My College Basketball Realignment.

[PhilSimms11]

The Pac-12 is reborn...and every conference (32) is 10 or 12 teams (except the Ivy League). None of this 16-17-18 member crap.


ACC (12)--Clemson, Duke, Florida St, GA Tech, Miami, NC St, No Carolina, So Carolina, VA Tech, Virginia, Wake Forest, West Virginia

America East (10)--Albany, Binghamton, Bryant, Buffalo, Maine, NJIT, New Hampshire, UMBC, UMass Lowell, Vermont

American (12)--Charlotte, Davidson, East Carolina, FAU, FIU, LA Tech, Middle Tennessee, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF, USF

Atlantic Sun (12)--Austin Peay, Bellarmine, E Kentucky, FL Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Liberty, Lipscomb, No Alabama, No Florida, Queens, Stetson, West Georgia

Atlantic 10 (12)--Duquesne, Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, LaSalle, Rhode Island, Richmond, St Joseph's, St Bonaventure, Temple, UMass, VCU

Big East (12)--Boston College, Georgetown, Maryland, Penn St, Pitt, Providence, Rutgers, Seton Hall, St John's, Syracuse, UConn, Villanova

Big Sky (12)--E Washington, Idaho, Idaho St, Montana, Montana St, No Dakota, No Dakota St, Portland St, Seattle, So Dakota, So Dakota St, Weber St

Big South (12)--Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Gardner-Webb, High Point, James Madison, Longwood, Old Dominion, Presbyterian, Radford, SC Upstate, UNC Asheville, Winthrop

Big Ten (12)--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa St, Michigan, Michigan St, Minnesota, Missouri, Northwestern, Ohio St, Purdue, Wisconsin

Big West (10)--Cal Poly, Cal St Bakersfield, Cal St Fullerton, Long Beach St, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Northridge, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara

Big XII (12)--Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Kansas, Kansas St, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

C-USA (10)--Butler, Cincinnati, Creighton, Dayton, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Xavier

Coastal (12)--Campbell, Charleston, Delaware, Drexel, Elon, Hofstra, Monmouth, Northeastern, Stony Brook, Towson, UNC Wilmington, William & Mary

Horizon (12)--Cleveland St, Detroit, Green Bay, IU Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Oakland, Purdue FW, St Thomas-MN, Wright St, W Illinois, Valpo, Youngstown St

Ivy League (8)--Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale

MAAC (12)--Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Manhattan, Marist, Merrimack, Mt St Mary's, Niagara, Rider, Sacred Heart, St Peter's, Siena

MAC (12)--Akron, Ball St, Bowling Green, C Michigan, E Michigan, IL-Chicago, Kent St, Miami (OH), No Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, W Michigan

MEAC (12)--Coppin St, Delaware St, Hampton, Howard, Maryland ES, Morgan St, NC A&T, NC Central, Norfolk St, So Carolina St, Tennessee St, TN Tech

Missouri Valley (12)--Belmont, Bradley, DePaul, Drake, Evansville, Illinois St, Indiana St, Loyola Chicago, Murray St, No Iowa, So Illinois, Wichita St

Mountain West (12)--Air Force, Boise St, BYU, Colorado St, Fresno St, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego St, San Jose St, UNLV, Utah St, Wyoming

Northeast (10)--CConn, Fairleigh Dickinson, Le Moyne, Long Island, Mercyhurst, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, St Francis (PA), Stonehill, Wagner

Ohio Valley (12)--C Arkansas, Chicago St, E Illinois, Lindenwood, Marshall, Morehead St, No Kentucky, SIU Edwardsville, SE Missouri St, So Indiana, TN Martin, Western Kentucky

Pac-12 (12)--Arizona, Arizona St, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon St, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington St

Patriot (10)--American, Army, Boston, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola (MD), Navy

SEC (10)--Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Miss St, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Southern (12)--Chattanooga, E Tenn St, Furman, Jacksonville St, Kennesaw St, Mercer, Samford, The Citadel, UNC Greensboro, VMI, W Carolina, Wofford

Southland (12)--Abilene Christian, East Texas A&M, Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Lamar, Sam Houston, Stephen F Austin, Tarleton St, Texas-RGV, Texas St, Texas A&M-CC, UT Arlington

Summit (12)--Arkansas St, Kansas City, Little Rock, Missouri St, No Texas, Omaha, ORU, Rice, St Louis, Tulsa, UTEP, UTSA

Sun Belt (12)--App St, GA Southern, Georgia St, Louisiana, McNeese, New Orleans, Nicholls, NW St, SE Louisiana, So Alabama, Troy, UL Monroe

SWAC (12)--Alabama A&M, Alabama St, Alcorn St, AR-Pine Bluff, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Grambling, Jackson St, Miss Valley St, Prairie View, Southern, Texas Southern

WAC (10)--Cal Baptist, Denver, Grand Canyon, New Mexico St, No Arizona, No Colorado, Sacramento St, So Utah, Utah Tech, Utah Valley

WCC (10)--Gonzaga, Hawaii, Loyola Marymount, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, St Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara

 

[TheGoodMan19]

I can't name one person who is happy with the conferences as constructed today. I still think "ACC" when I hear Maryland and now I have to buy into Cal and Stanford playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. And I bet there isn't a Syracuse basketball fan who wouldn't love to see the Orange back in the Big East. But football rules all.

And I do think the Uber Conferences will break up, but not for a while. The cost for the other sports teams must be a bitter pill. It's hunky dory for USC and Oregon to send the football team to Rutgers or Penn State. But they have to send the women's water polo and golf teams cross country teams too and that's red ink.

 

[PhilSimms11]

I can't name one person who is happy with the conferences as constructed today. I still think "ACC" when I hear Maryland and now I have to buy into Cal and Stanford playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. And I bet there isn't a Syracuse basketball fan who wouldn't love to see the Orange back in the Big East. But football rules all.

And I do think the Uber Conferences will break up, but not for a while. The cost for the other sports teams must be a bitter pill. It's hunky dory for USC and Oregon to send the football team to Rutgers or Penn State. But they have to send the women's water polo and golf teams cross country teams too and that's red ink.

I don't get why they broke up the Big East in basketball. I get that football rules, but it seemed plausible to leave basketball alone.

Notre Dame is an independent in football and ACC for basketball.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

I don't get why they broke up the Big East in basketball. I get that football rules, but it seemed plausible to leave basketball alone.

Notre Dame is an independent in football and ACC for basketball.

The Big East was a mess at the end. I remember them trying to make it a bigger football conference by reaching out to Boise State, TCU, Marshall., even the service academies. I mean who would want a conference that geographically scattered (note, sarcasm). I thought it was a smart move for the "Catholic 7" to buy out the name and reconstruct the conference. Is it what it was, no. But a lot of that was the coaches, Boeheim, Lucky Lou, Rollie, Big John. They outshown Mullin, Pinckney, Pearl even Ewing

And there's always been a different set of rules for Notre Dame