NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

Davidson to Join the Atlantic 10

May 8th, 2013 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Atlantic 10 Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, SoCon Expansion & Realignment

With Xavier and Butler departing for the Big East, Charlotte to Conference USA, and Temple to the AAC, the Atlantic 10 will add Davidson for the 2014-2015 season. The addition of Davidson, which will follow George Mason who joins a year earlier, will bring the Atlantic 10 to 14 members. The Atlantic 10 expansion process [...]

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Oakland Expected to Join Horizon League

May 7th, 2013 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, Horizon League Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, Summit League Expansion & Realignment

Oakland will leave the Summit to join the Horizon League on July 1, 2013. The school will replace Loyola which left the Horizon to join the Missouri Valley Conference. Oakland has hoped to join the Horizon in the past, but faced opposition from Detroit-Mercy. The loss of Oakland is a difficult one for the Summit. [...]

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Loyola to the Missouri Valley Conference

Apr 14th, 2013 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, Horizon League Expansion & Realignment, Missouri Valley Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

Loyola will join the Missouri Valley Conference this July. The Chicago school was selected over other candidates to replace the departing Creighton, which will join the Big East. Illinois-Chicago has been falsely reported as being the first school selected as Creighton’s replacement, but ultimately Loyola was selected first. Schools such as Illinois-Chicago, Missouri-Kansas City and [...]

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WKU to Conference USA

Apr 1st, 2013 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

The search to replace Tulsa concluded quickly with Western Kentucky slotted in to replace the departing school in Conference USA. As conference officials have known for months that Tulsa was the likely pick for the Big East football conference, the move was virtually seamless as WKU had been considered for the spot prior to Tulsa [...]

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Appalachian State & Georgia Southern to Join Sun Belt; Idaho and New Mexico St. as Football Only Members

Mar 25th, 2013 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, Southland Expansion & Realignment, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

Appalachian St. and Georgia Southern will upgrade their football program from FCS to FBS and join the Sun Belt. Upon joining, the schools would be the 9th and 10th football members. Both schools are expected to join for the 2015 season. In addition to the (2) all-sports members, the Sun Belt will also add Idaho [...]

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George Mason to Join Atlantic 10

Mar 25th, 2013 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Atlantic 10 Expansion & Realignment, CAA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

After being passed over last year, the recent departures of Xavier and Butler from the conference have opened up a spot for George Mason in the conference. George Mason will officially join the A10 on July 1, 2013. With the conference already consisting of fellow Washington D.C. school George Washington, along with nearby rivals [...]

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Big East Adds Xavier, Butler & Creighton

Mar 20th, 2013 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: American Athletic Conference Expansion & Realignment, Atlantic 10 Expansion & Realignment, Big East Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Missouri Valley Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

The Big East, comprised of the (7) non-football members of the current Big East, have added Xavier, Butler and Creighton to form a 10 member base. The 3 schools will provide high powered programs to the conference, with an argument to be made that the 3 schools are better than more than half of the [...]

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Report: UMass Lowell to Join America East

Feb 13th, 2013 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: America East Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades

Reports claim that UMass Lowell intends to upgrade to Division 1 from Division 2 and join the America East. The move would give the America East (9) members for the 2013-2014 season, and help after the loss of Boston University. The America East has had it’s eyes on Northeast Conference members for expansion, but at [...]

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UMKC To Join WAC

Feb 7th, 2013 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, Missouri Valley Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, Summit League Expansion & Realignment

UMKC will join the WAC for the 2013 season. They will leave the Summit, a conference that had it’s most recent addition come from the same WAC conference via Denver. The move comes as a bit of a surprise on the surface as Denver just left the WAC for the Summit. But with multiple Summit [...]

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Boise St. Passes on Big East, Will Remain in Mountain West

Dec 31st, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: American Athletic Conference Expansion & Realignment, Big East Expansion & Realignment, Big West Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

With the Big East loss of members to the Big Ten and ACC, and with a television contract expected to generate much less revenue than previously expected, Boise St. has opted to remain in the Mountain West. While San Diego St. has not made the move back to the Mountain West yet, with the conference [...]

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