(10-25-2019 05:35 PM)Cajuns1252 Wrote: If a new theoretical 12 team conference could come about (with all major sports Football, Basketball, Baseball, Softball) of the best teams from the MAC, C-USA, and Sunbelt. Who would be the 12 you would select.
Rules to make the conference:
*only teams from these three conference
*teams must be full members, no associate members
*market sizes don’t necessarily need to be considered, (not trying to hear a list of a bunch of schools in major cities)
That's quite a mishmash. Taking schools out of the MAC for this new conference doesn't seem possible.
I think you have to try to preserve some cultural divisions which is another way to say no Great Lakes schools.
New Conference North:
Ohio - Athens is geographically located in Appalachia and has some basketball tradition
Miami - Ohio needs a buddy and this is the best football option
Western Kentucky - For Ohio and Miami
ODU - For Virginia
Appalachian State - For football and NC
Charlotte - For NC and SC
Middle Tennessee - For Basketball and TN
Maybe you call this the upper south division
Lower South
Ga State - For Georgia
FIU - For Florida
FAU - For Florida
Troy - For Florida Panhandle and Alabama
South Alabama - For Alabama and Mississippi
Louisiana - For Louisiana
Rice - For Texas and academic prestige
This is the best I can do, but they have so little in common.