MBB: Great Northeast Athletic Conference

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It might be smarter to go East/West with divisions.

I don't know for sure, but it seems like it would be easier for Norwich to get to Connecticut than it would be for them to get to Maine.  North-South travel is a lot easier in New England unless you're using I-90.

[GnacAlum55]

How would you split it then?

It seems like there would be too many teams in the "east."

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'd probably just switch St Joe's and Albertus Magnus on your list, actually.

Those Vermont schools don't have it too easy to anywhere, but Albertus Magnus, being on I-91, can get to all the VT/NH schools without too much trouble.  It wouldn't take them much longer than going to Boston anyway.

If the league does decide to pick up an additional two or four teams, then AMC fits nicely in a "West" division.  If you're adding Boston teams, there are a few on the west side of the city that could move out there as well.

If the GNAC ends up with so many Boston teams, it makes problems for a North-South split too.  It just seems more fair in terms of travel ease to do East/West.

[GnacAlum55]

Good points.
So the split would be:

East
Emerson
Emmanuel
Suffolk
Saint Joe's
Johnson and Wales

West
Norwich
S. Vermont
Albertus
Daniel Webster
Rivier

The only problem with that is that the west would stink!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

That's not necessarily a problem.  It sure helped the CCC this year.

[d3bballinboston]

i was just throwing MVB out there as a discussion to see what other peoples thoughts were. I doubt the GNAC would look at MVB over baseball, but a school like Emmanuel who has MVB and not baseball would probally be pushing that issue.  At least I'd think they'd be doing it.

The fact really remains this.. What do the AD's and Presidents of Current GNAC teams want?  They could very well want a solid all-around school like St. joe's.  Or the Presidents could say, we are not going to expand the budgets to accomdate st. joe's.  I am sure Simmons, Pine Manor, Emerson, Emmanuel, Suffolk would love to see another boston school added to the mix.  Nothing like a 10 min road trip.  I also would assume Albertus and JWU would rather only go to Boston compared to Maine. 

But who really knows what the direction of this league is going.  Could the GNAC just take everyone?  That could very well could be a possibility.

What would the GNAC look like if they added all five teams.

Also I wouldnt brag to much about winning the NAC title in baseball.  That is the worst league in the country. 

[GnacAlum55]

There's no way the GNAC takes all 5.  There are barely enough quality teams in the pool to take 1.  Maybe they should take Saint Joe's and Mount Ida, and drop S. Vermont Albertus, and Daniel Webster.  That would be a pretty good 8 team league.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I think St Joe's will get in now, but there is still a bigger shake-up looming.  Maybe this starts it, if they can drop a few teams.

I agree, take the one solid program and see if you can drop some dead weight.

Somebody needs to get the conference shifts started.

[heythere]

i would have to say the nac might be bad, but its better then beging a independent.  you kept mention newbury, i am not sure but i think you cant win a confernece title if ur not in a confernece which newbury isnt and still wont be after st.joes gets voted in.

Also I wouldnt brag to much about winning the NAC title in baseball.  That is the worst league in the country. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The funniest part about that last post, besides the lack of capitalization, was that he screwed up the quote feature and made it look like he was bashing his own baseball team.

You all might want to face facts, that neither the GNAC nor the NAC is scaring anyone nationally in baseball.  It's more like comparing apples and other, slightly different apples.

[d3bballinboston]

funny that is part of the reason why the GNAC is considering going the MVB route.  Currently you have Rivier who is ranked 7th in the country in MVB and Johnson & Wales has been ranked nationally in the past.  If they took Newbury, they were ranked 9th last season. so if they added ida an d lasell they have 6(rivier, Southern vermont, emmanuel, newbury, lasell, ida) varsity teams, with emerson adding it when they their gym is done.   aThe GNAC could get some much needed exposure nationally.  The last time they got anything nationally in Baseball was when David Santos at JWU set the all -time getting hit by pitches in a career about 5 years ago.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

You know, it would probably help the sport nationally anyway.  There are very few, even D-I schools in New England that have varsity mens volleyball.  Getting a league with competitive teams in the region may help spur other schools to pick it up.

[GnacAlum55]

Yeah, but it's still volleyball.  As an alum, I'd rather donate to my school to help get baseball going rather than to support volleyball.  It's not the same.  I think AD's will look at that too.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It's also much cheaper than baseball.  There's no reason why they couldn't go with VB for now and assurances that more teams will pick baseball up in the near future.

[d3bballinboston]

you'd be suprised how some of the AD's are really pushing the other schools in the GNAC to add men's Volleyball.. why u think SVC added it and now Emerson will add it once their gym is done.  I'd rather sit in a gym and watch a 80 minute high intensity volleyball match then sit in the cold new england temperature and watch a baseball game that last 2 -2 hours any day.  

yes another conference to have men's volleyball would really help the sport of volleyball thats for sure.  I know the JWU and Rivier AD are really pushing for the whole Men's Volleyball AQ for the GNAC