Picking up from the LVC thread, I want to expand on Card's comments but the LVC thread is not the place..
Pool B has at least one more year to run until the MASCAC gets the AQ. SOMEBODY has to get that slot for 10/11 and it is still between the West and the MASCAC.
Now lets look at some timelines
2010/11 - the Interlock ends. D-II schools are asked to leave the ECAC-E.
ECAC-E (8) AQ
MASCAC (7) Pool B
NESCAC (10) AQ
ECAC-NE (8) AQ
ECAC-W (5) Pool B
SUNYAC (9) AQ
Pool B is still between the ECAC-W and MASCAC
Now things get interesting
2011/12 -- Do the two Little East teams in the ECAC-E bolt for the MASCAC and join their fellow Little Easters?? If so, we now have:
ECAC-E (6) Pool B
MASCAC (9) AQ
NESCAC (10) AQ
ECAC-NE (8) AQ
ECAC-W (5) Pool B
SUNYAC (9) AQ
Pool B is now between the ECAC-W and the ECAC-E
Do the East and West want to gamble on none of their schools getting invited to the tournament?? Other than finding a school or two to get to 7 members, they are sitting on thin ice gambling on a Pool B.
What would you do? If you're talking expansion, the following rules apply:
Current Little East and MASCAC schools without a program--> MASCAC
Geographic proximity is the key to any conference
You cannot bust up an existing multi-sport conference (SUNYAC, NESCAC and maybe the MASCAC).
If you're going to talk expansion, please keep to existing NCAA D-III schools. Yes Canton is out there, but they are in the NAIA.
Have at it.
Originally posted by CARDS_rule_the_Burgh
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Now lets look at some timelines
2010/11 - the Interlock ends. D-II schools are asked to leave the ECAC-E.
ECAC-E (8) AQ
MASCAC (7) Pool B
NESCAC (10) AQ
ECAC-NE (8) AQ
ECAC-W (5) Pool B
SUNYAC (9) AQ
Pool B is still between the ECAC-W and MASCAC
Now things get interesting
2011/12 -- Do the two Little East teams in the ECAC-E bolt for the MASCAC and join their fellow Little Easters?? If so, we now have:
ECAC-E (6) Pool B
MASCAC (9) AQ
NESCAC (10) AQ
ECAC-NE (8) AQ
ECAC-W (5) Pool B
SUNYAC (9) AQ
Pool B is now between the ECAC-W and the ECAC-E
Do the East and West want to gamble on none of their schools getting invited to the tournament?? Other than finding a school or two to get to 7 members, they are sitting on thin ice gambling on a Pool B.
What would you do? If you're talking expansion, the following rules apply:
Current Little East and MASCAC schools without a program--> MASCAC
Geographic proximity is the key to any conference
You cannot bust up an existing multi-sport conference (SUNYAC, NESCAC and maybe the MASCAC).
If you're going to talk expansion, please keep to existing NCAA D-III schools. Yes Canton is out there, but they are in the NAIA.
Have at it.
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