Currently, Louisiana is the only school in the Sun Belt who doesnt have a costumed mascot. The Valley is now at 12 schools, though its additions would not necessarily prevent further expansion. The biggest moves -- all driven by football -- will reportedly occur in the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC, AAC, Conference USA and the Sun Belt, but frequent multibid basketball conferences including the Atlantic 10, Missouri Valley and WCC will also be undergoing alterations to their footprints. Included among potential (and necessary) targets for MEAC expansion is conference-shopping Chicago State, though football-playing members for a conference down to six gridiron members will have to be the major priority for MEAC stakeholders. 1) ASUN expands to 20 teams. >> How do NCAA Division I institutions form a new conference? Copyright 2002-2023 Collegiate Sports Nation Bulletin Board System (CSNbbs), All Rights Reserved. The candidates are Dr. Jeff Jochems, retired president of Ozarks Technical Community College-Richwood . Schools must have played together for eight consecutive years to become part of the "continuity" group that can start a new conference. On December 16, 2022, the ASUN Judicial Council granted the request from the Co-Directors of Elections for a temporary rule designating the residence halls as off-limits for campaigning in the 2023 ASUN elections. The Southland believed it was losing lost one of its newest programs when Incarnate Word announced it would join the WAC in 2022-23, but UIW ultimately opted to remain in the SLC. All 3 of my kids (23,. }); The ASun's very own equivalent of the VAA. There has been mention in some reports about three possible candidates being the larger schools in the southeast that compete in Division 2. At a press conference on February 23, 2021, the ASUN announced that it had entered into a separate football partnership with the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), which had previously announced the relaunch of its football league at the FCS level in fall 2021 with the arrival of four new FCS member schools. It makes this an exciting day and a logical move for EKU.". We celebrate and support all the student-athletes that play in the ASUN and look forward to great camaraderie and competition among all our teams over the coming 20 months. Future look: Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, Lamar, McNeese State, New Orleans, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. This parallels the success of UCA's student-athletes who have a 3.2 overall cumulative GPA. This expansion plan does not exclude any current ASUN member or ASUN affiliate member in any sport. Connect. Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains as one of the most important infectious causes of death through the world. The decision to file the letter is to formally go on record with the NCAA to preserve the opportunity before any change in rules or moratorium on new conference development could be put in place. inside = false; As sure as the sun will rise, the ASUN will be leading the way. >> Has the new conference already been formed? The Capital Athletic Conference will lose St. Marys (MD) for the 2021-22 school year to the NEAC. The ASUN meets the challenge of maintaining the highest standards in academic and athletic achievement with a true balance between student and athlete. The CCSA will change status from a single sport conference member of the NCAA to a multisport conference entity. We are proud to have Liberty University and Jacksonville State University as ASUN Conference members and we will wish them much success when they transition out of the ASUN at the conclusion of the 2022-23 academic year. While we refrain from naming any potential future membership candidate, the ASUN will have multiple options to expand and continue its growth and achievement. With the need for national office confirmation on the plan's compliance with NCAA bylaws, the letter was submitted. The ASUN is indeed expanding. The remaining teams kicked them out the conference. We participated in discussions about sponsoring football for decades. 91 likes. This page will be continuously updated as further changes occur. Meet the 2023 ASUN president, vice president, senator candidates. ASUN Elections 2023 Candidate Packet (Updated 02/06/2023). The parenthetical references are to the applicable bylaw in the 2019-2020 NCAA Division I Manual. It also represents the brilliance of our student-athletes, who are at the heart of all we do. Which 16 teams should you buy or fade ahead of March Madness? The plan is CEO driven and it is designed to provide the best possible setting for student-athlete and institutional success. The Atlantic Sun transfers its rights and name to the Coastal Collegiate Sports Asssociation, with the 7 previously mention Atlantic Sun Schools for July 1, 2023 and becomes a multisport conference. The conference did suffer some attrition, with Little Rock announcing in December that it would move to the OVC in 2022-23. Liberty and Jacksonville State remain fully eligible for ASUN Championships, ASUN automatic bids, and all team and student-athlete honors while they remain members of the ASUN. On Feb. 18, Andscape reported that North Carolina A&T would come over from the Big South as well. The league was linked to D-I newbie Southern Indiana, but USI announced it would join the OVC on Feb. 9. The conference has undergone significant growth in membership in recent years. