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Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:41 pm
by stevelee
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:55 pm
by DC69Wildcat
A huge step down for their basketball program. Mid-American is #20 in Massey's D1 basketball conference ratings. He ranks 8 of the 12 teams >200. A10 is #8, with 0 teams >200. SoCon is #15. Frank Martin can't be happy.
In WBB, Massey rates A10 as #9. Mid-American is #18.
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:08 pm
by JCDC
seamac77 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:33 pm
Who does Bernadette go after now ? C of C ?
High Point is up next.
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:28 pm
by DC69Wildcat
UMass message board seems to think the A10 is on its way out, and this is a good move.
https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/vie ... 4bae1cb225
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:43 pm
by Jay Catsby
Have to rationalize the move somehow
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:53 pm
by wildforthecats
Jay Catsby wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:43 pm
Have to rationalize the move somehow
Exactly.
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:29 pm
by raptorcat
JCDC wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:08 pm
seamac77 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:33 pm
Who does Bernadette go after now ? C of C ?
High Point is up next.
Bernadette won't have to reach out to High Point. Slick Nido will be hounding her and putting on the charm offensive. But if HPU were to join, I would relish the opportunity to travel five minutes to an away game. And, they would immediately have the nicest arena in the entire conference in terms of aesthetics. But most schools in the A-10 would wipe the floor with them.
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:09 pm
by Ursa Midmajor
seamac77 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:33 pm
Who does Bernadette go after now ? C of C ?
She might want to read “Among the Bros”, the book on drug dealing at CofC. Would make the parent of any Southern frat boy cringe, let alone the commish.
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:13 pm
by collegecoach8502
So it begins.
Northeastern, College of Charleston, High Point
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:41 am
by i77cat
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:14 am
by bvgerd
Even if it the a10 looked as though it were going to fall apart, its hard to point to the MAC as a place UMass should want to be for basketball, its not a good conference and its certainly not any closer geographically for umass. Its a football move pure and simple, and if Umass wants to focus on that its certainly better for them than being an independent no one wants to play. Its an odd time to be making decisions based on football though, the Big Ten and SEC seem to be headed inevitably towards further breaking the system and tearing apart from the rest of college sports and umass is never going to be in the group of lucky winners that goes with them.
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:55 pm
by otherwildcat
bvgerd wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:14 am
Even if it the a10 looked as though it were going to fall apart, its hard to point to the MAC as a place UMass should want to be for basketball, its not a good conference and its certainly not any closer geographically for umass. Its a football move pure and simple, and if Umass wants to focus on that its certainly better for them than being an independent no one wants to play. Its an odd time to be making decisions based on football though, the Big Ten and SEC seem to be headed inevitably towards further breaking the system and tearing apart from the rest of college sports and umass is never going to be in the group of lucky winners that goes with them.
Agrre on all points.
The closest rival in the MAC is Buffalo?
UMass once part of the Yankee Conference, then the old Eastern Eight. The A10 is fine.
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:53 pm
by collegecoach8502
otherwildcat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:55 pm
bvgerd wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:14 am
Even if it the a10 looked as though it were going to fall apart, its hard to point to the MAC as a place UMass should want to be for basketball, its not a good conference and its certainly not any closer geographically for umass. Its a football move pure and simple, and if Umass wants to focus on that its certainly better for them than being an independent no one wants to play. Its an odd time to be making decisions based on football though, the Big Ten and SEC seem to be headed inevitably towards further breaking the system and tearing apart from the rest of college sports and umass is never going to be in the group of lucky winners that goes with them.
Agrre on all points.
The closest rival in the MAC is Buffalo?
UMass once part of the Yankee Conference, then the old Eastern Eight. The A10 is fine.
UMass has been committed to making a move for football for a while now. It was a matter of time. They wanted something bigger than the MAC, but it's the best football conference that would take them. It's been pretty well known that they were going to jump, it was just a matter of when...now we know.
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:01 pm
by DC69Wildcat
Gary Parrish with nothing but bad things to say about the UMass jump on Inside College Basketball pregame show. He thinks it's a terrible move for the basketball program, pointing out the huge difference in conference NET.
Re: Bye Bye UMass
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:07 pm
by graveline
Umass has stunk since we joined the A10, but at least they were “good in my lifetime” as opposed to the Bonnies talking about the bob lanier years