https://twitter.com/sbusports/status/1485990190019719189?s=21
Take it with a grain of salt, since there is a lot of animosity regarding Stony Brook leaving the AE, but on Basketballforum.com, someone posted this:
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Per the league's rulebook, under Section 4, part b:
"Upon notice of an institution’s intention to withdraw from America East, the institution’s teams become ineligible, on a date to be determined by the remaining members of the Board of Presidents, to compete for Conference postseason championships.”
" The rule was put in after Northeastern skipped. The CAA did the same to Old Dominion and Georgia State."
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