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CollegeSportsInfo.com: Google Map of NCAA Division I Schools
Here's a resource for the conference realignment fans out there... For the full version with more viewing options, visit http://collegesportsinfo.com/content/NCAA-Division-1-Schools-Map.html CommunityWalk Map - CollegeSportsInfo.com: Division 1 Sch...
Congress and The BCS - A Simple Plan
The people all want playoffs. The schools in power want big payday bowls. And then congress comes into play. There has been all this talk of lobbying congress to get them to change the system. But perhaps what congress should do is work within the c...
St. Joseph's to Join CAA Lacrosse
The Colonial Athletic Association will add Saint Joseph’s University as an associate member in men’s lacrosse beginning with the 2011 season, CAA Commissioner Tom Yeager announced on Wednesday. “We are happy to welcome Saint Joseph’s to the ...
Big East Expansion Rumblings
Maryland or Boston College to the Big East? In a recent Lenn Robins article about a possible Big East bowl game at Yankee Stadium or Giants Stadium, there was some specific mention of Big East expansion: With threats on the horizon -- most glaringly...
Mountain West considers expanding -- again
Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson said Wednesday that his league has been discussing the possibility of adding a 10th team - especially if an addition would strengthen the league's recent push for a revamped BCS system. Thompson, speaking at...
Centenary Downgrades to Division 3
The Centenary College Board of Trustees today voted to reposition Centenary athletics into Division III. The vote follows a decision and subsequent directive by the Board of Trustees in its May 2008 meeting to leave the Division I Summit Conference ...
Centenary to Leave Summit League
This is probably a blessing in disguise. The Summit League received paperwork this week from Centenary, that the school will be leaving the conference in 2011. While on the surface, the departure of a school might be considered a negative. But with t...
WCHA to Expand with UN-Omaha & Bemidji St.
Bemidji State and Nebraska-Omaha will be officially admitted to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association on Friday afternoon and begin play in the league in 2010-11, sources have confirmed to the News Tribune. A WCHA teleconference call is...
More CAA Football Expansion?
The PilotOnline is speculating that the CAA will eventually expand with Stonybrook and Fordham to bring some regionalization to potential divisions. Fordham is seeking a conference home and Stonybrook currently participates as an associate member in ...
Rhode Island to the America East?
There was an interesting line in an article covering an interview with outgoing Rhode Island president Robert Carothers: "Money has become a huge issue, as in every other department, because of a reduction in state assistance and the overall economi...
Centenary Considers Other D1 Conference or Downgrade to Division III
Fresh off receiving near failing APR scores for the athletic programs...and a lack of success in the now Midwestern focused Summit League, Centenary is considering a few different options for it's athletic programs. One option they are exploring is ...
Nebraska-Omaha Considers WCHA for Hockey
For the past week, WCHA officials have been working with UNO regarding a possible invitiation to join. While currently in the CCHA, UNO is considering the potential offer to join according to AD Trev Alberts: "We have had sound conversations and neg...
Detroit Joins MAAC Lacrosse
Detroit will join the MAAC for lacrosse next season. The move looks to be a good fit for the school, as they'll participate with other private/Catholic schools. Detroit was set to join the GWLL but when that league was absorbed by the ECAC, Detroit ...
North Dakota to Summit League Updates
It looks like North Dakota finally got their reality check and made a smart call. The school has been fighting the NCAA over the nickname dispute for some time. The eventual settlement was that the NCAA would allow the "Fighting Sioux" nickname to re...
Campbell to Leave A-Sun for Big South
Campbell University athletics will rejoin the Big South Conference in two years, making the move in all but three sports. Three sources close to the athletic department confirmed the move Tuesday, the same day a press conference was announced touting...
BIG EAST: To Split or Not to Split
When Miami, Boston College and Virginia Tech left the Big East for the ACC, they did so with economics in mind. Who can blame them? The result was some serious thinking by the Big East as to how to proceed. One initial idea that gained some steam, wa...
Hofstra explores parting ways with the CAA
Hofstra will explore moving its intercollegiate athletic program out of the southern-based Colonial Athletic Association, persons familiar with the athletic program said Thursday. Hofstra did not say what has prompted its exploration, but it appears...
New Orleans Potentialy Out of Sunbelt Conference
We've seen a number of schools forced to cut sports teams recently. And it hasn't been limited to smaller schools either as Pac-10 school Washington was forced to make cuts today. Washington St. has eliminated a number of jobs just to save their prog...
Life at the Bottom of the Conference Realignment Shuffle
In the later part of the 1990's and the first few years of this decade, I used a line when referring to potential destinations for schools considering upgrades or participating in Division I of the NCAA as an independent: "when you have no place to g...
Washington St. to Leave the Pac-10? More Scare Tactics
There was been some recent rumblings about Washington St. potentially being booted from the Pac 10. It might seem odd based on their solid success in football and basketball over the past decade or so. But it all comes down to money. And the Washingt...
College Football Revival Out West
In November of 2007, I brought up the state of college football in California, and a painful stat: Since 1991, ELEVEN schools in California have dropped football. Bob Keisser of the Long Beach Press-Telegram wrote a great article on the lack of footb...
SLIAC Drops Football
From Pantagraph.com: The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced Thursday that it has dropped sponsorship of football effectively immediately. In a separate announcement, Eureka College, which played one season in the SLIAC, will sw...
MEAC Expansion - Savannah St. Close to Joining...NCCU as well
Savannah State's long wait for conference affiliation could soon be over.The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference lifted a moratorium on expansion last week, according to SSU vice president for administration Claud Flythe. The move clears the way for the ...
Great West Adds Del St, Howard and SC St...for womens soccer
"THREE INSTITUTIONS ADDED AS ASSOCIATE MEMBERS FOR WOMEN'S SOCCER Addition of Delaware State, Howard, South Carolina State Allows For Two Divisions Feb. 12, 2009 Naperville, Ill. - The Great West has added Delaware State, Howard and South Carolina...
A-10, not CAA, right fit for Hofstra
"Hofstra's basketball problem can be traced back to the administration's ill-conceived notion that its football program would make gains as a conference member in the then-Atlantic 10. It dragged the rest of Hofstra's athletic teams into the CA...
Belmont & Lipscomb to OVC Rumors
"I keep hearing the OVC is pursuing Belmont and Lipscomb to join. There was a time the two former NAIA schools preferred the OVC but were not welcomed because they don't play football. While joining the OVC would cut down travel costs, Atlantic Sun ...
Northern Colorado joins Great West...for baseball
"The University of Northern Colorado baseball team has finally found a home, and it is a familiar one. The Bears have joined the Great West Conference as an associate member in baseball beginning next season, Great West commissioner Ed Grom announce...
D-I Upgrade Problems for WSSU?
Chico Caldwell, the athletics director at Winston-Salem State since 2000, was fired yesterday by Chancellor Donald Reaves.Caldwell, who was hired by former chancellor Harold Martin, had been instrumental in steering the Rams athletics program to NCAA...
