Conference changes

[dahlby]

KnightSlappy,
That is correct.

[KnightSlappy]

We got a good jump on the 2012-13 changes last season. Any more coming that aren't on this list? Or any more on the radar for 2013-14 and beyond?

Starting in 2012-2013
Berry joins the newly formed SAA
Birmingham-Southern leaves the SCAC for the newly formed SAA
Centenary (La.) (provisional) leaves the ASC for SCAC
Centre leaves the SCAC for the newly formed SAA
Cornell leaves IIAC to join MWC
Hendrix leaves the SCAC for the newly formed SAA
Hood leaves the CAC for the MACC
LaGrange leaves the GSAC to join the USAC
Maryville (Tenn.) leaves the GSAC to join the USAC
Millsaps leaves the SCAC for the newly formed SAA
Oglethorpe leaves the SCAC for the newly formed SAA
Piedmont leaves the GSAC to join the USA South
Rhodes leaves the SCAC for the newly formed SAA
Sewanee leaves the SCAC for the newly formed SAA
Shenandoah leaves the USAC to join the ODAC
Stevenson leaves the CAC for the MACC
William Peace joins the USAC with addition of men's sports

Starting in 2013-2014
Christopher Newport leaves the USAC for the CAC
Covenant leaves the GSAC for the USAC
Huntingdon leaves the GSAC for the USAC

Is the GSAC still going to exist in 2012-13?

[Just Bill]

Starting in 2013-14, Maranatha Baptist leaves the Northern Athletics for independent status.

[Ralph Turner]

I think that the GSAC still exists as a women's conference for Huntingdon and provisional Covenant.


2102-13 

McMurry leaves the ASC and goes provisional D-II and the Heartland Conference.

2013-14

Texas Lutheran leaves the ASC for the SCAC
Schreiner leaves the ASC for the SCAC

[RustCollege]

so how many independent are left

[Ralph Turner]

so how many independent are left

In 2012-13, I count 8.

Men:
Rust, Finlandia, St Joseph's (Brooklyn), UC Santa Cruz, Huntingdon, North Central MN

NAIA Dual Members: University of Maine Presque Isle, Nebraska Wesleyan.

[scottiedoug]

Wouldn't Covenant be the same as Huntingdon for 2112-13?

[Ralph Turner]

Wouldn't Covenant be the same as Huntingdon for 2112-13?

Yes, but Covenant will be in year #4 of Provisional status.

[Gregory Sager]

so how many independent are left

In 2012-13, I count 8.

Men:
Rust, Finlandia, St Joseph's (Brooklyn), UC Santa Cruz, Huntingdon, North Central MN

NAIA Dual Members: University of Maine Presque Isle, Nebraska Wesleyan.

... which means one Pool B slot for the men's basketball tournament, correct?

[Ralph Turner]

so how many independent are left

In 2012-13, I count 8.

Men:
Rust, Finlandia, St Joseph's (Brooklyn), UC Santa Cruz, Huntingdon, North Central MN

NAIA Dual Members: University of Maine Presque Isle, Nebraska Wesleyan.

... which means one Pool B slot for the men's basketball tournament, correct?

Plus the 7 active members of the SAA.  I think so.

[KnightSlappy]

so how many independent are left

In 2012-13, I count 8.

Men:
Rust, Finlandia, St Joseph's (Brooklyn), UC Santa Cruz, Huntingdon, North Central MN

NAIA Dual Members: University of Maine Presque Isle, Nebraska Wesleyan.

... which means one Pool B slot for the men's basketball tournament, correct?

Plus the 7 active members of the SAA.  I think so.

I believe recent access ratios have been 9-point-something (and they round up), so the first Pool B bid comes at 10 teams, and the second at 19 teams. So Ralph is correct that we'd see one bid this upcoming year.

[KnightSlappy]

It also looks like 2012-13 will have 409 eligible teams, so we'll miss out on the 63rd bid by one team.

[Ralph Turner]

It also looks like 2012-13 will have 409 eligible teams, so we'll miss out on the 63rd bid by one team.

I believe that we are adding 2, (Spaulding and SUNY-Cobleskill) and dropping one (McMurry) for 2012-13.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Just to clarify... the access ratio was 1:9.3 last season - that means that there were 9.3 teams for every automatic bid from a conference that had the AQ. The ratio for bids outside of AQ (overall) is 6.5:1.

Last year there were 405 eligible schools for the tournament (there were 410 schools, but five were not eligible for the post-season). That results in 62.3... rounded down makes it a 62 team field.

For Pool B... that means there has to be 13 teams to receive a second bid. Not sure about the 409 eligible... that number could shift depending on NCAA decisions on teams eligible and such.

[Hampton U SID]

I believe UMPI has left the NAIA and (according to their website) has gone NCAA and USCAA --- they're listed as AD3I (Assoc. D3 Independents) and USCAA
For what its worth