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NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
I first thought that maybe they had a game in the area (like LSU) and since they were in the neighborhood...you know, make the trip worth the gas money.
And that is the case for Auburn. They play Univ Louisiana Lafayette on Nov 25, 3 days before Xavier NOLA. All other Auburn opponents are d1.
But UNT... naw... they are going to drive to NOLA just to play Xavier. UNT opens with d3 Mary Hardin-Baylor and then NAIA Mid-American Christian Univ. Then before they start CUSA play, that have another NAIA- Oklahoma Panhandle State.
Xavier NOLA is playing 4 d1 schools this season ( so better put them on the d1 move up watch - whatdoyathink, a travel partner for UTRGV in the WAC? )
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-23-2018 08:23 PM)MidWestMidMajor Wrote: I first thought that maybe they had a game in the area (like LSU) and since they were in the neighborhood...you know, make the trip worth the gas money.
And that is the case for Auburn. They play Univ Louisiana Lafayette on Nov 25, 3 days before Xavier NOLA. All other Auburn opponents are d1.
But UNT... naw... they are going to drive to NOLA just to play Xavier. UNT opens with d3 Mary Hardin-Baylor and then NAIA Mid-American Christian Univ. Then before they start CUSA play, that have another NAIA- Oklahoma Panhandle State.
Xavier NOLA is playing 4 d1 schools this season (so better put them on the d1 move up watch - whatdoyathink, a travel partner for UTRGV in the WAC? )
Add them to the Great DavidSt Conference.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-23-2018 08:23 PM)MidWestMidMajor Wrote: I first thought that maybe they had a game in the area (like LSU) and since they were in the neighborhood...you know, make the trip worth the gas money.
And that is the case for Auburn. They play Univ Louisiana Lafayette on Nov 25, 3 days before Xavier NOLA. All other Auburn opponents are d1.
But UNT... naw... they are going to drive to NOLA just to play Xavier. UNT opens with d3 Mary Hardin-Baylor and then NAIA Mid-American Christian Univ. Then before they start CUSA play, that have another NAIA- Oklahoma Panhandle State.
Xavier NOLA is playing 4 d1 schools this season (so better put them on the d1 move up watch - whatdoyathink, a travel partner for UTRGV in the WAC? )
ULL is a home game for Auburn
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-23-2018 07:43 PM)TexasTerror Wrote: http://www.xulagold.com/news/2018/8/22/wb-schedule.aspx
Am I missing something here...? I’m looking at Auburn. No, not the Montgomery one. And North Texas visiting Xavier (La). Were those teams that desperate to get to NOLA? UNO and Tulane unable or unwilling to host?
Nicest arena in the NAIA. That's an on-campus facility.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
Way better than Tulane and especially Sacramento State's arena. They really should move up to D-I.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 12:54 AM)_C2_ Wrote: Way better than Tulane and especially Sacramento State's arena. They really should move up to D-I.
Got to make it through D2 first
Loyola New Orleans is only non Jesuit school not in NCAA. Package deal?
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 12:54 AM)_C2_ Wrote: Way better than Tulane and especially Sacramento State's arena. They really should move up to D-I.
They are a HBCU so thier option would only be the SWAC and I think they are full.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 06:35 AM)TexasTerror Wrote: (08-24-2018 12:54 AM)_C2_ Wrote: Way better than Tulane and especially Sacramento State's arena. They really should move up to D-I.
Got to make it through D2 first
Loyola New Orleans is only non Jesuit school not in NCAA. Package deal?
Not necessarily. HBU went straight from NAIA to Division I.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 07:13 AM)MWC Tex Wrote: (08-24-2018 12:54 AM)_C2_ Wrote: Way better than Tulane and especially Sacramento State's arena. They really should move up to D-I.
They are a HBCU so thier option would only be the SWAC and I think they are full.
HBCU's don't HAVE to be in majority HBCU conferences. Hampton just moved to the big south.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 06:35 AM)TexasTerror Wrote: (08-24-2018 12:54 AM)_C2_ Wrote: Way better than Tulane and especially Sacramento State's arena. They really should move up to D-I.
