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Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
Hampton moves to the Big South. This might cause a breakup of the MEAC, which might cause Howard to jump as well.

Howard plays Soccer in the Sun Belt.

No idea if anything happens, but just something to look at.
11-16-2017 01:07 PM
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RE: Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
Time to start applying the pressure to us non-men's soccer schools to get that program up and running.

South is the soccer equivalent to UTA with football.
11-16-2017 01:33 PM
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RE: Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
(11-16-2017 01:33 PM)Usajags Wrote:  Time to start applying the pressure to us non-men's soccer schools to get that program up and running.

South is the soccer equivalent to UTA with football.

Well lace them up then.
11-16-2017 02:17 PM
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RE: Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
Our men's program won the SBC every year 91-95, before the conference dropped it in 96. We moved to the Big South and won it in 99, before we dropped the program after that season. One reason stated for dropping it was lack of a stable conference to house our program. Now that the SBC is back into the men's soccer scene, I wish we would restart the program. I've been saying this for a couple years now.
11-16-2017 02:34 PM
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RE: Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
(11-16-2017 01:33 PM)Usajags Wrote:  Time to start applying the pressure to us non-men's soccer schools to get that program up and running.

South is the soccer equivalent to UTA with football.

I would think uta may be adding womens soccer before too long so as to get all the womens sports covered in the last step before restarting football.
11-17-2017 07:51 AM
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RE: Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
Aside from the Sun Belt growing the sport from within, the best options would be

1) add West Virginia from the MAC
2) add Belmont (moving from Horizon to SoCon)
3) drop Hartwick and add both Incarnate Word and Houston Baptist from the WAC
4) add Central Arkansas from the MVC
5) drop Hartwick and add South Carolina and Kentucky

Belmont is scheduled to join the SoCon in 2018, so I’m not sure how feasible that would be to pull off in a short time frame.

Adding West Virginia might have an interesting domino effect, as the MAC would be at five members. The MAC probably adds Eastern Illinois from the Summit, who would als be at five members. The Summit would probably try for Air Force, but they may also look at Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word, or it may even be the impetus for adding UMKC as a full member.
11-24-2017 08:24 AM
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RE: Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
I don't see us pulling any schools from a conference that would then have 5 members. That seems like a crappy thing to do to another G5 conference. Having a school ask to join the SB to save travel costs seems more doable.

Maybe I am a bit idealistic about the politics of NCAA sports.
11-25-2017 06:47 AM
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RE: Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
(11-25-2017 06:47 AM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  I don't see us pulling any schools from a conference that would then have 5 members. That seems like a crappy thing to do to another G5 conference. Having a school ask to join the SB to save travel costs seems more doable.

Maybe I am a bit idealistic about the politics of NCAA sports.

Sounds right to me...would seem like a relatively unimportant thing to make some enemies over...
11-25-2017 08:02 AM
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RE: Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
(11-24-2017 08:24 AM)chargeradio Wrote:  Aside from the Sun Belt growing the sport from within, the best options would be

1) add West Virginia from the MAC
2) add Belmont (moving from Horizon to SoCon)
3) drop Hartwick and add both Incarnate Word and Houston Baptist from the WAC
4) add Central Arkansas from the MVC
5) drop Hartwick and add South Carolina and Kentucky

Belmont is scheduled to join the SoCon in 2018, so I’m not sure how feasible that would be to pull off in a short time frame.

Adding West Virginia might have an interesting domino effect, as the MAC would be at five members. The MAC probably adds Eastern Illinois from the Summit, who would als be at five members. The Summit would probably try for Air Force, but they may also look at Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word, or it may even be the impetus for adding UMKC as a full member.
Adding the SEC schools stuck in the CUSA or just USC. Would cut down on their travel, and add a natural rival for them. All of these could potentially happen, and aren't that far fetched.
I also wouldn't drop to add anyone, until our numbers are up.
11-25-2017 10:05 AM
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RE: Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
Ironically, the Big South will be at 11 and the Atlantic Sun at 7, so we may lose Hartwick anyway.
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RE: Realignment - Potential Impact on Sun Belt Soccer
(11-25-2017 10:05 AM)SENOREIDA Wrote:  
(11-24-2017 08:24 AM)chargeradio Wrote:  Aside from the Sun Belt growing the sport from within, the best options would be

1) add West Virginia from the MAC
2) add Belmont (moving from Horizon to SoCon)
3) drop Hartwick and add both Incarnate Word and Houston Baptist from the WAC
4) add Central Arkansas from the MVC
5) drop Hartwick and add South Carolina and Kentucky

Belmont is scheduled to join the SoCon in 2018, so I’m not sure how feasible that would be to pull off in a short time frame.

Adding West Virginia might have an interesting domino effect, as the MAC would be at five members. The MAC probably adds Eastern Illinois from the Summit, who would als be at five members. The Summit would probably try for Air Force, but they may also look at Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word, or it may even be the impetus for adding UMKC as a full member.
Adding the SEC schools stuck in the CUSA or just USC. Would cut down on their travel, and add a natural rival for them. All of these could potentially happen, and aren't that far fetched.
I also wouldn't drop to add anyone, until our numbers are up.

the sec is not concerned with travel costs
11-26-2017 02:50 AM
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