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RE: Yeager to retire
(06-13-2015 08:28 PM)nj alum Wrote: UNH, Albany, Stony Brook, Delaware, JMU, W&M is a strong core of six schools that play football, five of them have had recent hoops success, money is being invested in facilities, and there's a lot of academic quality there. That marriage has to happen.
North - Maine, UNH, Albany, Stony Brook, Delaware, Nova (football only), Hofstra, Drexel, Northeastern
South - Towson, JMU, W&M, Elon, Coastal, Richmond (football only), Greensboro, UNCW, CofC
That might be a bit bloated for basketball. It would probably be a 1 bid league with 16 teams, Greensboro doesn't add a ton IMO, and I would be ok if some of the northern schools remained football only, or if a few schools like Drexel/Hofstra/Northeastern were just removed.
(06-13-2015 08:49 PM)nj alum Wrote: (06-13-2015 08:40 PM)Tribal Wrote: Let's not invite UR for football only. Force their hand into joining for all sports.
That kind of discussion should happen with Richmond, Fordham, URI, and Lehigh.
I doubt Richmond woud be willing to do that, and I think they add enough football wise where it's worth having them as a football only member. I especially can't imagine Fordham/URI doing that, since they don't have any natural rivalries with current CAA members.
I'm from Bethlehem, so I would love adding Lehigh. They would probably want Lafayette to come, too. Both would be good adds IMO, though neither invest a ton of money into their sports programs. Even after the Duke win Lehigh basketball games struggle to draw 1,000 (In Lehigh's defense, you can't walk from campus to their sporting complex, as it's behind a mountain). Plus, both are good schools academically, and I like playing games against good schools, and schools that are a bit more similar to WM.
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