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Potential path forward for Division 1 basketball

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Matt Norlander of CBS Sports wrote an article a week or so ago based on his survey of college coaches which included a question about who belongs in Division 1.

The article is here:
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...asketball/

One of the coaches postulated a theory of what he though would happen:
"I think Division I will be divided into three subgroups: 1A, which is [Power Six], will have stipends and utilize autonomy. 1B will look like college now with some NIL. 1C will be anchored by the Ivy league, Patriot League and their presidents trying to maintain traditional academic model."

With that said, here is my proposed 1-A, 1-AA, and 1-AAA.

Division 1-A:
141 teams
64-team March Madness w/11 auto bids and 53 at-large bids
16-team NIT
33-game regular season schedule
30+ games vs. 1-A
32+ games vs. 1-AA or better
All 33 games against D-1
At least 12 home games
Athletes paid $20k/year by schools (equivalent of TA position)+ FCOA

Conferences:
ACC
A-10
American
B1G
Big East
Big 12
MW
MVC
Pac-12
SEC
WCC

Division 1-AA:
123 teams
40-team national championship tournament w/11 auto bids and 29 at large bids
31-game regular season schedule
27 games vs. 1-AA or better
30 games vs. 1-AAA or better
1 Division 2 opponent allowed
At least 11 home games
FCOA

Conferences:
C-USA
MAC
Sun Belt
Southern
CAA
WAC
MAAC
Big Sky
Summit
Big West
Horizon

Division 1-AAA:
98 teams
32-team national championship tournament w/10 auto bids and 22 at large bids
30-game regular season schedule
28 games vs. D-1
2 Division 2 opponents allowed
At least 10 home games
Traditional scholarship model
Conferences:
Ivy
A-Sun
Big South
OVC
AE
Patriot
Southland
SWAC
MEAC
NEC
Chicago State
 

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