Article out of Shreveport reporting that Summit League member Centenary College has talked with several D-1 and D-3 conferences regarding future membership.They reportedly talked with the ASC last week.They have not yet notified the Summit of any intent to leave.Link at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/ ... 001/SPORTS

The article mentions the Southland and Sunbelt. I think we can rule out the Sunbelt.

At http://news.collegesportsinfo.com, i just wrote my options: If UNO managed to stay in D1, I think Centenary and UNO to the Atlantic Sun could benefit both schools from a performance perspective.

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Quinn,thanks for the post.

BTW,am I the only one that is having problems connecting with the news item section on this board?

Followup article out of Shreveport with comments from Centenary BB coach who says that he is on a committee that is actively trying to get the school hooked up with a more travel friendly D-1 conference.He apparently opposes going the D-3 route.

Also,if Centenary is really serious about leaving the Summit and has to give two years notice to leave,I submit that they will want to get it over with as soon as possible and thus will then likely give the Summit notice prior to 7-1-09.
Stay tuned.

Link at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/ ... 001/SPORTS

I haven't seen anything in the support section of the site, but did get one email about it. I ran some speed tests and it shows that the pages load at an acceptable speed (2-3 seconds tops for the main part of the page, 15 seconds for the right column and entire page to load). I'm not sure what the issue is unless maybe it has something to do with adblocking software/plugins that cause the computer to wait to load the page until all issues are resolved...but if the computer is blocking the Google ads at the top of the page, maybe it causes a freeze.

My advice would be to add collegesportsinfo.com to the list of exceptions in any firewall/security system as well as firefox or IE. There are no popups on the site, so there's no worries about them.

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Quinn,thanks for the post.

Opinion piece out of Shreveport paper supporting Centenary staying in D-1.Link at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/ ... 001/SPORTS

Blog article discussing Centenary conference alternatives at http://d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2009/06/04/m ... -and-d-iii

As anticipated,Centenary has given timely notice to the Summit League that it will leave by 2011.They reportedly are trying to lock in another conference slot in either D-3 or D-1 by next month.Link to article in Shreveport paper with report at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/ ... 6/SPORTS02

Article out of New Orleans discussing Centenary leaving the Summit for another conference.Link at http://www.neworleans.com/sports/local- ... eague.html

Article out of Shreveport discussing a possible future conference home for Centenary after they leave the Summit League. Centenary hopes to have new conference arrangements made by next month.Comments from Southland Conference Commish which apparently rules out a spot for Centenary in that League.Link at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/ ... 001/SPORTS

Blog article discussing a future conference home for Centenary at http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews. ... y-e?blog=2

Opinion piece in Shreveport paper suggesting that Centenary should stay in D-1 instead of dropping to D-3.However,writer gives no conference preference.Link at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/ ... 60304/1058

Couple more opinion pieces in Shreveport paper concerning upcoming Centenary decision regarding athletic division future.Links at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/ ... 10311/1058

and at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/ ... 10312/1058

Centenary board has voted to move to D-3.No conference yet but it will likely be one of two D-3 leagues,the American Southwest or the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.Link at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/ ... SPORTS0101

Article out of NO regarding centenary move from D-1 to D-3.Looks like they "may" be having problems hooking up with a D-3 league.Link at http://www.neworleans.com/sports/local- ... -move.html

Article discussing how Centenary would/could fit into D-3 w/speculation that it's D-3 conference would be the American Southwest.Link at http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/2009 ... /907240316