Got to make it through D2 first
Loyola New Orleans is only non Jesuit school not in NCAA. Package deal?
Xavier-Louisiana does not sponsor enough sports to be eligible for D2. They have 9 total sports (4m/5w) and only 1 men's team sport.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 09:57 AM)AZcats Wrote: (08-24-2018 06:35 AM)TexasTerror Wrote: (08-24-2018 12:54 AM)_C2_ Wrote: Way better than Tulane and especially Sacramento State's arena. They really should move up to D-I.
Got to make it through D2 first
Loyola New Orleans is only non Jesuit school not in NCAA. Package deal?
Xavier-Louisiana does not sponsor enough sports to be eligible for D2. They have 9 total sports (4m/5w) and only 1 men's team sport.
I have a family member who is a college coach and plays Xavier yearly and from their understanding they have no intention of moving up any time soon.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
No one suggested they were. We're saying with facilities like that, they should.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 10:34 AM)_C2_ Wrote: No suggested they were. We're saying with facilities like that, they should.
The facilities are great, but if I had to guess with them being a small private university travel cost would eat them alive.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 09:27 AM)_C2_ Wrote: (08-24-2018 06:35 AM)TexasTerror Wrote: (08-24-2018 12:54 AM)_C2_ Wrote: Way better than Tulane and especially Sacramento State's arena. They really should move up to D-I.
Got to make it through D2 first
Loyola New Orleans is only non Jesuit school not in NCAA. Package deal?
Not necessarily. HBU went straight from NAIA to Division I.
The rule changed after that
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 10:57 AM)dbackjon Wrote: The rule changed after that
The rule changed BECAUSE of that.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 10:37 AM)Cajuns1252 Wrote: (08-24-2018 10:34 AM)_C2_ Wrote: No suggested they were. We're saying with facilities like that, they should.
The facilities are great, but if I had to guess with them being a small private university travel cost would eat them alive.
Right, the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference has a nice tight little footprint. 3 of the members are in New Orleans itself, and add Loyola NO from the Southern States conference for an OOC rival and it's a pretty good setup for them.
They did spend some serious money on the facility, it's just a few years old, but it is dual purpose: it is called the "Xavier University Academic Convocation Center"
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 10:31 AM)Cajuns1252 Wrote: (08-24-2018 09:57 AM)AZcats Wrote: (08-24-2018 06:35 AM)TexasTerror Wrote: (08-24-2018 12:54 AM)_C2_ Wrote: Way better than Tulane and especially Sacramento State's arena. They really should move up to D-I.
Got to make it through D2 first
Loyola New Orleans is only non Jesuit school not in NCAA. Package deal?
Xavier-Louisiana does not sponsor enough sports to be eligible for D2. They have 9 total sports (4m/5w) and only 1 men's team sport.
I have a family member who is a college coach and plays Xavier yearly and from their understanding they have no intention of moving up any time soon.
Was just providing information, that's all.
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
(08-24-2018 11:29 AM)teamvsn Wrote: Right, the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference has a nice tight little footprint. 3 of the members are in New Orleans itself, and add Loyola NO from the Southern States conference for an OOC rival and it's a pretty good setup for them.
They did spend some serious money on the facility, it's just a few years old, but it is dual purpose: it is called the "Xavier University Academic Convocation Center".
GCAC's footprint has grown this last decade.
Nice and compact with the three NOLA schools (used to be four when Loyola was there), but the short trips to Jackson, MS and Mobile, AL which existed last decade were replaced with Jacksonville, FL (Edward Waters) and Denmark, SC (Vorhees, which thankfully left the league).
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RE: NAIA WBB Program to Host Auburn, North Texas at Home
I do not see schools like this one moving up anytime soon. They would be like Presbyterian who do not belong in D1. Comparing their size? Bellevue and Indiana Wesleyan are the only schools that could fit in D2 for their size.
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