Merrimack and Sacred Heart to MAAC

[Drew]

Chicago State… come on down!

 

[WrenchFan69]

They’re down to 5 FB schools plus 1 affiliate. They may have no choice.

Football isn't that important to a low major conference's existence. If there's no NCAA tournament autobid, there's probably no conference. Not one that anyone can stomach being a part of.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Chicago State… come on down!

Really might be the answer. They need to get to 6 current D1 schools to keep the NCAA tourney autobid. Chicago State is the only school that would consider it. Buys them more time at least while they backfill with D2

 

[CCSU97]

Since CCSU joined the NEC for the 1997-98 season a total of 8 schools (UMBC, Quinnipiac, Monmouth, Robert Morris, Bryant, Mt. St. Mary's, Sacred Heart and Merrimack) have departed for other leagues.

Depressing ...

 

[ZooCougar]

Oh wow. Who cares?

 

[WrenchFan69]

Oh wow. Who cares?

Connecticut residents and college sports fans. This directly impacts, quite possibly negatively, a CT public school. I want good things to happen in our state, especially when those entities are taxpayer funded

 

[ConnMotors]

How about Post? They currently are a D2 school.

 

[John]

Since CCSU joined the NEC for the 1997-98 season a total of 8 schools (UMBC, Quinnipiac, Monmouth, Robert Morris, Bryant, Mt. St. Mary's, Sacred Heart and Merrimack) have departed for other leagues.

Depressing ...

Unfortunately depressing is the watchword for many conferences. Look at the Big East.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CCSU97]

SHU picked #1 and CCSU #2 in the NEC Coaches Preseason poll.

Men's Basketball Picked Second in NEC Coaches Preseason Poll

Kellen Amos was named to the Preseason All-NEC Team

ccsubluedevils.com

 

[Patman]

Ugh. That term "mid major" used to mean something.

 

[huskymedic]

Access assist <

-> There is also still work to be done regarding the four athletic programs at Sacred Heart which are not sponsored by the MAAC. Those programs are football, men's volleyball, field hockey and bowling.

"We haven't had the opportunity to actually get to work on any homes for those sports because (the switch to the MAAC) wasn't public until Monday," Riccio said. "Today is the day we are starting to find homes for those teams. We have great options for all of those teams, so we are really confident that we will find suitable homes for those four programs." <-

 

[zls44]

I wish ccsu could get into a-10, but it needs much bigger facilities and investment. As a state school, could really prosper if it weren’t for the fact it had to share with the other three schools in CSU (and to be fair, they all have good athletic programs as well).

CCSU has a better chance of going to the moon than going to the A-10.

 

[CCSU97]

CCSU has a better chance of going to the moon than going to the A-10.

Correct, we need basic level of support from the State just to get into America East.

The level of dysfunction and neglect of the CSU system is a crime. Combined with burning good money after bad in Storrs and Central is looking like a malnourished orphan begging for a slice of bread. ☹️

 

[Waquoit]

Connecticut residents and college sports fans. This directly impacts, quite possibly negatively, a CT public school. I want good things to happen in our state, especially when those entities are taxpayer funded

Not really. Central's D-1 push was met with by a yawn from CT sports fans. Their sports are for alums only. They were a D-2 power, now they are a D-1 afterthought.

 

[CCSU97]

Not really. Central's D-1 push was met with by a yawn from CT sports fans. Their sports are for alums only. They were a D-2 power, now they are a D-1 afterthought.

Please ... And when University of Hartford announced the year before CCSU and started playing in the Civic Center, they had plans to be the next Marquette. Nver had the alumni or fans support needed. Now look at where they are D-III.

CCSU has a very big alumni base in CT and had a very successful D-II program. Central has as many D-I NCAA appearances as Fairfield (3) and they have been playing at they level since the 1960s.

UConn has always done everything they can to keep Central in its place. Go back to the first-ever Central-UConn basketball game in 1980, when we were a D-II program and we lost by 8 points and UConn made the NIT. Huskies avoided playing Bill Detrick and the Blue Devils in the early years because of a fear of losing. Things would have been a lot different if we got even just 1/4 of the funding UConn gets.

 

[shizzle787]

Please ... And when University of Hartford announced the year before CCSU and started playing in the Civic Center, they had plans to be the next Marquette. Nver had the alumni or fans support needed. Now look at where they are D-III.

CCSU has a very big alumni base in CT and had a very successful D-II program. Central has as many D-I NCAA appearances as Fairfield (3) and they have been playing at they level since the 1960s.

UConn has always done everything they can to keep Central in its place. Go back to the first-ever Central-UConn basketball game in 1980, when we were a D-II program and we lost by 8 points and UConn made the NIT. Huskies avoided playing Bill Detrick and the Blue Devils in the early years because of a fear of losing. Things would have been a lot different if we got even just 1/4 of the funding UConn gets.

Central and other non-UConn state schools should be D3. Their athletic departments are not the front porch of the respective universities, and nobody (other than athletes) go to the state schools in CT because or for their athletic programs. UConn needs major D1 athletics to complete for students with Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, etc.

IMO, having D1 sports at Central or D2 sports at Southern is a waste of money.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Central and other non-UConn state schools should be D3. Their athletic departments are not the front porch of the respective universities, and nobody (other than athletes) go to the state schools in CT because or for their athletic programs. UConn needs major D1 athletics to complete for students with Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, etc.

IMO, having D1 sports at Central or D2 sports at Southern is a waste of money.

Southern was a small school power . But 90% the teams they played are D2 or even FCS .
D3 is a Club of wealthy schools playing sports , recruiting , giving “ need scholarships” pretending athletics is somehow beneath them . Don’t get me. wrong it’s a scam but it’s an incredible opportunity for a kid to utilize his athletic ability to make a huge leap in economic status .
I’ve had a nephews two grand nephews who graduated from great universities and a grand niece currently in the process . Another grand nephew is playing hockey at a D1 school . It harder from a state school but I had a cousin who did more than pretty well. That’s the greatest model for upward mobility that we are current trying. our best to kill .

 

[WrenchFan69]

If CCSU does drop a division, I'd rather see all the directional CSUs go to the D3 LEC together. CCSU and SCSU being left in a continually raided NE10 as the only public schools is weird and probably not worth it

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

SHU getting a nice little athletic department going