(07-28-2022 10:36 AM)bullet Wrote: (07-27-2022 08:57 PM)MattBrownEP Wrote: (07-27-2022 05:21 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote: ESPN wants WKU. I know that.
SBC wants complete athletic depts.
1+1=2
I don't say this to be disrespectful, but I honestly do not believe ESPN cares who the Sun Belt...or honestly, any G5 or FCS league, add.
Well the poster says the Sun Belt wants "complete" athletic departments when its clear they want football schools. They are the weakest of the FBS conferences overall outside football.
Maybe pre-2022 expansion. They've certainly done well with their 4 additions.
Basketball Bids (last bid) for Current Members
12 - Old Dominion (2019)
8 - South Alabama (2008)
7 - UL Monroe (1996)
6 - Georgia St (2022), UL Lafayette (2014)
5 - James Madison (2013), Marshall (2018)
4 - Coastal Carolina (2015)
3 - Appalachian St (2021), Georgia Southern (1992), Southern Miss (2012)
2 - Texas St (1997), Troy (2017)
1 - Arkansas St (1999)
The 4 new schools combine for over 37% of all the NCAA bids the current schools in the Sun Belt have earned.
All-Time National Championships for Current Members
10 - Old Dominion
6 - Georgia Southern
5 - James Madison
3 - Appalachian St, Marshall
1 - Coastal Carolina, UL Monroe
50% of the Sun Belt schools have won a NCAA national championship. 3/4 of the new additions have won national titles. In fact, only 1 of the 7 schools listed above was a member of the Sun Belt prior to 2014.
Sun Belt States:
Retained from Prior - Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana
2010s - Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas
2020s - Mississippi, Virginia, West Virginia
The conference has made great strides in the last couple rounds of realignment.