Conference changes

[smedindy]

SCAC will get larger - to no one's surprise: http://denver.jwuathletics.com/general/2017-18/releases/20180208olrm19

I always forget about the geography of some of our D3 conferences around the country. . . I will stop complaining about the length of JCU's trip to Ada.

CWU bused one year to the Tournament of Champions in Turlock, CA. And they really have to bus to Humboldt State since it's a long bus ride from the SF airport to Arcata. I-5 is lovely in the fall.

I'm sure the ASC has some long-** bus rides thanks to Sul Ross. So, yeah.

[guest323]

Just to let you know Cabrini, Gwynedd, Immaculata, Marymount, Marywood, Neumann and Wesley are joining(forming) the new conference called the Atlantic East Conference. From my understanding Arcadia is staying in the MAC and not joining until the 2019-20 school year

Any truth to CNU and/or VA Wesleyan too?

[Pat Coleman]

CNU seems unlikely -- as a state school, they don't really match the profile of the rest. Not sure why Virginia Wesleyan would leave the ODAC.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Just to let you know Cabrini, Gwynedd, Immaculata, Marymount, Marywood, Neumann and Wesley are joining(forming) the new conference called the Atlantic East Conference. From my understanding Arcadia is staying in the MAC and not joining until the 2019-20 school year

Arcadia could also move into the league this upcoming season... I am getting conflicting reports on that, believe it or not.

Just to let you know Cabrini, Gwynedd, Immaculata, Marymount, Marywood, Neumann and Wesley are joining(forming) the new conference called the Atlantic East Conference. From my understanding Arcadia is staying in the MAC and not joining until the 2019-20 school year

Any truth to CNU and/or VA Wesleyan too?

No. There is a reason Marymount and Wesley are moving out of the CAC.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Another school coming to DIII: https://mobile.twitter.com/DelhiBroncos/status/962003025836601345 (forgot to share this until tonight).

[mailsy]

Another school coming to DIII: https://mobile.twitter.com/DelhiBroncos/status/962003025836601345 (forgot to share this until tonight).

So what conference would they be in? SUNYAC?

[smedindy]

Hello, Delhi!

[Pat Coleman]

Another school coming to DIII: https://mobile.twitter.com/DelhiBroncos/status/962003025836601345 (forgot to share this until tonight).

So what conference would they be in? SUNYAC?

The SUNYAC didn't take Canton when they joined D-III.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I suspect at least the ACAA, but there could be some other suitors potentially.

The SUNYAC, I think, is a bit too big for more schools.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I believe Delhi is already in the ACAA.

[Greek Tragedy]

Are the ACAA schools planning on playing an actual conference schedule in the future?

[Gregory Sager]

Hello, Delhi!

Alas, smeds, your pun is ruined by the fact that the school, like the village and township in which it's located, is pronounced "DEL-high" and not "DEL-ee".

Another school coming to DIII: https://mobile.twitter.com/DelhiBroncos/status/962003025836601345 (forgot to share this until tonight).

So what conference would they be in? SUNYAC?

The SUNYAC didn't take Canton when they joined D-III.

Or Morrisville State, either.

I believe Delhi is already in the ACAA.

Yep.

http://goacaa.org/landing/index

Are the ACAA schools planning on playing an actual conference schedule in the future?

No, because the entire idea behind the conference was to create a venue for indies to get into Pool C (because Pool B, for all intents and purposes, is now defunct due to insufficient numbers) without forcing them to fly all across the country to play regular-season games against each other. However, D-Mac (I think) has posted that there are rumblings from the NCAA's D3 membership to clarify the definition of what constitutes a conference in D3 (i.e., the division's membership may force the ACAA to play the single round-robin minimum that the NESCAC currently plays).

[Caz Bombers]

Morrisville actually did jump straight to the SUNYAC from the JUCO ranks in the early 2000s. Their brief tenure in the conference was a total disaster in terms of wins and losses, and they (along with SUNYIT, now known as SUNY Poly) right-sized to the NEAC about 10 years ago or so.

[Gregory Sager]

Hmm, I must've missed that about Morrisville State. I was aware that SUNY Poly switched out of the SUNYAC.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

You are correct, Sager, though more than rumblings... at least one committee, if not more, are looking into having more norms than just a numbers minimum for conferences to have their AQ. The former GSAC debacle and the creation of the ACAA with no conference play I think has frustrated those in the division that AQs are going to those who aren't doing much to deserve them. I concur. I am eagerly awaiting what the outcome of these committees will be.