Conference changes

[hopefan]

Bumping this and adding the new information.

Conference Changes Starting in 2015-2016
Belhaven joins the ASC (should be Year 1 Provisional Member)
Chatham to add Men's basketball and join the PrAC.
St. Josephs (Blkyn.) leaves the independent ranks and joins the SKY
UW-Superior leaves the WIAC for the UMAC

Provisional Pipeline for 2015-2016 - (I don't have these confirmed yet, but this is if each advances as would be expected)
First year of full membership: Sarah Lawrence, SUNY-Canton
*4th year provisional members: Houghton, Southern Virginia, Valley Forge
*3rd year provisional members: Iowa Wesleyan
2nd year provisional members: Bryn Athyn, Penn College, Berea, Alfred State, Illinois Tech, McMurry (reclassifying)
1st year provisional members: Belhaven
(Alfred State and Illinois Tech were not advanced to Year 2 status in 2014-15.)
*Year 3 and 4 provisional members count the same as full-members for regional-ranking and tournament selection purposes

Conference Changes Starting in 2016-2017
Carroll leaves the MWC for the CCIW
Merchant Marine leaves the LAND for the SKY

Schedules are beginning to come out.. I see Berea is playing only 6 NCAA D3 games and the rest are USCAA... including having the year end USCAA tourney on their schedule.... Are they still a provisional D3 team?  Are there scheduling requirements of D3 provisionals?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I am not aware of any scheduling requirements per se for provisionals unless they are in a conference and such that would dictate otherwise... though, I could be wrong.

[KnightSlappy]

Conference Changes Starting in 2015-2016
Belhaven joins the ASC (should be Year 1 Provisional Member)
Chatham to add Men's basketball and join the PrAC.
St. Josephs (Blkyn.) leaves the independent ranks and joins the SKY
UW-Superior leaves the WIAC for the UMAC

Provisional Pipeline for 2015-2016
First year of full membership: Sarah Lawrence, SUNY-Canton
*4th year provisional members: Houghton, Southern Virginia, Valley Forge
*3rd year provisional members: none
2nd year provisional members: Alfred State, Berea, Bryn Athyn, Illinois Tech, Penn College, McMurry (reclassifying), Iowa Wesleyan (not advanced to Year 3)
1st year provisional members: Belhaven
*Games against Year 3 and 4 provisional members count the same as games against full-members for regional-ranking and tournament selection purposes

Conference Changes Starting in 2016-2017
Carroll leaves the MWC for the CCIW
Merchant Marine leaves the LAND for the SKY (exploratory committee for potential joining with the SEA)
Nebraska Wesleyan leaves the independednt ranks (and the NAIA) for the IIAC

[KnightSlappy]

Iowa Wesleyan was not advanced to Year 3 provisional status by the NCAA Membership Committee. I have updated the above chart. All others advanced as expected (including Illinois Tech and Alfred State who were held back last year).

[hopefan]

Iowa Wesleyan was not advanced to Year 3 provisional status by the NCAA Membership Committee. I have updated the above chart. All others advanced as expected (including Illinois Tech and Alfred State who were held back last year).

Ironically, their Men's basketball team has come along nicely in its first two years in the SLIAC and will challenge for a top 4 spot in the conference this year... their lady's team already finished top 4, but could not participate in the conference tourney due to their provisional status.  Both teams were invited to the USCAA tourney last year....

From NCAA.org, here is the June Membership meeting Report dealing with the denial for advancement....interesting reading

