NEWPORT (Ark.) The ASUN meets the challenge of maintaining the highest standards in academic and athletic achievement with a true balance between student and athlete. Will need good expansion teams. However, as a voted issue, each voter has the right to vote yes or no. If the market dynamics that motivate institutional realignment do not present the opportunity to expand to 20, then the ASUN has alternate options, including the continued growth and success of the ASUN as a 10-member conference. 2, that certain details of the plan would eventually become known. - There are multiple precedents for starting a new conference and being immediately recognized by the NCAA with eligibility for automatic bids. It should be noted that like Stony Brook, Albany, Maine and New Hampshire are current America East members who play football as part of the CAA. The ASUN plans to do this first by expanding from 10 to 20 members by June 2023. I.E: Houston Baptist, TAMUCC and Incarnate Ward. The WAC will undergo major alterations next season, with Chicago State departing without a known conference destination, Lamar heading back to the Southland, and New Mexico State and short-timer Sam Houston both joining Conference USA. Future look: Campbell, Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Longwood, Presbyterian, Radford, UNC Asheville, USC Upstate, Winthrop. So this year, they have a scheduling alliance to make it through the year on short notice. If the vote was negative, we would certainly appeal. Glossary of Terms. ATLANTA, Ga. -ASUN Commissioner Ted Gumbart released the following statement on Friday's expansion announcement from Conference USA that includes the additions of Jacksonville State and Liberty as members on July 1, 2023. Future look: Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy, Green Bay, IUPUI, Milwaukee, Northern Kentucky, Oakland, Purdue Fort Wayne, Robert Morris, Wright State, Youngstown State. - There are clearly defined criteria that separate the status of a conference member vs a "multisport" conference member (20.02.5 Multisport Conference). inside = false; August 2, 2022. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. There were 4 teams moving to the WAC, 1 to the ASUN. The timing of the submission coincides with the knowledge that the plan is no longer confidential. "Joining the ASUN Conference provides Eastern Kentucky University the opportunity to share our story with a rapidly growing, more geographically diverse audience. The reason for the blueprint including the specific schools is the NCAAs requirement that schools would need to play together for eight consecutive years to start a new conference. 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. - The ASUN has built its expansion plan options over the past 15 months. This expansion plan does not exclude any current ASUN member or ASUN affiliate member in any sport. 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. In response, the CAA banned the Dukes from winning any more conference titles for the remainder of the 2021-22 season. The Valley is now at 12 schools, though its additions would not necessarily prevent further expansion. Reputation: 49. Future look: Austin Peay, Bellarmine, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, North Alabama, North Florida, Queens, Stetson. ABOUT THE ASUN CONFERENCE Makes it ones of the most complete FCS conferences. Future look: Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island U., Merrimack, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis, Stonehill, Wagner. But there are a few sleeper candidates that I think are in good positions despite lacking the qualities of UAB and FAU. We defined basketball as our primary sport, but we recognize that football dictates conference affiliation. For now, the moves have cut the conference to 10 teams, but it feels highly unlikely that the league -- if it survives -- won't undergo further alterations. >> What if the ASUN expands and then the legislative proposal to acknowledge the CCSA as a Core Conference fails? Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with 20 years of experience helping students transition to college. Sumner: UAB and FAU. Additional References: By 2013, the ongoing NCAA Division I conference realignment led the group of schools called the Catholic 7 to withdraw from the Big East to start a new conference. In 2010 the Big East had 17 members, seven that played basketball but did not sponsor football, later dubbed the Catholic 7 (DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Villanova), eight that played all sports, including football (Cincinnati, Connecticut, Syracuse, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, West Virginia) and one that played all sports except that it remained independent in football (Notre Dame). 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. 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. var fadeSpeed = 200, fadeTo = 0.9, topDistance = 30; >> Has the new conference already been formed? SWAC: cornering the HBCU market. 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. There was immediate speculation that an exit could be negotiated for the schools to depart the Big 12 and join the SEC by 2023, but no known progress has been made in those negotiations. Oklahoma and Texas announced late last summer that they were leaving the Big 12 to become members of the Southeastern Conference. NCAA Tournament Bracket Projection Matrix, CollegeAD: Austin Peay to jump to FBS in 2025, EKU To Announce Historic Corporate Partnership, State Approves $31m For EKU Renovation of Alumni Coliseum, Queens University of Charlotte Possibly Coming To The Asun. jQuery('#uberbar').unbind('mouseleave',topbarML); The ASUN officially announced the addition of the University of Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky University and Jacksonville State University, as incoming members on January 29, 2021, also announcing the addition of football in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). In one of the future scenarios, the current ASUN members partner with expansion members to form a new DI multisport conference. Once multisport status is achieved, the conference is eligible for legislative approval to be classified as a Core Conference; core conference status permits automatic qualification (AQ) into NCAA Championships. The MEAC also lost some schools to the SWAC and Big South. