(04-21-2017 01:17 PM)Eldonabe Wrote:  Nobody wants to take step backwards in Hoops - they may not have a choice down the road, but as of right now they are still shopping for the best of both worlds.

If Umass could find another arrangement that left them in the A-10 for everything but football (other than the AAC), I think they would jump at that in a heartbeat.

That's not going to happen. UMass will have to make a choice in the next few years. Go to a IA conference with all sports, most likely the MAC, CUSA or Sun Belt. Or drop back down to IAA.

My guess UMass will drop back down to IAA, to the CAA if they will take you. No IA conference wants UMass's horrible football without the Olympic sports. Heck UMass basketball has been just mediocre the last several years, not sure many conference want that either.

Not everyone gets their cake and eat it too. And that's what UMass wants. I'm guessing a decision will have to be made the direction UMass wants to take by 2020/2021.