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Looks like after adding Hampton, Monmouth and us, CAA expanding further by adding NC A&T.

https://twitter.com/hbcugameday/status/1494439784558780421?s=21
https://twitter.com/sbusports/status/1494449988897841155?s=21
https://twitter.com/the_ethant/status/1494450162030284809?s=21

Now I understand CAA wants to limit travel by creating north/south divisions of 7 each, but 14 members? For a one-bid league? Who will be the 14th member? Howard? Fairfield? UNCG?

The odds of SBU making it to the NCAA in all sports is more difficult now with so many teams competing in the CAA. I hope they split the conference in half and have to auto bids.

now i hearing bryant? https://www.basketballforum.com/threads/conference-expansion-explosion-happening.442130/page-296#post-15362653

Bryant to AE to replace us. It seems like a done deal. They will be parking their football at Big South like Monmouth and us previously.

NCA&T doesn’t add anything to this conference but appeasing the southern states. Moving past 12 teams is irresponsible for a one-bid league. I also don’t like the Hampton add. So scrap NC A&T and Hampton, find a better 12th would have been my ideal plan.

A 14-team CAA is not great. Still better than the America East, though.

Quote from: Accelerator on February 19, 2022, 10:18:02 am

NCA&T doesn’t add anything to this conference but appeasing the southern states. Moving past 12 teams is irresponsible for a one-bid league. I also don’t like the Hampton add. So scrap NC A&T and Hampton, find a better 12th would have been my ideal plan.

A 14-team CAA is not great. Still better than the America East, though.

I don’t think it has anything to do with being from southern states but more likely virtue signaling by admitting two HBCUs. I don’t see any athletic advantage to adding them.

Agreed. I think it is a huge mistake and will only screw other teams in the CAA, but I see why they are doing this. The CAA wants to get a couple of HBCU schools into the conference. Probably be proactive and ahead of another conference because of what is going on in America lately. A total sham and total BS this is even becoming a topic and people running scared all over the place. Welcome to the new WOKE America people!

It is not about HBCU. CAA wanted 7/7 north/south divisions. The southern members demanded it. Stony Brook obviously knew of the plan and still joined. Hampton is in CAA because W&M wants them. CAA approached UNCG and other SoCon schools and they said flat no and increased their exit fee. So next best teams from south are in Big South conference. NCAT is probably the best of the pick from them. Big research university which is growing rapidly. Probably will be R1 soon. Packed football fans. Poor bball. Don’t be surprised the last one is from Big South too. Probably Winthrop or High Point or Campbell. We are in this knowingly, intentionally and I still prefer this to AE. I would have preferred 12 teams: 6 north and 6 south. But it is what it is. Again better than AE.

And please leave your Fox News BS about Woke in your leaving room. Let’s not turn this forum into political shitposting.

It is not about HBCU. CAA wanted 7/7 north/south divisions. The southern members demanded it. Stony Brook obviously knew of the plan and still joined. Hampton is in CAA because W&M wants them. CAA approached UNCG and other SoCon schools and they said flat no and increased their exit fee. So next best teams from south are in Big South conference. NCAT is probably the best of the pick from them. Big research university which is growing rapidly. Probably will be R1 soon. Packed football fans. Poor bball. Don’t be surprised the last one is from Big South too. Probably Winthrop or High Point or Campbell. We are in this knowingly, intentionally and I still prefer this to AE. I would have preferred 12 teams: 6 north and 6 south. But it is what it is. Again better than AE.

And please leave your Fox News BS about Woke in your leaving room. Let’s not turn this forum into political shitposting.

I think differently than you, IBO. Time will tell who's right. I stick with my assessment from what is going on in pro and college sports lately..If you think Coach Flores suing everybody in the NFL for racism isn't radiating into all sports and teams, schools, pro, coolege aren't running scared. Then I got a bridge to sell you

is this the missing piece we were waiting for?  from the bball forum:

Stony Brook was ultimately put in a no-win situation. The CAA refused to let Stony Brook delay the official announcement until after spring sports. Had Stony Brook given the conference a full year of notice in advance, they still would have been ineligible like Boston U! So this is what they were left with.