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RE: Conference Alignment for Philly Schools
(04-01-2021 02:14 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: (04-01-2021 01:45 PM)TDenverFan Wrote: The CAA is just an odd conference. When people take a look at it they usually come to the conclusion that the conference doesn't make too much sense as is, but none of the members really have a more viable option at the moment.
It truly is.
It’s an odd combination of schools who don’t quite have academics to be in the Patriot League, but also don’t have the athletic prowess to be in the A-10, but none the less, count themselves to be the academic and athletic superiors of more regional conferences: the MAAC, NEC, and America East in the North and the SoCon and Big South in the South.
Perhaps the way to approach where conferences rank is by adapting the baseball pyramid. So on the East Coast you get (VERY broadly):
MLB: Big East, ACC, SEC
AAA: A10, AAC
AA: CUSA, Sun Belt
Upper-A: CAA, SoCon, Patriot
A: MAAC, America East, ASUN
Short-season A: MEAC, Big South, NEC
Obviously there's a lot of wiggle room, particularly in the lower reaches. And specific sports give you different results (SoCon would be ahead of the Belt in basketball, the A10 would be a lot lower in baseball, etc.). Definitely an inexact science.
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