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. The diverse student body comes from 45 states and 50 countries. On April 7, the Lake Charles American Press reported that Lamar was headed back to the Southland after just one season in the WAC in which the Cardinals did not win a conference game in men's basketball. The remaining full members of the pre-split ASUN would then adopt the new name of United Athletic Conference. College of Business. The ASUN has built its expansion plan options over the past 15 months. Current AAC members Cincinnati, Houston and UCF accepted invitations to the Big 12 in September, and will depart the American in 2023-24. With our partnership with the Big South, we can continue to grow, maintain AQ access for all our football members, and build the most valuable schedule possible for the ASUN Football members. The biggest realignment moment since the Oklahoma/Texas decision to move to the SEC took place on June 30, when reports surfaced that UCLA and USC intended to move to the Big Ten as early as 2024. Loyola Chicago accepted an invitation from the A-10 in November, announcing it will depart the Missouri Valley and expand its new conference to 15 schools. The ASUN is known for academic success, as more than 70 percent of ASUN student-athletes earned a 3.0 or better GPA each of the past three years. Why is the ASUN considering creating two . A conference that had already seen major recent attrition with the defection of Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M to the SWAC, Hampton and North Carolina A&T to the Big South (and now CAA) and Savannah State back to Division II appeared set to sustain another blow in 2022-23 when HBCU Gameday reported that Howard would depart for the CAA, but the Bison ultimately opted to remain in the MEAC. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The Sun Conference (TSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Florida State Seminoles fan for life (mostly on football, basketball and baseball)! The "new" conference negotiated to use the Big East name and logo; the remaining group continued operation under a new name, the American Athletic Conference. The ASUN becomes the 15th NCAA Division I Conference to sponsor FCS Football. The FAQ section below pertains to the specific steps on how the ASUN would collaborate with the CCSA (Coastal Collegiate Sports Association) to build a new multisport conference. Future look: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin. It is not likely SU, PVAMU or Grambling would leave. Illinois-Chicago's departure for the Missouri Valley leaves the Horizon at 11 schools, and it's unknown how aggressive the conference will be in getting back to 12. topbarME(); The CCSA is considered a Division 1 Conference by the NCAA and sponsors beach volleyball, swimming, and diving. Re: OVC Expansion & Realignment. The WAC also has some schools transitioning to D1 like: (The School formally known as Dixie State) Tarleton State 2, that certain details of the plan would eventually become known. In response, the CAA banned the Dukes from winning any more conference titles for the remainder of the 2021-22 season. a) ASUN Conference expands to 20 members (by June, 2023) b) The ASUN transfers rights to the ASUN name and marks to the CCSA c) The ASUN 7 join the CCSA (July 1, 2023). But with the SWACs raid of the MEAC. A tweet published by Major Madness Monday night indicated that school presidents voted 6-2 against adding Chicago State University to the MEAC. Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with 20 years of experience helping students transition to college. This statement will hold true through the CCSA/ASUN collaboration process. Connect. Oklahoma and Texas announced late last summer that they were leaving the Big 12 to become members of the Southeastern Conference. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. This process elected the CCSA to Division I Conference membership. The league's other move, announced in September, was the addition of Austin Peay from the OVC for the 2022-23 season. 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ATLANTA, Ga. -The ASUN Conference and Commissioner Ted Gumbart announced on Wednesday afternoon thatthe league membership has committed to a full exploration of multiple expansion opportunities. 