. +1

[Gregory Sager]

Watch the hype video on their front page and take note of who tweeted about the name change.

There's one very interesting person in there.

"The United East Conference ... now faster and, uh, furiouser!"

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Watch the hype video on their front page and take note of who tweeted about the name change.

There's one very interesting person in there.

Which one is the interesting one? Drake? Vin Diesel? Owen Wilson?

[gordonmann]

Greg got it. I didn't see the other two, but I'm not on Twitter.

[ronk]

Made a few edits regarding committee approvals and added a couple moves that were missing.

Provisional Pipeline for 2021-22
Full membership fall 2021: SUNY-Delhi
*3rd year provisional members (full membership fall 2022): Pratt, University of St Thomas (Texas)
2nd year provisional members (full membership fall 2023): Bob Jones, Mississippi University for Women, Warren Wilson
1st year provisional members: Asbury
Exploratory: Johnson & Wales (Charlotte)

* Games against Year 3 provisional members count the same as games against full-members for regional-ranking and tournament selection purposes

Becker is closing, removed from NECC
Wesley athletic programs discontinued in merger with Delaware State, leaves AEC

Conference Changes Starting in 2021-2022
Bay Path leaves the NECC and NCAA for the USCAA
Centenary (NJ) leaves the CSAC for the AEC
Elms leaves the NECC for the GNAC
Emory & Henry leaves ODAC for Division II
Iowa Wesleyan leaves SLIAC and NCAA for NAIA
Louisiana College leaves ASC and NCAA for NAIA
Mary Baldwin will add men's program, begin play in the USA South
Southern Virginia leaves the C2C for the USA South
St. Mary's (Md.) leaves the C2C for the UEC
St. Norbert leaves the MWC for the NACC
St. Thomas involuntarily removed from MIAC, will join Division I (Summit League)
St. Scholastica leaves the UMAC for the MIAC

Conference Changes Starting in 2022-2023
Averett leaves the USAC for the ODAC
Mississippi University for Women (MUW) will join the SLIAC

With the introduction of regional changes this year, is anyone up to the challenge of making a list of those changes? The 2 new regions would have all additions since they didn't exist previously, but the other 8 would have subtractions and additions as conferences/schools were shifted for balance. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Dave is breaking news on twitter right now that Allegheny will move to the President's Conference in 22-23.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Made a few edits regarding committee approvals and added a couple moves that were missing.

Provisional Pipeline for 2021-22
Full membership fall 2021: SUNY-Delhi
*3rd year provisional members (full membership fall 2022): Pratt, University of St Thomas (Texas)
2nd year provisional members (full membership fall 2023): Bob Jones, Mississippi University for Women, Warren Wilson
1st year provisional members: Asbury
Exploratory: Johnson & Wales (Charlotte)

* Games against Year 3 provisional members count the same as games against full-members for regional-ranking and tournament selection purposes

Becker is closing, removed from NECC
Wesley athletic programs discontinued in merger with Delaware State, leaves AEC

Conference Changes Starting in 2021-2022
Bay Path leaves the NECC and NCAA for the USCAA
Centenary (NJ) leaves the CSAC for the AEC
Elms leaves the NECC for the GNAC
Emory & Henry leaves ODAC for Division II
Iowa Wesleyan leaves SLIAC and NCAA for NAIA
Louisiana College leaves ASC and NCAA for NAIA
Mary Baldwin will add men's program, begin play in the USA South
Southern Virginia leaves the C2C for the USA South
St. Mary's (Md.) leaves the C2C for the UEC
St. Norbert leaves the MWC for the NACC
St. Thomas involuntarily removed from MIAC, will join Division I (Summit League)
St. Scholastica leaves the UMAC for the MIAC

Conference Changes Starting in 2022-2023
Averett leaves the USAC for the ODAC
Mississippi University for Women (MUW) will join the SLIAC

With the introduction of regional changes this year, is anyone up to the challenge of making a list of those changes? The 2 new regions would have all additions since they didn't exist previously, but the other 8 would have subtractions and additions as conferences/schools were shifted for balance.

I want to see some official final regions before I take on something like that.  3-4 schools have closed and a bunch moved since the last specific announcement of who is where - some of which mean the region that was already smallest got even smaller.  I'm not sure they won't try to make a few moves to better right-size the numbers.

[ronk]

 Is there a meeting scheduled to address/finalize the realignment? Who does it, since there are separate committees for men and women in basketball and it should be a gender-independent question but probably sport-dependent?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Is there a meeting scheduled to address/finalize the realignment? Who does it, since there are separate committees for men and women in basketball and it should be a gender-independent question but probably sport-dependent?

I know these get finalized above the individual sport committees, although they have a say in how they're constructed.  I'm sure, technically, mbb and wbb could have different regions, but I know they try pretty hard to make things as uniform as possible.  That being said, this whole process was done differently than previous realignments, so I'm not sure what the final version will look like.  The big issue is the likely non-existence of the NECC after this season.  Region II already had just 34 teams and they've lost three, by my count - putting them eight fewer than any other region.  If the remaining four teams end up in the GNAC or the NAC (the most likely landing spots) - that'll bring it down to 28, which is WAY too small to be fair.

A simple solution would be to switch the NECC and the MASCAC, which would provide a buffer for the NECC, but that's likely easier said than done, given how the NCAA functions for approvals.  No one wants to see the realignment out of whack before it even begins, but change is not always simple in a bureaucracy.

[hopefan]

Dave is breaking news on twitter right now that Allegheny will move to the President's Conference in 22-23.

I've always wondered why Allegheny has chosen not to be in the PAC...  It's a move that makes so much sense.... great rivalries with next door neighbors such as Grove City and Westminster.... the conference is one that gets little notice on these pages, but one that is a very pure D3 with its beautiful small town atmospheres...

[Caz Bombers]

Dave is breaking news on twitter right now that Allegheny will move to the President's Conference in 22-23.

I've always wondered why Allegheny has chosen not to be in the PAC...  It's a move that makes so much sense.... great rivalries with next door neighbors such as Grove City and Westminster.... the conference is one that gets little notice on these pages, but one that is a very pure D3 with its beautiful small town atmospheres...

Probably had to do with NCAC being a stronger conference both in sports and academic rankings. I guess after nearly 40 years, the much shorter travel in the PAC, plus inability to keep up competitively with DePauw, Witt, Woo, Wabash, tipped the scales the other way.

EDIT: also the PAC has Case and Mellon in football, so obviously those academics are just as and probably more excellent.