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Changing from its previous name of Indians in 2008, Howl the red wolf is the costumed mascot of Arkansas State. 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 steps of the plan include the Atlantic Sun expanding to 20 members by June, 2023. topbarML(); The ability to start a new conference is one of those options and it is under construction. Students First! 1) ASUN expands to 20 teams. ESPN's Pete Thamel reported on April 27 that current NEC member Mount Saint Mary's would depart for the MAAC in 2022-23, bringing the conference back to 11 members. Our Presidents' Council emphasized that we will not back off any of our conference emphasis on basketball, but that ongoing strength and sustainability required us to address football. Kansas City, a member of the Summit League, has reportedly been a school on the MVC radar. 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). Future look: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin. Re: OVC Expansion & Realignment. The ASUN is indeed expanding. ASUN Sports. February 3, 2023 ASU-Newport has options that fit your life; your schedule. >> What if the ASUN doesn't expand to 20 schools? The OVC will lose three programs in 2022-23, with Austin Peay (ASUN), Belmont (Missouri Valley) and Murray State (Missouri Valley) leaving a conference that lost Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State to a previous round of realignment. Conference-USA has found a way to keep moving forward, even after losing so many schools due to realignment around college football in recent weeks. Would the community support football at UNF and FGCU? - That is a reasonable question that has already been discussed in our expansion talks with multiple parties. (Although not an addition, current WAC member Dixie State will be known as Utah Tech beginning next season. Future league footprints for each affected conference are included, as well as the latest on the timetable for the forthcoming moves. The American Collegiate Athletic Association is a newer conference spanning the country and has 5 members in the sport of mens basketball. The ASUN statement, however, did not specify when conference competition in . Current AAC members Cincinnati, Houston and UCF accepted invitations to the Big 12 in September, and will depart the American in 2023-24. No other four-year University uses Red Wolves as its nickname. It was fully anticipated that at some point two things would happen; No. 12 Vols lose starting PG Zeigler to torn ACL, Tide's Oats takes blame for Miller's 'TSA' intro, Davis within 25 points of tying Maravich's mark, New NCAA president readies for NIL, legal issues, Scheyer makes history as Duke sweeps at home, USC, OU, Seton Hall, Iowa in new hoops tourney, Houston, Alabama remain atop AP Top 25 poll, Sizing up the player of the year winners in all 32 Division I men's conferences. Connect. The ultimate goal is to provide the best conference setting possible for our student-athletes and the institutions that they attend. Rise. And, it's an opportunity to join a conference that shares a bold and innovative vision for college athletics and student-athletes. No one school will be committed to move without the accompanying commitment from the others that would make the UAC possible. The league would then transfer rights to the ASUN name and marks to the CCSA. 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. If you guys didnt already know, the Southland saw some top programs bolt the conference last year. 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. App State alums and fans refer to themselves as Yosef, making it the ideal name for their costumed mountaineer mascot. There is no pre-existing contract that dictates the future for any ASUN member institution. ASUN: starting back football and grabbing good schools. The Mountain West Conference was formed by eight institutions that withdrew from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). President Dr. Houston Davis (Central Arkansas University) Current members Liberty, North Alabama, and future member Bellarmine would adopt the name United Athletic Conference. The CCSA is considered a Division 1 Conference by the NCAA and sponsors beach volleyball, swimming, and diving. In the additions category, the CAA announced on Jan. 25 that it would be adding Hampton (Big South), Monmouth (MAAC) and Stony Brook (America East), effective in 2022-23. 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. Today, we have two of our ASUN members celebrating the announcement of their planned transition to Conference USA. ", President David McFaddin (Eastern Kentucky University) All Rights Reserved | View Desktop Version. Wallpapers, Coloring Pages & Trading Cards, Six Selected to Join Stetson Athletics Hall of Fame, Stetson Partners With BTM For Team Travel, Stetson Athletics Smashes Records During Fall Campaign, ASUN Hall of Fame Broadcast Scheduled for Monday. With these two proposals coming so recent the conference realignment merry go round continues and should be in the news in the coming months. