(03-29-2017 10:22 AM)Cyniclone Wrote: This is a college student writing an opinion piece about what conferences Robert Morris could conceivably move to. There's not even a hint of smoke to this, it's just a column. The headline for this thread is misleading.
Even if it is a student article as an opinion piece, we do not know for sure that they are thinking of moving. With the landscape of big name basketball schools want to move to a better conference? Lets say Robert Morris also are thinking of moving as well. Lets take a look at each conferences and what schools are rumor on moving. This would be minus the P5, MWC, AAC and Ivy League.
American East:
Vermont seems to be at the top of the AEC men's basketball who made many tournament appearances.
Stony Brook have been marked down on wanting to go FBS.
Albany wants to badly be in CAA.
New Hampshire and Maine both could join CAA for all sports.
A10:
Dayton AAC
VCU AAC
Richmond Patriot, Big East
URI CAA
George Mason ???? May move back to CAA.
Davidson Big East or maybe AAC
Fordham could go FBS.
Saint Louis Big East
UMass. AAC
ASUN:
FGCU Sun Belt
North Florida Sun Belt
Kennesaw State Sun Belt
NJ Tech NEC or American East
North Alabama wants Sun Belt
Big South:
Liberty move all sports to an FBS conference.
Big West:
Long Beach State wants MWC
CAA:
College of Charleston AAC or go back to Southern.
Towson C-USA
William and Mary Patriot
James Madison C-USA
Delaware C-USA
C-USA:
UTEP MWC
Old Dominion AAC
Rice MWC
Marshall AAC
UTSA MWC
Southern Mississippi AAC
Horizon:
Valparaiso MVC
UIC MVC
Youngstown State MAC FBS
Milwaukee and Green Bay MAC
Metro:
Siena NEC, AEC or CAA
MAC:
Buffalo AAC
Ohio U. AAC
Bowling Green ??
Western Michigan AAC?
Toledo AAC
Northern Illinois AAC
Central Michigan AAC?
MEAC:
Delaware State's AD talked about going FBS.
Florida A&M almost became Sun Belt member.
Hampton U. OVC or some other.
MVC:
Illinois State MAC
Wichita State AAC
Northern Iowa FBS
Missouri State Sun Belt or C-USA
Indiana State MAC
NEC:
Robert Morris CAA, Patriot or Big South.
Central Conn. State CAA?
OVC:
Belmont Southern Conference
Jacksonville State wants Sun Belt
Tenn. State ???
Eastern Kentucky SBC
Murray State MVC if most of the top names leave MVC? They stay or try to get into Southern Conference.
Patriot:
Navy ACC or AAC as full members to both.
Army AAC as full or ACC
Southern:
East Tennessee State SBC
Chattanooga SBC as a pair with ETSU
Western Carolina wants out.
Southland:
New Orleans to the WAC
Texas A&M-CC to the WAC
SFA FBS
Sam Houston State to FBS
Lamar to FBS
Central Arkansas to SBC?
McNeese State SBC?
SWAC:
Alabama State wants SBC
Jackson State SBC
Summit:
South Dakota to FBS
North Dakota State FBS
IUPUFW to Horizon
South Dakota State FBS
IUPUI Horizon
Western Illinois MVC
Sun Belt Conference:
UTA back to the WAC
Georgia State C-USA
Arkansas State C-USA
South Alabama C-USA
Little Rock WAC
La.-Lafayette to C-USA
Patriot I don't see any would leave.
Big Sky:
I could see some movement if there is a western association for all sports with the MWC as the head of the group.
Montana MWC
Montana State MWC
Idaho MWC
Eastern Washington MWC
Northern Arizona MWC
Portland State MWC
Cal.-Davis, Cal. Poly and Sacramento State MWC
WCC:
Gonzaga MWC
Saint Mary's MWC
BYU MWC
WAC:
New Mexico State FBS conference
Grand Canyon WCC
Seattle WCC
UTRGV FBS conference
Chicago State drops sports
Cal. Baptist WCC
UMKC Summit
Cal.-San Diego strong basketball could slip in somewhere.
Humboldt State Big Sky
Simon Fraser Big Sky
Azusa Pacific WCC/Big Sky football
Alaska Anchorage WAC
Alaska WAC
Western Washington WAC
Central Washington Big Sky
Metro State WAC
Western Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Southern Oregon Big Sky
Cal. State. LA WAC
East Bay State and San Francisco State WAC
Angelo State WAC
West Texas A&M WAC
Eastern New Mexico WAC
San Bernardino State WAC
UTPB WAC
Dixie State Big Sky
Hawaii Hilo and Chaminade WAC
Colorado Mesa Big Sky
Colorado Colorado Springs WAC
Colorado State-Pueblo WAC
Summit could pick up some schools in Colorado, Montana, Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Southland could pick up schools in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi.
MVC could pick up schools in Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana.
The northeast conferences could get D2 and D3 schools to replace lost schools.
Big South and A-Sun could pick up schools from Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Penn., DC, Maryland, New Jersey, New York.
MEAC could split into two conference and adds schools:
North:Central State Ohio, Kentucky State, Cheyney, Bowie State, Bluefield State and West Virginia State.
South:Winston Salem State, Fayetteville State, Elizabeth City State, Fort Valley State, Albany State, Clark Atlanta, Tuskegee, Lane and Lemoyne-Owen.