(08-02-2017 11:59 PM)panite Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 09:29 PM)panama Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 08:08 PM)panite Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 12:29 PM)Eldonabe Wrote:  Well the football in the A-10 is a little weak, but we are pretty happy with the hoops.....

Moving all of our sports to the MAC was a deal breaker. There is a pretty decent drop off in hoops that would not have sit well with everyone either. Granted our basketball has sucked for quite a while, but that should be over now.


Umass needs to win some games (indy or not) to get some momentum then we can figure out conference stuff. Right now we are an anchor to any conference we could be a part of.

Problem with conference stuff for UMASS is that there are no openings and UMASS shut the door on the MAC. There is no room at the inn and there will be no room at the inn in the foreseeable future. If the AAC loses any schools they will reload from CUSA or the MWC, or with Army and schools from CUSA and the MWC. The other alternative will be to stay at 10 schools with a Championship Game if they lose 2 schools. If CUSA loses 2 schools they stay at 12. IF they lose 1 school they pick up a Sunbelt school or NM St. The Sunbelt stays at 10 schools or picks up NM St or another southern school within their region to get back to 10. The MAC flat out stays at 12 from hereon out. The Eastern / Northeastern exposure bug is done now that Temple burned them and UMASS refused to go all in for all sports.

It's only a problem if UMass could not get games. So no it's not a problem.

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Yes they can get some games but they don't have bowl and TV contracts that are provided in the security of a conference. My initial response was that there are no conference openings to apply for at this time now that they shot the MAC offer down by refusing to move their Olympic Sports there. And there probably will not be an opening for them in the AAC unless that conference is gutted in the next realignment period when the GOR and TV contracts are renegotiated around 2025.

They simply have to hang on. This will all blow up soon enough.

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