Whereas the massive headlines come from the adjustments amongst energy conferences (RIP Pac 12), the flip to July means a number of adjustments on the mid-major stage as nicely.
Under are the eight mid-major conferences that see their member affiliations shake up.
Atlantic Solar
Departing: Kennesaw State
Including: West Georgia
Only one easy change for the ASUN this 12 months. Kennesaw State is leaving for Convention USA and is changed by West Georgia.
The Owls males’s basketball group received its solely convention championship in 2023 throughout its 19 seasons within the ASUN. The ladies’s group has completed over .500 simply twice in these almost twenty years.
The Wolves are making the transition to Division I from the DII and the Gulf South Convention. The lads’s hoops group went 27-6, received the convention and reached the second spherical of the NCAA Match final 12 months. The ladies posted a 16-13 mark.
American
Departing: SMU
Including: none
The AAC says goodbye to SMU, who’s headed to the ACC.
The Mustangs spent the final 11 years within the convention. The lads’s basketball squad made a pair of NCAA Tournaments in 2015 and 2017. The ladies’s hoops group has completed over .500 simply twice in that span.
Convention USA
Departing: none
Including: Kennesaw State
Convention USA is growing its membership by one with the addition of Kennesaw State from the ASUN.
The lads made the Huge Dance for the primary time in historical past again in 2023, posting a program-best 26-9 file. They adopted it up with a 15-16 marketing campaign final 12 months. The ladies’s group continues to be seeking its first NCAA Match berth and is coming off an 11-19 season.
MAAC
Departing: none
Including: Merrimack, Sacred Coronary heart
The MAAC is seeing its membership enhance to 13 with the additions of Merrimack and Sacred Coronary heart from the NEC.
The Warriors have been part of Division I for 5 years. The lads’s hoops group has posted two 20-win seasons in that point, together with a program-best 21-wins final season. The ladies received 20 video games within the first DI season and haven’t completed over .500 since.
The Pioneers be part of crosstown rival Fairfield within the convention. The lads’s basketball group has by no means reached the NCAA Match and has completed inside one recreation of .500 in three of the final 4 campaigns. The ladies’s group is coming off back-to-back convention titles and 16-seeds within the NCAA Match.
NEC
Departing: Merrimack, Sacred Coronary heart
Including: Chicago State, Mercyhurst
The NEC is including two groups and dropping two groups. Merrimack and Sacred Coronary heart are headed to the MAAC. Chicago State and Mercyhurst are coming into the convention.
The Warriors spent their first 5 years in Division I within the NEC. Each their males’s and girls’s groups received 20 video games of their first 12 months. The lads did it once more final season.
The Pioneers have been within the convention for the final quarter century. The lads by no means received the convention, whereas the ladies made 5 NCAA Tournaments, together with the final two.
The Cougars spent the final two seasons as an impartial after leaving the WAC. The lads posted a 24-39 mark within the span, and the ladies went a mixed 7-48 over these two years.
The Lakers are making the soar to Division I from DII and the PSAC. The lads’s squad went 15-16 final season, whereas the ladies went 18-11.
Southland
Departing: none
Including: Stephen F. Austin, UTRGV
The Southland brings in a pair of faculties in Stephen F. Austin and Texas-Rio Grande Valley from the WAC.
SFA is making its return to the convention after three seasons away. The Lumberjack males completed above .500 in every of those years. Previous to leaving the Southland, they reached the NCAA Match in 4 of their final eight years within the convention. The Lumberjack girls participated within the Huge Dance of their most up-to-date season within the Southland and first 12 months within the WAC. They fell within the WAC title recreation by one final season.
The Vaqueros have struggled as of late. Each the women and men have completed beneath .500 in every of the final 5 seasons.
WAC
Departing: Stephen F. Austin, UTRGV
Including: none
The convention is shrinking by two with Stephen F. Austin and Texas-Rio Grande Valley shifting to the Southland.
The Lumberjacks spent three seasons within the convention. The lads have been higher than .500 in annually, together with posting a 22-10 mark in 2022. The ladies received at the very least 22 video games in every of the three years within the WAC. They received the convention in 2022, made the WNIT in 2023 and fell within the convention title recreation by one in 2024.
The Vaqueros spent 11 seasons within the WAC. The lads’s excessive watermark got here in 2019 once they received 20 video games. The ladies received 19 video games three straight seasons from 2015-17 however received simply six video games in two of the final 4 years.
West Coast Convention
Departing: none
Including: Oregon State, Washington State
The WCC is the mid-major convention that advantages most from the Pac 12 falling aside as Oregon State and Washington State are becoming a member of the convention.
The Beaver males have made the NCAA Match simply twice during the last 34 years, which incorporates an Elite Eight run in 2021 as a 12-seed. The ladies have made the Huge Dance in eight of the final 10 tourney, highlighted by a Last 4 berth in 2016 as a No. 2 seed.
The Cougar males snapped their 15-year Huge Dance drought by claiming a 7-seed final season and reaching the second spherical. With only one NCAA Match berth of their first 39 years, the ladies have made three of the final 4 tourneys and claimed a single-digit seed every time.
