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.They’re down to 5 FB schools plus 1 affiliate. They may have no choice.
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 D2Chicago State… come on down!
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 fundedOh wow. Who cares?
Unfortunately depressing is the watchword for many conferences. Look at the Big East.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 ...
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).
Correct, we need basic level of support from the State just to get into America East.CCSU has a better chance of going to the moon than going to the A-10.
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.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.
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.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.
Southern was a small school power . But 90% the teams they played are D2 or even FCS .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.