(03-27-2014 08:36 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  When you play poker you go for the big pot. You swing hoping to hit a home run.
The MAC had no reason not to go for the win with full membership.
UMass had no reason to make a bad basketball decision.

UMass had value to the MAC when Temple was in. Once Temple left, UMass had no real value to the MAC without the other sports.

Idaho and NMSU (while I remain pro-NMSU all-sports) had value to the Sun Belt as basically no-cost additions to get to 12 which got derailed with the WKU departure.

There is no reason to keep both NMSU and Idaho or even one of them long-term unless we add a 12th.

That's life as an associate member. If things pan out for you, you move on, or in the case of ULM things change and you can become the top full member candidate. If the deal no longer makes sense, you get let go. Ask Hartwick about their associate membership in the MAC.