Clearly, the conference landscape for lacrosse is in serious flux. A number of programs will play in a different conference for the 2014 season than they did in the season they just finished. Denver’s immediate move to the Big East calls for a chart.
This may or may not be an incomplete list, because I’m not very smart.
| School | 2013 Conference | 2014 Conference |
|---|---|---|
| Denver | ECAC | Big East |
| Furman | N/A | A-Sun |
| High Point | Ind. | A-Sun |
| Jacksonville | MAAC | A-Sun |
| Loyola | ECAC | Patriot |
| Marquette | Ind. | Big East |
| Mercer | Ind. | A-Sun |
| Monmouth | N/A | MAAC |
| Notre Dame | Big East | ACC |
| Quinnipiac | NEC | MAAC |
| Richmond | N/A | A-Sun |
| VMI | MAAC | A-Sun |
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For Michigan specifically, this means a better chance to make the ECAC Tournament in year three. If you lop the top two teams off the conference’s roster (which is basically what’s happening with Denver and Loyola on the way out), that makes those four spots a little easier to come by. Two wins – against the right teams, of course – could do it.
Regression from the conference as a whole being the means to program milestones? Eh, in year three, I wouldn’t be above stooping a bit.
The Distant Future. The Year 2000.
Some of these changes don’t mean much in the grand scheme, but as mentioned in the earlier post today, the drum beat for a Big Ten lacrosse conference continues…
Loyola is going to the Patriot League
Whoops, yeah.