(04-29-2013 11:15 PM)Poliicious Wrote: IUPUI & IPFW would be a large travel issue for the ASUN. FGSU has a great run in the men's tourney and if ETSU, Mercer & Kennesaw St leave they won't get their share of those tourney credits
For all of ETSU, Mercer, and KSU, they want out of the ASun because starting up football is their priority, not basketball.
ASun current roster and must retain 7 full DI members to keep autobid:
NKU (maybe gone to Horizon)
Lipscomb
ETSU (likely to SoCon)
USC-Upstate (possibly to Big South)
Kennesaw St (rumored to SoCon)
Mercer (likely to SoCon)
Jacksonville
N Florida
Stetson
FGCU
If the ASun loses 4 or 5 or 6 schools, the ASun has to return to 7 full DI members (NKU isn't fully DI yet, and DII schools that are interested in joining the ASun - Nova Southeastern, Wingate, Columbus St, Lincoln Memorial, Bellarmine, maybe UNA, and West Georgia - won't count for four years). The ASun won't be able to pull from either the SoCon or the Big South, but might be able to pull in IPFW and IUPUI from the Summit. Flying to Florida is actually probably a cheaper option for the IPU's than flying to the Dakotas.
The ASun and Summit will likely have to battle it out between each other for enough members, or merge. The Atlantic Sun, with FGCU's units, would have more cash to waive around, as the Summit has zero extra units.