Tag Archives: conference affiliations

Realignment Link Roundup

I was originally going to put together some form of long-form piece on realignment, but I’ll split it up into smaller chunks. First, a few links that I find to be relevant (some are old, but anything that’s no longer … Continue reading

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Realignment Armageddon: Happening!

The Big Ten has announced that Maryland will be joining the conference for the 2014-15 academic year, and the popular pick for a 14th(!) school in the league is Rutgers. While this is an unmitigated disaster for the Big Ten … Continue reading

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Notre Dame to ACC, Big East dead?

Reports this morning indicate that Notre Dame will leave the Big East for the ACC in its non-football sports (and remain independent on the gridiron). With the departure of Syracuse – also to the ACC – that could cripple the … Continue reading

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Realignment: Loyola to join the Patriot League

It’s no secret that I’ve spent many, many words in this space talking about conference realignment (and, in large part, how it could result in the rebirth of a GWLL). Another major domino in that respect dropped this afternoon, when … Continue reading

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Lax Links: August 13, 2012

It’s been too long. Right into the links: High School/Youth North Oakland Sports releases its girls All-Area team. I talked about this last week, but it’s rad so I’ll bring it up again. Detroit and Think Detroit PAL teamed up for a youth … Continue reading

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Periodic Expansion/Realignment post

Every so often, I like to delve into the topic of lacrosse growth (particularly at the Division-1 college level). Now is that time. It’s not strictly on-topic for this site, but any moves in the D-1 landscape have potential effects … Continue reading

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D-1 Expansion: Realignment Obsession

This is probably a post best-suited for the offseason, but I can’t help myself. My biggest question about ripple effects – as it always is – relates to conference affiliations. That means it’s time to break out the conferences map: … Continue reading

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MAAC Elevating Lacrosse to Core Sport

This is somewhat-old news, but I just stumbled across it, and it’s relevant to an in-state program. The MAAC will elevate men’s and women’s lacrosse to “core sports” in the near future. Another major component of the strategic plan is … Continue reading

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D-1 Re-Alignment

You may recall that I’ve touched on Division-1 conference affiliations in the past, and mentioned that there is a possibility that re-alignment could be a positive in terms of helping encourage more non-hotbed schools to add lacrosse (particularly those in … Continue reading

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