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CAA all sports???
By: iBOsbu Date: January 14, 2022, 7:30 pm
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HTML https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status/1482151232454430722?s=21
From Rothstein “NEWS: The CAA is expected to add Hampton as a
member on July 1st and is also targeting both Stony Brook and
Monmouth as potential members, according to multiple sources.”
Are we seriously moving to CAA? I don’t see how CAA/CAAFB would
be any better than current AE/CAAFB arrangement.
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: ecasadoSBU Date: January 14, 2022, 8:54 pm
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[quote author=iBOsbu link=topic=916.msg35095#msg35095
date=1642210221]
HTML https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status/1482151232454430722?s=21
From Rothstein “NEWS: The CAA is expected to add Hampton as a
member on July 1st and is also targeting both Stony Brook and
Monmouth as potential members, according to multiple sources.”
Are we seriously moving to CAA? I don’t see how CAA/CAAFB would
be any better than current AE/CAAFB arrangement.
[/quote]
The CAA is definitely better than the America East as a
basketball league. Its still a one-bid league, but a mid-major
conference as opposed to the low-major.
This move could be a stepping-stone to some day landing in the
A-10.
Conference NET men's basketball rankings:
(1)B12
(2)Big Ten
(3)Big East
(4)SEC
(5)ACC
(6)PAC12
(7)American Athletic
(8)Mountain West
(9)A10
(14)CAA
(17)MAAC
(19)Ivy
(26)America East
(31)Northeast
(32)SWAC
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 14, 2022, 10:05 pm
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chatter for those with free time:
HTML https://www.basketballforum.com/threads/conference-expansion-explosion-happening.442130/page-264#post-15359498
HTML https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/college/vp-sp-region-state-0115-20220114-wm64x3lwy5cydou256crfxiatq-story.html
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: NoVA_Seawolf Date: January 15, 2022, 12:44 am
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Interesting. The Hampton add is a good one as it keeps three
football schools in VA, and Hampton's location is conveniently
near where the bulk of the state's talent is. I like the add. We
get added as the all sports addition to backfill JMU. This is
typical in realignment. You add more than you lost to project
stability.
If you had asked me about this a year or two ago, I'd have told
you the move isn't worth it and to stay in the AE. HOWEVER,
conference realignment is rarely a straight jump from where you
are, to where you want to be. We're a flagship university now,
and if our goal is to land in the A10 or AAC down the road, we
have to take the intermediate step to the CAA first. While it
will be a more competitive league overall, we haven't exactly
dominated the AE. Vermont has largely had our number over the
years, so getting out from under their shadow will be a net
benefit for the basketball program at the very least. I like the
move now and think we should make it.
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 15, 2022, 5:09 am
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right on, im starting to warm up to this. if we cant put asses
in seats, nor win a conference title regularly in fb/bball, and
given fiscal issues, and then the pandemic, maybe this is a good
thing.
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: Hammertime Date: January 15, 2022, 5:13 am
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[quote author=VA_Seawolf link=topic=916.msg35099#msg35099
date=1642229068]
Interesting. The Hampton add is a good one as it keeps three
football schools in VA, and Hampton's location is conveniently
near where the bulk of the state's talent is. I like the add. We
get added as the all sports addition to backfill JMU. This is
typical in realignment. You add more than you lost to project
stability.
If you had asked me about this a year or two ago, I'd have told
you the move isn't worth it and to stay in the AE. HOWEVER,
conference realignment is rarely a straight jump from where you
are, to where you want to be. We're a flagship university now,
and if our goal is to land in the A10 or AAC down the road, we
have to take the intermediate step to the CAA first. While it
will be a more competitive league overall, we haven't exactly
dominated the AE. Vermont has largely had our number over the
years, so getting out from under their shadow will be a net
benefit for the basketball program at the very least. I like the
move now and think we should make it.
[/quote]
Total agree, and I am glad this forum is finally seeing the
light. I've been saying for 8 years now SB needs to abandon the
AE conference and join the CAA. It makes sense in every aspect.
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: Hammertime Date: January 15, 2022, 5:15 am
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[quote author=ecasadoSBU link=topic=916.msg35097#msg35097
date=1642215281]
[quote author=iBOsbu link=topic=916.msg35095#msg35095
date=1642210221]
HTML https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status/1482151232454430722?s=21
From Rothstein “NEWS: The CAA is expected to add Hampton as a
member on July 1st and is also targeting both Stony Brook and
Monmouth as potential members, according to multiple sources.”
Are we seriously moving to CAA? I don’t see how CAA/CAAFB would
be any better than current AE/CAAFB arrangement.
[/quote]
The CAA is definitely better than the America East as a
basketball league. Its still a one-bid league, but a mid-major
conference as opposed to the low-major.
This move could be a stepping-stone to some day landing in the
A-10.
Conference NET men's basketball rankings:
(1)B12
(2)Big Ten
(3)Big East
(4)SEC
(5)ACC
(6)PAC12
(7)American Athletic
(8)Mountain West
(9)A10
(14)CAA
(17)MAAC
(19)Ivy
(26)America East
(31)Northeast
(32)SWAC
[/quote]
Correct. I never thought I'd ever see the day SB moves up in
conference
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 15, 2022, 5:45 am
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depending on the sport, it certainly makes travel a bit easier
at times. monmouth, hof, delaware, drexel, that's all day
trips. adding fairfield would help that case.
#Post#: 35106--------------------------------------------------
Re: CAA all sports???
By: Accelerator Date: January 15, 2022, 6:11 am
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I don’t really get it.
SBU already has CAA ties through football. It’s still going to
be in a one-bid league with FCS football. What really changes?
This is just the position that we were lined up to be in during
the last wave of realignment had it not been for Hofstra
overruling the rest of the conference. So we’re a decade behind
our original scheduled plans then? Hardly encouraging.
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: Hammertime Date: January 15, 2022, 6:19 am
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[quote author=Accelerator link=topic=916.msg35106#msg35106
date=1642248673]
I don’t really get it.
SBU already has CAA ties through football. It’s still going to
be in a one-bid league with FCS football. What really changes?
This is just the position that we were lined up to be in during
the last wave of realignment had it not been for Hofstra
overruling the rest of the conference. So we’re a decade behind
our original scheduled plans then? Hardly encouraging.
[/quote]
A higher level of competition will yield better athletes for SB
and hopefully, better coaches. I love the idea.
Some might argue the fact that a tougher conference will make it
harder for SB to ever make the NCAA in men's and women's
Basketball. That's true. But if SB cant ever beat Vermont, then
it doesn't matter anyways.
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