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Ultimately, the conference will have a balance of potential Division 2 call-ups and members looking to bail from other conferences. >> What schools will join the ASUN to enable it to expand from 10 to 20 members? >> What happens to the other current ASUN members - the ones that are not part of the ASUN 7? Extra Points reported that Division II Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina was a potential expansion target for the ASUN, and the school and league made the marriage, which will begin in 2022-23, official on May 10th. 2011-12 ACC men's basketball conference . ASUN still has their normal autobid and CCSA is still a single sport conference. Both conferences proposed an amendment to NCAA bylaws that would allow the alliance to receive an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs. Additionally, this week came reports that North Carolina A&T will join the Big South in 2021. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. The CCSA is now a multisport conference. - Two current (Liberty, North Alabama) and one future member (Bellarmine) of the ASUN are not classified as part of the ASUN 7, simply based on the length of time they have been in the ASUN. What if the ASUN had started sponsoring football by adding D2 members instead? It makes this an exciting day and a logical move for EKU.". >> Why did the CCSA have to file a letter now with the NCAA? ATLANTA, Ga. - Ten months ago the ASUN announced plans to explore a major expansion plan. Maximus the Trojan refers to himself on Twitter as the mild-mannered mascot of Little Rock. Julie Fernandez for Walled Lake School Board, White Lake, Michigan. Future look: Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Utah, Washington, Washington State. Impact. This Q&A deals specifically with how the ASUN and CCSA will create a "Multisport" conference. (01-22-2020 09:10 PM)Wedge Wrote: (01-22-2020 07:54 PM)spenser Wrote: Those 7 would pull a Catholic 7 and leave the conference to the new schools. position = jQuery(window).scrollTop(); The ASUN officially announced the addition of the University of Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky University and Jacksonville State University, as incoming members on January 29, 2021, also announcing the addition of football in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). ASUN Conference, Atlanta, Ga. -the only DI conference headquartered in the ATL, our footprint's primary media, sports, business, transportation and cultural hub 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. a) ASUN Conference expands to 20 members (by June, 2023) Athletic Department (The America East subsequently banned Stony Brook from winning its automatic bids for the rest of 2021-22, joining the CAA as the only leagues to take such a measure in this round of realignment). It is not likely SU, PVAMU or Grambling would leave. To keep track of the changes, ESPN put together a conference-by-conference guide to the pending movement throughout Division I. We agreed that maintaining all of our current nine members was the primary motivation in any conference expansion. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. An institution in Division II or III may elect to participate in Division I in one sport, other than football or basketball and must abide by the Division I bylaws governing the sport, even though their membership rests in another division. The Atlantic Sun Conference is an NCAA Division I athletic conference with members coming from the southeastern United States Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina. The western C-USA teams with the WAC, and the eastern ones with the ASUN would be a good idea. In October, the American announced it would add six former members of Conference USA: Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, Rice, UAB and UTSA, bringing the basketball membership of the conference to 14 schools, pending the departure of the Big 12 defectors. They and the Southland are bare bones right now. Contact: Jeff Hankins, 501-660-1004. Expansion Candidates Below. A tweet published by Major Madness Monday night indicated that school presidents voted 6-2 against adding Chicago State University to the MEAC. Though there has been speculation that an exit could be negotiated for the schools to leave by 2023, no known progress has been made in those negotiations. In an article by Matt Brown, he suggests schools with enrollment over 10,000 would be potential candidates which would point to schools such as West Florida, Valdosta St., and West Georgia. The Capital Athletic Conference will lose St. Marys (MD) for the 2021-22 school year to the NEAC. Since that announcement, the Big 12 has come to agreement with four new schools to join the conference as early as the 2023 season. //settings Now news has emerged that with Oklahoma and Texas not leaving until after the 2024 season, its slated to be a 14-team league for 2 years. The conference has undergone significant growth in membership in recent years. Future look: Davidson, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, Loyola Chicago, UMass, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis, VCU. This page will be continuously updated as further changes occur. To me, those schools are Charlotte, Marshall, and UTSA. The chronological steps in this plan are: The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. 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. Lamar, which was previously a member of the Southland from 1963-1987 and 1999-2021, is scheduled to return for the 2022-23 season. topbarME(); The ASUN becomes the 15th NCAA Division I Conference to sponsor FCS Football. 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