(02-26-2018 03:57 PM)MonarchsWon Wrote: I think the answer is a realignment between CUSA and the Sun Belt.
CUSA takes the East Teams and Sun Belt takes the West Teams.
CUSA = ODU / Marshall / Charlotte / WKY / MTSU / UAB / FIU / FAU / App St / Coastal / GA Southern / Georgia State / Troy / S Alabama
Sun Belt = LA Tech / North TX / Rice / Southern Miss / UTSA / UTEP / Ark State / Little Rock / Louisiana / TX State / UL Monroe / UT Arlington
Those would be 2 pretty solid conferences with great regional rivalries.
Two CUSA divisions for football:
North- ODU, Marshall, App St, Charlotte, WKU, MTSU, Coastal
South: FIU, FAU, GSU, GaSo, Troy, USA, UAB
Good Basketball: ODU, Marshall, WKU, MTSU, UAB, GSU, USA
Potentially Good basketball: Charlotte, Troy
Bad Basketball: FIU, FAU, GaSo, App st, Coastal
I'd be ok with the football, though we would lose some more highly recognized teams like LaTech, So Miss, Rice. Basketball would still have a great top half and lousy bottom.
It also seems more likely that CUSA would keep the FUs, while USA, Troy and maybe UAB would go to the other conference. That would not be so bad for football, but would make basketball much worse.