31.3.4.7.2 Men's Basketball. jQuery('#uberbar').bind('mouseenter',topbarME); Another wave of NCAA conference realignment is upon us, and college sports fans have begun readying themselves for major changes across the Division I college basketball conference landscape as they have known it. ASUN still has their normal autobid and CCSA is still a single sport conference. No other four-year University uses Red Wolves as its nickname. The steps of the plan include the Atlantic Sun expanding to 20 members by June, 2023. 1, the interested schools would need NCAA confirmation that the policies allow for this activity, and No. In 2008, the ASUN, in an agreement with the Southern Conference (SoCon), Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and Big South Conference, formed the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) for schools sponsoring mens and womens swimming and diving within the associated conferences. The most recent case, executed under the current NCAA conference membership rules, was the case of the Big East and the Catholic 7. We defined basketball as our primary sport, but we recognize that football dictates conference affiliation. January 29, 2021 The league currently only has Finandia (MI), Pine Manor (MA), Pratt Institute (NY), Cal-Santa Cruz, plus the departing Valley Forge. The conference announced in November that it would counter by adding Jacksonville State, Liberty, New Mexico State and Sam Houston in time for the 2023-24 season. The two leagues proposal was successful, resulting in an automatic qualifier from the seven-team Challenge, colloquially dubbed AQ7. It includes two divisions (Division I and II) and Division I in the NAIA is comparable to Division II in the NCAA. "Joining the ASUN Conference provides Eastern Kentucky University the opportunity to share our story with a rapidly growing, more geographically diverse audience. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and will begin sponsoring football at the Division I FCS level in 2022. Notre Dame, an independent in football and member of the ACC in other sports, could be on the table for the Big Ten amid the cataclysmic changes potentially still to come. Other Lonestar Conference Teams (Texas D2 Conference), Other SIAC and CIAA schools (D2s HBCU conferences). A week later, the league announced that it would add Stonehill College of Easton, Massachusetts, with the Skyhawks beginning their transition from Division II in 2022. That's why you have the ASUN 7 (North Florida, Stetson, NJIT, FGCU, Jacksonville, Lipscomb, and Kennesaw State) joining the CCSA, while the three newer ASUN institutions, (Liberty, North Alabama, and starting next season, Bellarmine) would be in the other league, joined by the expansion candidates. App State alums and fans refer to themselves as Yosef, making it the ideal name for their costumed mountaineer mascot. - The option to create the new conference is one option among many being explored by the ASUN. Athletic Department As a nimble adaptive conference, unafraid to blaze a national pathway for better service to our student-athletes, teams, and institutions, the ASUN has a proud history of firsts, national academic and athletic achievements and a conference culture that walks the walk with its four ASUN Beams. This meant the men's basketball Dukes (who started the season 9-2, including a win over Virginia) and a fourth-place CAA women's basketball team were unable to earn their way into the NCAA tournament in the school's final go-round in the league. It was fully anticipated that at some point two things would happen; No. See live election results for Oakland County on November 2, 2021 from Observer and Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies. They and the Southland are bare bones right now. In the press release there were mentions of 2 previous conferences forming in a similar way. If you guys didnt already know, the Southland saw some top programs bolt the conference last year. - The ASUN has built its expansion plan options over the past 15 months. The new Big East that was previously referred to as the Catholic 7 in the amalgamation of the old Big East, and the formation of the Mountain West Conference after the divide from the Western Athletic Conference. However, current diagnostic tests are inadequate. })(); They are losing Valley Forge (PA) to the Colonial States Athletic Conference. James Madison, which had been actively and transparently seeking an FBS conference for its football program for the better part of 20 years, in November accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt in time for the 2022-23 season. The ASUN includes current members with football programs: Kennesaw State and North Alabama play in the ever-growing Big South as part of a working agreement between the two conferences, and. Andrew Donesky, an Advance candidate, asked members of a Graduate Student Association meeting to vote for Advance, which is not allowed under ASUN rules, Baker said. August 2, 2022. This will occur by having seven current ASUN institutions (the ASUN 7), which meet the NCAA continuity requirement, join the CCSA for all sports. 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