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Started by PaulNewman, September 17, 2021, 04:32:05 PM

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TableMax

I understand the NCAA flips the tab.. And on that note with all the "grift" in college sports the NCAA should pay for the travel regardless of round and venue.. 

Kuiper

This happened a month ago, but it was when the board was down, so some people may have missed it or not gotten a chance to discuss it.

The NCAC announced that John Carroll is leaving the OAC and joining the NCAC starting in 2025-2026

https://northcoast.org/news/2024/1/17/general-north-coast-athletic-conference-welcomes-john-carroll-university.aspx

As I said on the D3Soccer.fans board, I get why this makes sense for the NCAC, since it bumps them up from 9 to 10.  They dropped to 9 when Allegheny left in 2021.  For John Carroll, the claim is that it allows them to have a more national platform to spread their name.

https://www.jcu.edu/news-center/john-carroll-university-joins-north-coast-athletic-conference-ncac#:~:text=John%20Carroll%20University's%20momentum%20continued,NCAC)%20beginning%20in%20Fall%202025.

QuoteOur Board of Directors and University leadership are committed to ongoing strategic investments that will ensure that the gift of a Jesuit education from John Carroll is available for generations to come. We are pleased to align with a group of academically and athletically competitive partners in the NCAC who enjoy national reach and reputation as high-ranking liberal arts institutions.

Others (@SimpleCoach) point out that this will mean John Carroll will not longer have to compete with perennial power Mount Union for the automatic bid in football.

Regardless of the reason, it is probably only the first domino to fall in another set of conference realignments.

Kuiper

Cross-posting this from the 2024 Schedules thread because it might be of particular interest to Great Lakes fans

John Carroll

Last year in the OAC, but they are getting a jump start on NCAC play by playing at Oberlin and home to Kenyon on the first weekend of the season.  That isn't a surprise since they often play NCAC teams and these are just the second legs of home/away series that they started last year, but it is a chance for Kenyon to get revenge after losing 4-0 to John Carroll last year in Gambier.  They are also hosting Stockton and Trine for something called the Cleveland Classic in mid-September on a Friday/Sunday, which probably means Trine and Stockton will play each other on that Saturday.  Always nice to see those East Coast/Midwest clashes.  Another interesting addition to the schedule is they are traveling to Williamsport to play Lycoming on Sept 21 after playing Ohio Wesleyan on the 18th, and before playing Case Western on the 25th and hosting Calvin on the 28th.  That's a murderer's row of games.  In fact, in their 10 non-conference games to start the season, only Oberlin and Trine did not have winning records last year and Trine was 7-7-3 and beat Kenyon.