(03-01-2013 05:56 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  

(03-01-2013 05:54 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

(03-01-2013 04:54 PM)JMU2004 Wrote:  

(03-01-2013 04:44 PM)Dukes09 Wrote:  

(03-01-2013 04:37 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  If the Sun Belt is at 8 for FB now, why would they add 3 to go to 11? It would seem to me they would want 4 and if WKU leaves then replace them as well to be at 12.

the current sbc is at 8 fb members. when wku leaves, they're at 7. 3 new schools (asu, gaso and nmsu) would make it 10. A fourth school would make it an uneven 11. It's add 3 or add 5 and I don't believe adding 5 has even been discussed.

UD/JMU? Maybe just waiting for WKU to make it official?

James Madison might bite on the SBC because Georgia State and Appalachian State play there but I doubt Delaware with its academic profile would consider it.

I'm hearing a lot more about Delaware to the MAC over the last 6 months. They could join as the 13th all sport member to balance out divisions with UMass.

With what's going on with the A10 right now, it probably isn't out of the realm of possibility for UMass to just go all sports in the MAC. Add Delaware to the mix and you've got a solid east division.

It would be hoped that the MAC could get UMass all sports to go with Delaware and work out something where the MAC basketball schedule is reduced to 14 games so UMass & Delaware would have more flexibility in scheduling local competition.

The MAC currently is a 9 unit NCAA conference (with Ohio responsible for 5 of those units). Building the league to the occasional 2 bid/sweet 16 level could double that to 18 units (3 units a year). Akron may pick up a couple more units this year for the MAC if they make a sweet 16.