else if (position < topDistance){ (function() { This meant the men's basketball Dukes (who started the season 9-2, including a win over Virginia) and a fourth-place CAA women's basketball team were unable to earn their way into the NCAA tournament in the school's final go-round in the league. On December 16, 2022, the ASUN Judicial Council granted the request from the Co-Directors of Elections for a temporary rule designating the residence halls as off-limits for campaigning in the 2023 ASUN elections. Chauncey the Chanticleer mascot represents the proud and fierce rooster from Chaucers Canterbury Tales, giving Coastal Carolina one of the more unique mascots in all of sports. Belmont announced it would move over from the OVC in September, and in January it was joined by fellow Ohio Valley member Murray State and Illinois-Chicago from the Horizon League. The American Collegiate Athletic Association is a newer conference spanning the country and has 5 members in the sport of mens basketball. e) The remaining ASUN members adopt the name United Athletic Conference. They and the Southland are bare bones right now. We agreed that maintaining all of our current nine members was the primary motivation in any conference expansion. inside = false; ASUN Elections 2023 Candidate Packet (Updated 02/06/2023). topbarME(); App State alums and fans refer to themselves as Yosef, making it the ideal name for their costumed mountaineer mascot. In 2008, the ASUN, in an agreement with the Southern Conference (SoCon), Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and Big South Conference, formed the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) for schools sponsoring mens and womens swimming and diving within the associated conferences. This will occur by having seven current ASUN institutions (the ASUN 7), which meet the NCAA continuity requirement, join the CCSA for all sports. All Rights Reserved | View Desktop Version. The conference has undergone significant growth in membership in recent years. Meeting the required membership and sponsored sports for eight consecutive years is termed "continuity.". //settings That gives. ATLANTA, Ga. - ASUN Commissioner Ted Gumbart released the following statement on Friday's expansion announcement from Conference USA that includes the additions of Jacksonville State and Liberty as members on July 1, 2023. Current AAC members Cincinnati, Houston and UCF accepted invitations to the Big 12 in September, and will depart the American in 2023-24. To keep track of the changes, ESPN put together a conference-by-conference guide to the pending movement throughout Division I. Jacksonville University sits on a 198-acre campus along the St. Johns River. Academics and high standards matter, and joining the ASUN will make us a stronger university. 2, that certain details of the plan would eventually become known. While realignment in college sports has largely been centered on the earth-shaking moves to come in college football, men's and women's college basketball have hardly been immune to imminent change. And, it's an opportunity to join a conference that shares a bold and innovative vision for college athletics and student-athletes. The conference announced in November that it would counter by adding Jacksonville State, Liberty, New Mexico State and Sam Houston in time for the 2023-24 season. We defined basketball as our primary sport, but we recognize that football dictates conference affiliation. (01-22-2020 09:10 PM)Wedge Wrote: (01-22-2020 07:54 PM)spenser Wrote: Those 7 would pull a Catholic 7 and leave the conference to the new schools. Expansion Candidates Below. While we refrain from naming any potential future membership candidate, the ASUN will have multiple options to expand and continue its growth and achievement. Over the years, the Ragin Cajuns have had several, and most recently, Cayenne the Pepper. In their new conference they would automatically get a NCAA tournament bid. Originally established as the Trans America Athletic Conference ( TAAC) in 1978, it was renamed as the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2001, and then rebranded as the ASUN Conference in 2016. Current membersInstitutionLocationEnrollmentLoyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois16,437Missouri State UniversitySpringfield, Missouri26,000University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa12,273Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale, Illinois11,6956 more rows. 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The Sun Belt was mostly a buyer in this wave of realignment, adding Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Miss from Conference USA and James Madison from the CAA. There were 4 teams moving to the WAC, 1 to the ASUN. When the ASUN announced the July 2021 entry of Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, and Jacksonville State, it also stated that it would launch a scholarship FCS football league, but did not specify when football competition will begin. With these two proposals coming so recent the conference realignment merry go round continues and should be in the news in the coming months. Hearing the news their conference mates were leaving. Additionally, Southern Virginia will be leaving at the same time for the USA South Conference. We defined basketball as our primary sport, but we recognize that football dictates conference affiliation. On April 7, the Lake Charles American Press reported that Lamar was headed back to the Southland after just one season in the WAC in which the Cardinals did not win a conference game in men's basketball. position = jQuery(window).scrollTop(); They are losing Valley Forge (PA) to the Colonial States Athletic Conference. Those are the conventional and accepted answers to me. We participated in discussions about sponsoring football for decades. No. The Bears, Colonels and Gamecocks all become members of the ASUN Conference starting with the 2021-22 season and increases the ASUN membership to 12 institutions. Shout out to the Southland. The implementation of this plan will include ALL ASUN members equally, and providing a conference setting that is equal to, or better than, the status quo is a requisite part of the plan. Please try again later.#N#Watch on#N#0:00#N#0:00#N#0:00 / 4:57#N#Live#N#. The WAC also has some schools transitioning to D1 like: (The School formally known as Dixie State). On September 17, 2021, the ASUN announced Austin Peay State University as a new member for the 202223 season. The CCSA is considered a Division 1 Conference by the NCAA and sponsors beach volleyball, swimming, and diving. - The consideration of expanding to 20 schools became a reasonable proposal based on private exploration of multiple ASUN expansion options. The "new" conference negotiated to use the Big East name and logo; the remaining group continued operation under a new name, the American Athletic Conference. b) The ASUN transfers rights to the ASUN name and marks to the CCSA Will Florida St. Lead an ACC Exodus to the BigTen/SEC. On November 6 . Future look: FIU, Jacksonville State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, New Mexico State, Sam Houston, UTEP, Western Kentucky. The ASUN expansion plan considered football a central point. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. If the market dynamics that motivate institutional realignment do not present the opportunity to expand to 20, then the ASUN has alternate options, including the continued growth and success of the ASUN as a 10-member conference. This expansion plan does not exclude any current ASUN member or ASUN affiliate member in any sport. Notre Dame, an independent in football and member of the ACC in other sports, could be on the table for the Big Ten amid the cataclysmic changes potentially still to come. The ASUN expansion plan considered football a central point. But with the SWACs raid of the MEAC. Then, on July 1 of that year, the seven longest-tenured full ASUN members, which it called the ASUN 7, would have joined the CCSA, which would officially adopt the ASUN name as an all-sports conference. >> The CCSA has invited the ASUN 7 to join. BYU is scheduled to move from the WCC to the Big 12 in 2023-24, reducing the WCC to nine schools in men's and women's basketball. Western Illinois would be a suitable fit for the OVC. - There are multiple precedents for starting a new conference and being immediately recognized by the NCAA with eligibility for automatic bids. ASUN Conference, Atlanta, Ga. - the only DI conference headquartered in the ATL, our footprint's primary media, sports, business, transportation and cultural hub Illinois-Chicago's departure for the Missouri Valley, USI announced it would join the OVC on Feb. 9. do not seem like a practical or desired fit. - The ASUN has built its expansion plan options over the past 15 months. The addition of Bellarmine University in Louisville, Ky., will bring the ASUN membership to ten for the 2020-21 academic year. 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