Well it also helps AEC scheduling, by getting them to even numbers in many sports:

MBB, WBB, WS, FH (no change) now at 10
WVB, BB, MLX now at 8

WLX, SB stay at 7 (no NJIT program for these sports)
MS moves to 9 (oops)

NJIT still has to find a home for MT and WT. Maybe they stay ASUN?

(06-12-2020 03:10 PM)Stugray2 Wrote:  NJIT still has to find a home for MT and WT. Maybe they stay ASUN?

They offer 19 sports. Could easily cut both, if needed.

Only Binghampton offers both M&W Tennis - men compete in the MAC, women are independent. Only other AE Tennis is Stony Brook, which competes in the Missouri Valley.

(06-12-2020 02:40 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(06-12-2020 02:38 PM)prisonmike Wrote:  

(06-12-2020 02:36 PM)Stugray2 Wrote:  NJIT is private, not public.

Nah dawg

Yup - it is public

https://www.njit.edu/

Did NJIT ever have a BOT meeting about it? Usually there’s a BOT meeting and we have a Gameday thread for it.

MAAC or NEC would be a good fit for NJIT tennis teams. MAAC only has 7 each, NEC has 7 men and 8 women. Could always use a warm body or two for AQ preservation purposes.

(06-12-2020 03:35 PM)HatterFan Wrote:  MAAC or NEC would be a good fit for NJIT tennis teams. MAAC only has 7 each, NEC has 7 men and 8 women. Could always use a warm body or two for AQ preservation purposes.

The MEAC has some openings. And frankly it sort of makes sense geographically for NJIT tennis being mostly a DMV conference.

What does everyone think of the ASun commish? He basically said NJIT leaving was BS, then they leave the next day anyway. Surely he had some idea this was cooking. Why say anything and call BS on the rumors? I think he just should have remained silent and not said anything.

(06-12-2020 04:00 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  What does everyone think of the ASun commish? He basically said NJIT leaving was BS, then they leave the next day anyway. Surely he had some idea this was cooking. Why say anything and call BS on the rumors? I think he just should have remained silent and not said anything.

Yeah, I'm not sure what his play was -- did he think he could shame NJIT into staying? Was he, in his mind, building intrigue for the move by acting like it wasn't settled? (he did retweet the AE announcement). Whatever he thought he was doing I don't think worked; now he either looks like a) a very poor bluffer or b) unaware of what his own schools are doing. Neither are a good look.

(06-12-2020 04:05 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(06-12-2020 04:00 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  What does everyone think of the ASun commish? He basically said NJIT leaving was BS, then they leave the next day anyway. Surely he had some idea this was cooking. Why say anything and call BS on the rumors? I think he just should have remained silent and not said anything.

Yeah, I'm not sure what his play was -- did he think he could shame NJIT into staying? Was he, in his mind, building intrigue for the move by acting like it wasn't settled? (he did retweet the AE announcement). Whatever he thought he was doing I don't think worked; now he either looks like a) a very poor bluffer or b) unaware of what his own schools are doing. Neither are a good look.

I completely agree. Goodman and guys in his profession are usually 100% sure of things like that before they tweet news.

He's trying to play it off..

https://twitter.com/ASUNCommish/status/1...6972637185

(06-12-2020 04:30 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  He's trying to play it off..

https://twitter.com/ASUNCommish/status/1...6972637185

I've gotten a quick education in the Atlantic Sun over the past 30 hours. Apparently the commissioner has a real bug up his butt about the league being called the ASUN.

And re-reading his twitter feed, he's had great fun over the last 30 hours trolling twitter, including us.

So maybe the UAC is also an elaborate joke?

ASUN Commissioner definitely reads this site and enjoys trolling us.

No more UAC

Good, now some of the realignment guys will shut up about it. Though, they will see his public statement as covering up for the UAC still happening behind the scenes.

I think the ASUN commish said the UAC scenario is now dead in the water. He did say there may be some regional realignment among conferences still in play.

Logical moves that could occur
Bethune Cookman to the ASun/Big South Football

Are there any others?

Based on that man’s twitter he really hates the name Atlantic Sun. Why the vitriol? Did an Atlantic Sun Conference fall down and land on him? Is he just lazy and doesn’t like typing all those letters? Did he never learn how to Atlantic so this is his way of covering?

I demand answers to these critical questions

(06-12-2020 07:56 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Logical moves that could occur
Bethune Cookman to the ASun/Big South Football

Are there any others?

That may seem logical, and on paper it probably is.

But you have to consider, 5 schools not in Florida would have to say yes.

Would Stetson say yes? Being basically next door?

Would it be good to have 10 football teams in the Big South? UNA and KSU may be against it because it automatically makes all their sports travel even more.

Lots of things to consider.

(06-12-2020 08:50 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Based on that man’s twitter he really hates the name Atlantic Sun. Why the vitriol? Did an Atlantic Sun Conference fall down and land on him? Is he just lazy and doesn’t like typing all those letters? Did he never learn how to Atlantic so this is his way of covering?

I demand answers to these critical questions

It was a student athlete vote a few years ago to change the logo and have the name changed from Atlantic Sun Conference to simply The ASUN conference.

(06-12-2020 06:12 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  Good, now some of the realignment guys will shut up about it. Though, they will see his public statement as covering up for the UAC still happening behind the scenes.

I was not to sure if it would happened. I did mention that one school gets invited out would ruined the plans and NJIT happened to be the school.

Bethune-Cookman and South Carolina State could be interesting. Could ASUN get both schools?

(06-12-2020 08:54 PM)lion1983 Wrote:  

(06-12-2020 07:56 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Logical moves that could occur
Bethune Cookman to the ASun/Big South Football

Are there any others?

That may seem logical, and on paper it probably is.

But you have to consider, 5 schools not in Florida would have to say yes.

Would Stetson say yes? Being basically next door?

Would it be good to have 10 football teams in the Big South? UNA and KSU may be against it because it automatically makes all their sports travel even more.

Lots of things to consider.

The one the ASUN will have trouble selling Bethune-Cookman on is Liberty.