(02-13-2024 12:21 PM)nodak651 Wrote: (02-13-2024 11:37 AM)jimrtex Wrote: (02-12-2024 07:16 PM)nodak651 Wrote: (02-12-2024 06:22 PM)dbackjon Wrote: (02-12-2024 06:11 PM)lion1983 Wrote: How are they D1 only in baseball? I thought you couldn't do that anymore?
In 2004 they could - had to go through the whole process in that sport.
Now, they can stay but no one else can join, just like the existing D3 schools that play DI in one sport
Fun fact - Pretty sure they can still add a D1 woman's sport if they wanted to. There is a rule that allows schools with a grandfathered D1 team of one sex to elevate any sport of the opposite sex. This doesn't include D2 teams that play for a D1 championship. There were only like 14 schools that qualified and I don't know how many still do. Would like to find a list somewhere. Sorry for not having a specific source to cite. I can find it if anyone cares though.
Dallas Baptist doesn't have a women's basketball team. That would be required if they were to go to DI.
Currently there are men's and women's teams for:
soccer
tennis
golf
track&field
cross country
men's teams only
baseball
basketball
women's teams only
volleyball
STUNT
Since STUNT is a new NCAA sport, it may have been added for Title IX reasons. There are 32 sponsoring schools for the 2024 season which just began (up from 20 in 2023) so if there is a championship it won't be divisional at first.
DBU volleyball is competitive at the DII level, but might be flattened if they tried to play at DI. DBU was the Lone Star Co-Champion, and 5 LSC teams were selected for the NCAAT. West Texas A&M, the LSC Co-Champion and tournament champion was the national runnerup.
I was talking about a single sport of the opposite sex. It was somewhat off topic so I apologize for that. Basketball is excluded. This is the bylaw I was talking about https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/search/proposalView?id=2955
Golf
Augusta
Francis Marion
Augusta also has a women's golf team playing DI
Wrestling
Bloomsburg
Clarion
Edinboro
Lock Haven
Franklin & Marshall (DIII)
Lock Haven has women's field hockey team playing DI. At one time, the DII champion individuals qualified for the DI championship. This might be why these schools have decided to play up.
Lacrosse
Johns Hopkins (DIII)
Johns Hopkins also have a women's lacrosse team playing up. Both are affiliated with the B1G. Because of Maryland, the B1G is a power conference.
Ice Hockey
I've only included DIII programs, since DII can play in the National Championship (DI) since there is no DII championship. If they have a women's team they can play up for the same reason.
Clarkson (DIII)
Colorado College (DIII)
RPI (DIII)
RIT (DIII)
St. Lawrence (DIII)
Union (DIII)
All but CC have a women's ice hockey team. CC has a women's soccer team playing in the Mountain West.
Baseball
Dallas Baptist
It might be almost mandatory for DIII schools to have a men's and women's team playing DI for Title IX reasons. At the DII level it is less critical since DII has athletic scholarships. Since the both gender rule is relatively new, they might not see the advantage of upgrading to be competitive in the sport and finding a conference home for the DI school.
Hartwick (soccer) and Hobart (lacrosse) have dropped down from DI. Both were legacy programs who were playing their sport before most other schools, DI or otherwise, had heard of the sport. They might have had a hard time justifying the athletic scholarships.
