(01-29-2018 12:46 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(01-29-2018 11:41 AM)MU88 Wrote:  

(01-29-2018 11:35 AM)NoDak Wrote:  

(01-29-2018 11:20 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(01-29-2018 09:22 AM)NoDak Wrote:  LaSalle left the MAAC to go to the Midwestern City conference (Horizon) back when it had Notre Dame, Marquette, Xavier, Butler, Duquense etc. That only lasted a few years, but remember thinking that was a strange alliance geographically. Predominantly Catholic, but not east enough. Than an A-10 invite came and Xavier, Dayton, Fordham, and Va Tech joined too.

The MAAC is hardly recognizable from those days.

I don't think Notre Dame's men's team was in that league. I'm pretty sure they were independent.

The men were in it longer than the women. The ND women were part of a womens North Star league. Notre Dame was an independent before the Horizon started, but then all independents realized they needed to be part of an autobid conference, as they were not getting at large bids as independents any more.

ND's men never played basketball in the MCC.

IIRC, Notre Dame did have some sort of scheduling deal with the MCC for basketball (short of membership - no idea how many games it was for - it might not have been many) and was a member of the conference for some sports...so that might be the origin of the confusion regarding Notre Dame and the MCC http://www.und.com/genrel/070113aac.html

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Don't remember ND having any scheduling arrangements with the MCC, although they did play home-homes with Marquette, DePaul and Dayton throughout the mid-80s, since they were the last of the major midwest independents. Nothing to do with MCC. DePaul wasn't in the MCC. Marquette was only in for 2-3 years (depending on the team).