Deferred advancement – Iowa Wesleyan College. The committee voted to
require Iowa Wesleyan College to repeat year two of the provisional
membership process. In reaching its decision, the committee noted that
the institution did not satisfy sports-sponsorship requirements in NCAA
Bylaw 20.11.3 (sports sponsorship). Specifically, the committee noted the
institution did not successfully sponsor the minimum requirement of five
women's sports, due to a deficiency in the sport of women's golf. In its
review, the committee determined that it received an incorrect report from
the institution indicating that all five women's sports were properly
sponsored, when in fact women's golf did not meet the minimum contest
and participant requirements for sponsorship. The committee did not feel
that the incorrect reporting was intentional; however, in reaching its
decision to require a repeat year in the process, the committee noted an
apparent general lack of knowledge within the athletics department
regarding the failure to meet sports-sponsorship requirements. The
committee noted that the women's golf playing and practice season
concluded early (April 7) without the sport being properly sponsored and
that with proper tracking, the institution could have realized its
shortcoming and had sufficient time to correct the deficiency. The
committee also noted that there was information on the institution's
website indicating that the team had originally scheduled an additional
tournament on April 25-26; however, Iowa Wesleyan did not participate in
that event and did not explain why the institution did not participate.
Finally, there were no men's or women's golf schedules provided for the
upcoming year, as were required in the report. The Membership
Committee continues to see sports-sponsorship concerns as a recurring
issue for several active Division III institutions. As such the committee
has consistently required institutions failing to meet minimum sportssponsorship
requirements during their provisional/reclassifying process to
repeat a year. The committee also feels strongly that institutions going
through the provisional membership process should be unusually attentive
to all requirements and report details.


Their schedule concluded April 7?  Heck when did it start?   There was probably still snow on the course on April 7...

[KnightSlappy]

That June report also indicates that Iowa Wesleyan had submitted a waiver to skip a year of the provisional process. Not only was that denied, they were not advanced at all. Double whammy!

[Pat Coleman]

Have just seen a chart that lists McMurry as currently in reclassifying Year Two, on track for active membership in the fall of 2018.

[KnightSlappy]

Have just seen a chart that lists McMurry as currently in reclassifying Year Two, on track for active membership in the fall of 2018.

Thanks. It looks like they did not submit a waiver request to advance an extra year (there was no reference to one in the membership committee meeting report), though I'm not sure if that typically happens after year two is complete.

[Pat Coleman]

Right -- I think it's premature of them to ask that now, right?

[Ralph Turner]

I have confirmed that McMurry is in year 2 of Reclassifying. In fact, there are only 10 scholarship players remaining on the football team.

[Pat Coleman]

A day late with the confirmation. You should ask if they will apply for a waiver.

[Ralph Turner]

A day late with the confirmation. You should ask if they will apply for a waiver.

I would love for President Sandra Harper and AD Sam Ferguson to pull off a re-classification effort that would result in a successful waiver.

[gordonmann]

For future reference, the College of St. Elizabeth in New Jersey will add men's basketball in 2016-2017.

http://cseathletics.com/news/2015/11/24/ncaa-gives-mens-sports-official-go-ahead.aspx

I don't see any mention of a conference affiliation but they play in the NEAC for all other sports.

[KnightSlappy]

Conference Changes Starting in 2015-2016
Belhaven joins the ASC (should be Year 1 Provisional Member)
Chatham to add Men's basketball and join the PrAC.
St. Josephs (Blkyn.) leaves the independent ranks and joins the SKY
UW-Superior leaves the WIAC for the UMAC

Provisional Pipeline for 2015-2016
First year of full membership: Sarah Lawrence, SUNY-Canton
*4th year provisional members: Houghton, Southern Virginia, Valley Forge
*3rd year provisional members: none
2nd year provisional members: Alfred State, Berea, Bryn Athyn, Illinois Tech, Penn College, McMurry (reclassifying), Iowa Wesleyan (not advanced to Year 3)
1st year provisional members: Belhaven
*Games against Year 3 and 4 provisional members count the same as games against full-members for regional-ranking and tournament selection purposes

Conference Changes Starting in 2016-2017
Carroll leaves the MWC for the CCIW
Merchant Marine leaves the LAND for the SKY (exploratory committee for potential joining with the SEA)
Nebraska Wesleyan leaves the independednt ranks (and the NAIA) for the IIAC
St. Elizabeth adds Men's Basketball (likely NEAC)

Conference Changes Starting in 2017-2018
Ithaca leaves the E8 for the LL

[Gregory Sager]

Merchant Marine leaves the LAND for the SKY (exploratory committee for potential joining with the SEA)

I'm four months late, but, still: