Stainmaster
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He would rather root for Brandeis or Yeshiva. Just saying.Good now maybe you can go an follow them since you have such distain for UConn.
Makes perfect sense.
Cause it makes a lot more sense for the NEC to have 11 members than 10.
And with the region's surging young population, particularly those interested in sports, there's definitely need for another D1 school.
Good for Merrimack! Have to imagine the NEC is headed to 10 or 12.
Good now maybe you can go an follow them since you have such distain for UConn.
Good for Merrimack! Have to imagine the NEC is headed to 10 or 12.
Not sure how long the NEC will stay at 11. Supposedly fellow NE-10 members Bentley and LIU-Post are interested in reclassifying to Division I. Also, conference realignment rumors at times have some NEC teams leaving - Robert Morris (Horizon), Wagner (MAAC), Central Conn. (America East).
It would not surprise me if the Horizon added Robert Morris sooner rather than later. It'd be a bit messy for Robert Morris to find home for all of their programs, but I think they'd do it.
Northeast Conference (11 members)
Bryant
Central Connecticut
Fairleigh Dickinson
LIU-Brooklyn
+ Merrimack
Mt. St. Mary's
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis Brooklyn
Saint Francis (PA)
Wagner
NEC Football (7 teams)
Bryant
Central Connecticut
Duquesne (A-10)
+ Merrimack
Robert Morris
Saint Francis U.
Wagner
Not sure how long the NEC will stay at 11. Supposedly fellow NE-10 members Bentley and LIU-Post are interested in reclassifying to Division I. Also, conference realignment rumors at times have some NEC teams leaving - Robert Morris (Horizon), Wagner (MAAC), Central Conn. (America East).
Where would CCSU put their football team? AmericaEast doesn't sponsor football...
America East teams play in the CAA. Where CCSU would be destroyed in football.
America East does make more sense in that it's all public schools except for Hartford.
Oops, I forgot the UNH and Maine were CAA football members ..I doubt CCSU would want to put football in the CAA... Though I think they might get better with a good conference like the CAA...
In more Northeast Conference news ...
Long Island University (LIU) will be merging its athletic departments in to one D-I program in the NEC.
LIU-Brooklyn (Blackbirds) are D-I members of the NEC.
LIU-Post (Pioneers) are D-II members of the NE-10.
Basically, this adds a new FCS football team to the NEC without further expansion in basketball.
www.one.liu.edu
All of LIU's teams will continue competing in their current conferences for the 2018-19 academic year, honoring schedules with opponents. The unification will be effective for competition beginning in Fall 2019. The university will elevate seven current Post programs to Division I, including expanding its membership in the Northeast Conference with men's cross country, men's lacrosse, and football, which will make the transition to the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
http://www.northeastconference.org/news ... aspx?path=
The Big Ten is coming for UConn before America East comes for Central.
After the state condenses all the directional schools into one, they might have a shot at America East
Lol. I look forward to games between UConn and Connecticut State.
It should be Connecticut Educational State University or ConnEdLol. I look forward to games between UConn and Connecticut State.