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MAC expands from 12 to 14
Looks like we're adding Western KY & Middle Tennessee State.
new west div:
Middle TN state
Western KY
Miami
Ohio U
Ball st
NIU
WMU
new east div:
KSU
akron
UB
BGSU
Toledo
EMU
CMU
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
(11-02-2021 02:02 AM)GoKsuFlashes! Wrote: Looks like we're adding Western KY & Middle Tennessee State.
new west div:
Middle TN state
Western KY
Miami
Ohio U
Ball st
NIU
WMU
new east div:
KSU
akron
UB
BGSU
Toledo
EMU
CMU
Is this the final setup/ I also heard talk about 4 divisions.
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
re. what the divisions will look like: i'd imagine its a work in progress, but 14 is only divisible by 2 & 7.
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11-02-2021 10:10 AM |
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
Middle Tennessee was awful last year in basketball, but has historically been pretty good. Western Kentucky has a proud basketball tradition.
At least Marshall hasn't signed up for a third tour of MAC duty.
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11-02-2021 03:58 PM |
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
Eh, been there, done that. What’s the over/under on how long these colleges stay?
I’m going with 4 for Western Ky and 5 for Middle TN. They’ll jump for a conference that is better geographically and oriented towards BB.
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11-02-2021 04:06 PM |
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
(11-02-2021 04:06 PM)bopol Wrote: Eh, been there, done that. What’s the over/under on how long these colleges stay?
I’m going with 4 for Western Ky and 5 for Middle TN. They’ll jump for a conference that is better geographically and oriented towards BB.
Agree. Marshall announced recently that they are leaving Conference USA, joining Western Kentucky and MTNU, for the Sun Belt, leaving Conference USA with only five teams committed long-term, according to news reports. Not only has player transfers ratcheted up in recent years, so has whole teams switching conferences. It's hard to keep track.
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
(11-02-2021 04:26 PM)Muskrat Wrote: (11-02-2021 04:06 PM)bopol Wrote: Eh, been there, done that. What’s the over/under on how long these colleges stay?
I’m going with 4 for Western Ky and 5 for Middle TN. They’ll jump for a conference that is better geographically and oriented towards BB.
Agree. Marshall announced recently that they are leaving Conference USA, joining Western Kentucky and MTNU, for the Sun Belt, leaving Conference USA with only five teams committed long-term, according to news reports. Not only has player transfers ratcheted up in recent years, so has whole teams switching conferences. It's hard to keep track.
I’m hearing this is not yet a done deal. One writer at Yahoo.
Marshall won’t be back in MAC. Academics are not up to par and most schools will not vote them back in.
However good TV markets for the MAC. Louisville and Nashville.
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11-02-2021 08:00 PM |
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
Bishop Sycamore is looking for a place to play.
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11-02-2021 09:36 PM |
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
(11-02-2021 08:00 PM)Older and Older Wrote: (11-02-2021 04:26 PM)Muskrat Wrote: (11-02-2021 04:06 PM)bopol Wrote: Eh, been there, done that. What’s the over/under on how long these colleges stay?
I’m going with 4 for Western Ky and 5 for Middle TN. They’ll jump for a conference that is better geographically and oriented towards BB.
Agree. Marshall announced recently that they are leaving Conference USA, joining Western Kentucky and MTNU, for the Sun Belt, leaving Conference USA with only five teams committed long-term, according to news reports. Not only has player transfers ratcheted up in recent years, so has whole teams switching conferences. It's hard to keep track.
I’m hearing this is not yet a done deal. One writer at Yahoo.
Marshall won’t be back in MAC. Academics are not up to par and most schools will not vote them back in.
However good TV markets for the MAC. Louisville and Nashville.
I was joking about Marshall and a third tour of duty. As I said, they are going to the Sun Belt.
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11-03-2021 09:04 AM |
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
(11-02-2021 09:36 PM)anti-zip Wrote: Bishop Sycamore is looking for a place to play.
That’s awesome!
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11-03-2021 03:48 PM |
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
(11-02-2021 10:33 AM)axeme Wrote: I would actually be surprised if the two new schools aren’t added to the West and Toledo moved to the East to make a Buffalo and Ohio division and an everyone else division. But I really have no idea what the people making that decision are thinking.
Puts Toledo and BG back together as they should be
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11-03-2021 07:24 PM |
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
(11-03-2021 07:24 PM)burden Wrote: (11-02-2021 10:33 AM)axeme Wrote: I would actually be surprised if the two new schools aren’t added to the West and Toledo moved to the East to make a Buffalo and Ohio division and an everyone else division. But I really have no idea what the people making that decision are thinking.
Puts Toledo and BG back together as they should be
This would make the conference even more lopsided in basketball. Last year 7 teams were above .500. The whole East, and Toledo. The west has been weaker for a while and UT is generally the best.
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11-03-2021 07:39 PM |
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
Ah I was thinking no divisions was only for the COVID shortened year. Good to know.
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
More a like North/Suth divisions.
lauramac: (11-02-2021 02:02 AM)GoKsuFlashes! Wrote: Looks like we're adding Western KY & Middle Tennessee State.
new west div:
Middle TN state
Western KY
Miami
Ohio U
Ball st
NIU
WMU
new east div:
KSU
akron
UB
BGSU
Toledo
EMU
CMU
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
MAC was last conference with basketball divisions. Didn’t affect toutrnament seedlings, so all they meant was a championship banner.
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11-04-2021 03:53 AM |
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
The divisions did effect schedule though. I forgot about the fact we dropped divisions. I guess that means there will be years we only play Akron once. That will suck. If we go to 14 teams i wonder if they will come back.
(This post was last modified: 11-04-2021 02:05 PM by burden.)
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RE: MAC expands from 12 to 14
No need for divisions. MAC will keep the rivalry games intact.
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