Conference changes

[Caz Bombers]

Coast 2 Coast adds Warren Wilson: https://c2csports.com/general/2022-23/releases/20220718odnmbk

[CNU85]

and although this is not basketball related you can see the C2C is active this summer. Trying to resolve one issue at a time... Men's LAX is now good.

https://c2csports.com/sports/mlax/2021-22/releases/20220725g40kru

[jeffconn]

Coast 2 Coast adds Warren Wilson: https://c2csports.com/general/2022-23/releases/20220718odnmbk

This one surprised me. I thought USA South or CCS would have grabbed Warren Wilson. Maybe those conferences wanted to see how the USAS/CCS split played out before they added new members, or perhaps they wanted to wait until WWC became a full NCAA member.

[jeffconn]

The Collegiate Conference of the South now has an official website.
https://collegiateconferenceofthesouth.com/index.aspx

[Ralph Turner]

My guess is that WWC's mission & vision is closer to CNU & Salisbury than Huntingdon/Maryville or Methodist.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm guessing WW doesn't sponsor enough or all of the desirable sports.

[Inkblot]

Updated with the release of the June membership committee report (https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/committees/d3/memb/June2022D3Memb_Report.pdf)

Provisional Pipeline for 2022-23
Full membership fall 2022: Pratt, University of St Thomas (Texas)
3rd year provisional members (full membership fall 2023): Bob Jones, Mississippi University for Women
2nd year provisional members: Asbury, Warren Wilson
1st year provisional members: Hartford, Lyon
Exploratory: Carlow

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

Conference Changes Starting in 2022-2023
Allegheny leaves the NCAC for the PAC
Averett leaves the USAC for the ODAC
Mississippi University for Women (MUW) joins the SLIAC
Medaille leaves the AMCC for the Empire 8
Warren Wilson joins the C2C
Belhaven leaves the ASC for the Collegiate Conference of the South
Agnes Scott, Berea, Covenant, Huntingdon, LaGrange, Maryville, Piedmont, and Wesleyan (GA) leave the USAC for the Collegiate Conference of the South

Conference Changes Starting in 2023-2024
Carlow joins the AMCC
Hartford joins the CCC
Lebanon Valley shifts from the MAC Commonwealth to the MAC Freedom
Lesley leaves the NECC for the NAC
Lycoming leaves the MAC Freedom for the Landmark
Morrisville State leaves the UEC for the NAC
Wilkes leaves the MAC Freedom for the Landmark

[augie77]

Thank you for these updates!  Why are there so many changes occurring in the East and Northeast, and very few changes in the West and Midwest?

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Thank you for these updates!  Why are there so many changes occurring in the East and Northeast, and very few changes in the West and Midwest?

My guess is geography is a big part. Lots of conferences in a small area in the east so changing conferences isn't too bad. In the midwest there isn't nearly the overlap of conferences so changing here would cause a lot more travel. Also, many conferences are poaching schools trying to ensure they have enough schools for the AQ while other parts of the country conferences are pretty comfortable and not at threat of losing the AQ.

[CNU85]

Inkblot,

Thanks for updating the moves and bringing it up to the front so we can ponder things.

What conference(s) is Bob Jones in? I can't find anything. On D3hoops.com when you select Teams/Conferences, they are not listed as Independent. When I search through other teams schedules I see a link for their D3hoops page and it doesn't list a current schedule and when I click 20-21 for them I get a 404 error.

Thanks for any help!

[Ralph Turner]

Inkblot,

Thanks for updating the moves and bringing it up to the front so we can ponder things.

What conference(s) is Bob Jones in? I can't find anything. On D3hoops.com when you select Teams/Conferences, they are not listed as Independent. When I search through other teams schedules I see a link for their D3hoops page and it doesn't list a current schedule and when I click 20-21 for them I get a 404 error.

Thanks for any help!

Bob Jones competed in NCCAA Division II last season.

The men's basketball team played several D3 schools with which we are familiar (Brevard Oglethorpe, Piedmont).
https://www.bjubruins.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Inkblot,

Thanks for updating the moves and bringing it up to the front so we can ponder things.

What conference(s) is Bob Jones in? I can't find anything. On D3hoops.com when you select Teams/Conferences, they are not listed as Independent. When I search through other teams schedules I see a link for their D3hoops page and it doesn't list a current schedule and when I click 20-21 for them I get a 404 error.

Thanks for any help!

As far as I can tell, they're still mainly in the NCCAA (at least through last season) as they won the NCCAA D2 South Regional and competed in the NCCAA D2 National tournament. The only D3 teams they played last year were Piedmont x2, Brevard x2, Warren WIlson x2, Oglethorpe, They have both the NCAA D3 and NCCAA logos on their page but no conference so I assume they've not joined one yet.

[CNU85]

Thanks FC. I appreciate the research. Strange they are not in a conference and also not listed on d3hoops.com as an independent. Yet they are 3rd yr provisional members. I guess since they are not full members yet, they still have time to figure it all out.

[stlawus]

Does anyone know anything about Utica's move to division II?   I was thinking about this today as I thought the move was official, but when you google search the topic you don't really get much on it.  All the results are news articles from early spring speculating about what hockey conference they'll join.   So is there a timeline for this move or is it still not official?  Seems like there would be a lot more information on how they're making the transition.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Does anyone know anything about Utica's move to division II?   I was thinking about this today as I thought the move was official, but when you google search the topic you don't really get much on it.  All the results are news articles from early spring speculating about what hockey conference they'll join.   So is there a timeline for this move or is it still not official?  Seems like there would be a lot more information on how they're making the transition.

From what I understand, they're waiting to move until they have a d1 hockey conference.  They were not on  the d2 reclassification list this year.