To be fair, if the UMass Mass Collective can afford to get some genuine power forwards for the UMass MBB team, it seems like UMass's future in MAC Basketball would be promising. It's a conference where a bit of size can go a long way.
This should have happened long ago. If it had, Umass may have even been in AAC by now. This will help Umass football, and its BB will be one of the best in its new home. Buffalo will make good bridge team to rest of conference. UCONN fb could work a schedule balancer.
(03-01-2024 10:04 AM)goodknightfl Wrote: This should have happened long ago. If it had, Umass may have even been in AAC by now. This will help Umass football, and its BB will be one of the best in its new home. Buffalo will make good bridge team to rest of conference. UCONN fb could work a schedule balancer.
the "stadium" is a joke. AAC isn't taking a 17,000 seat 60 year old stadium.
(02-29-2024 11:04 PM)inutech Wrote: I do not want WKU to leave, but 10 is better than 11 which is better than any 12 we could have
So we are good to go. Not on the clock in any sense.
Very much off the clock. Can't even see a clock from here. The ole sundial reads "no expansion needed o'clock."
We know you don't want expansion and understand why, but your conference's leadership has been thinking differently. If CUSA loses WKU or Delaware, staying at 10 is an option if they don't like the remaining FCS callup candidates, but I think target Tarleton St. and Missouri St. for 12. This gives CUSA options in terms of clean scheduling (1 protected rival, pods of 4, divisions of 6) in many sports and you're expanding within your footprint (especially if WKU stays and Delaware leaves). Obviously the TV partners need to pay for the move or it shouldn't happen. If they both choose to stay, then I think it's Missouri St. vs. Tarleton St. unless CUSA chooses to stay at 11.
OOF this is terrible. Just when UMass was getting basketball back on track. Too little too late to try to build a football winner, and they just torpedoed basketball for this.
I feel bad for UMass fans. They're about to experience what it's like to try to get excited about opponents from other parts of the country that they have no history with. Welcome to the club. College athletics in the northeast are being ripped apart to chase college football money.
No news has been forthcoming that they will abandon the scheduling groups. One presumes that UMass joins the Buffalo, Kent State, Akron group. If WKU joins, they likely join the Ohio, Miami, Ball State group.
I'm hopeful if WKU joins, they slide into the Miami/Ohio pod and Ball St. slides over to the NIU/Toledo/BG pod
What do you have against having Ball State in an Ohio / Miami / WKU / Ball State group?
No news has been forthcoming that they will abandon the scheduling groups. One presumes that UMass joins the Buffalo, Kent State, Akron group. If WKU joins, they likely join the Ohio, Miami, Ball State group.
I'm hopeful if WKU joins, they slide into the Miami/Ohio pod and Ball St. slides over to the NIU/Toledo/BG pod
What do you have against having Ball State in an Ohio / Miami / WKU / Ball State group?
(02-29-2024 03:57 PM)BruceMcF Wrote: No news has been forthcoming that they will abandon the scheduling groups. One presumes that UMass joins the Buffalo, Kent State, Akron group. If WKU joins, they likely join the Ohio, Miami, Ball State group.
I'm hopeful if WKU joins, they slide into the Miami/Ohio pod and Ball St. slides over to the NIU/Toledo/BG pod
What do you have against having Ball State in an Ohio / Miami / WKU / Ball State group?
(03-01-2024 11:45 AM)thecoffeecake Wrote: OOF this is terrible. Just when UMass was getting basketball back on track. Too little too late to try to build a football winner, and they just torpedoed basketball for this.
I feel bad for UMass fans. They're about to experience what it's like to try to get excited about opponents from other parts of the country that they have no history with. Welcome to the club. College athletics in the northeast are being ripped apart to chase college football money.
Question? AAC just added Army for football which certainly benefits Temple. They have Navy. They have ECU and some programs in Florida. I don't think there is much else the AAC can do for Temple in football.
For basketball, if the AAC were to add a school that could potentially benefit Temple and you had your choice from this group, who would you add?
(03-01-2024 11:45 AM)thecoffeecake Wrote: OOF this is terrible. Just when UMass was getting basketball back on track. Too little too late to try to build a football winner, and they just torpedoed basketball for this.
I feel bad for UMass fans. They're about to experience what it's like to try to get excited about opponents from other parts of the country that they have no history with. Welcome to the club. College athletics in the northeast are being ripped apart to chase college football money.
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