(01-21-2020 09:38 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  There's several conferences that I think are below "mid-major."

The "minor conferences" are the MEAC, Southwestern, Big South, A-Sun, America East, Big West, Northeast, WAC.... I don't think any team in those conferences has ever gotten an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament (or probably even the NIT). They're a definite step below the Horizon, Missouri Valley, Sun Belt, WCC, Colonial, etc.

The Southland is 29th of 32 in the Conference NET (the rankings in the rest of this post use the Conference NET). Any list of the bottom conferences has to include the Southland. Things change to the point where it's hard to say if some conferences should be "mid-major" or a term below that like "minor" or "low-major." The WAC is 24th, but was 16th last season. The MAAC is 23rd, but it was in the top half in 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2016-2017. In 2011-2012, the MAAC was 17th and Iona got an at-large bid. The SoCon is 13th, which is its fourth consecutive season in the top half, but in 2013-2014 it was 30th only above the MEAC and SWAC. The AAC, A10, MWC, and WCC are always going to be in the top half. The MAC and MVC are almost always going to be in the top half. The CAA was consistently in the top half, but has gotten worse.