Conklin says High Point possibly to A-10

[dlarry]

https://x.com/brianconklin14/status/1896995916017754222?s=46&t=aizvVpFeSBKPBwx2KFRNvQ
 

Not sure why link didn’t embed.

 

Any way, no thanks to High Point. 

[HoosierPal]

High Point is already in the A10  -  in men's lacrosse.

Hobart is also already in the A10 - in men's lacrosse.

UMass will continue in the A10 - in men's lacrosse, when they bolt for the MAC in all other sports.

[GOSLU68]

Our old fan base doesn’t require a furniture run. Of course, who would follow George Mason before they joined and shot immediately to the top?

[Lord Elrond]

Not sure the A10 needs a 15th team to replace UMass as a full time member.

However, if we do need a 15th team, then there is only one obvious answer: Colorado State University.

Why you ask?  Simple, they are the only D1 school with the nickname Rams not already in the A10.  Time to complete the set.

[billikenbill]

Bring on the Purple Panthers of HPU!! Saw many High Point games vs. Guilford College back in the day. They were both very good NAIA teams when it wasn’t uncommon for NAIA teams to have players who made it the league. 

Long-time ABA player and NBA coach Gene Littles played at High Point while Bob Kauffman, M.L. Carr, and Lloyd Free aka World Be Free played at Guilford. 

If HPU did join wonder if they’d move A-10 home games out of their 1800 seat bandbox of a gym.

 

[Lando Griffin]

Lord.  If that happens, SLU should look for the exit.  Quickly. 

[White Pelican]

50 minutes ago, billikenbill said:

Bring on the Purple Panthers of HPU!! Saw many High Point games vs. Guilford College back in the day. They were both very good NAIA teams when it wasn’t uncommon for NAIA teams to have players who made it the league. 

Long-time ABA player and NBA coach Gene Littles played at High Point while Bob Kauffman, M.L. Carr, and Lloyd Free aka World Be Free played at Guilford. 

If HPU did join wonder if they’d move A-10 home games out of their 1800 seat bandbox of a gym.

 

Any idea if the gym's ductwork meets A10 standards?  An 1800 seat bandbox seems about right the way this league appears to be trending.

[White Pelican]

1 minute ago, Lando Griffin said:

Lord.  If that happens, SLU should look for the exit.  Quickly. 

I think we're pretty much stuck here but I hear you.

[billikenbill]

5 minutes ago, White Pelican said:

Any idea if the gym's ductwork meets A10 standards?  An 1800 seat bandbox seems about right the way this league appears to be trending.

The ceiling isn’t high enough to have ductwork. Risky to throw full court out of bounds passes as the ceiling is out of bounds.

[billikenbill]

Good news on HPU. They recently abandoned the bandbox and opened a modern-looking 4500 seat arena!! No problem with a low ceiling!!

[Bay Area Billiken]

Does SLU have any say in this?  

[White Pelican]

22 minutes ago, Bay Area Billiken said:

Does SLU have any say in this?  

I would think there would have to be a vote by the other members. Now how many votes are needed I couldn't guess, maybe just a simple majority. Of course, 14 schools would be voting so there could be a tie. That might be broken by the Commissioner I suppose.

I just came across a comment on Reddit (for what that's worth) discussing who should replace UMass. It's something I hadn't considered but the claim is that the TV contract requires them to have 15 members. So just losing UMass and not replacing them is not an option. I wish we could get another midwest school but I don't have any suggestions for that.

[thetorch]

The A10 is going to move to add 1 or 2 new members within the next 2 years.  High Point is a strong candidate along with a couple others.

SLU should go independent.  I'm not joking.

[Old guy]

1 hour ago, Bay Area Billiken said:

Does SLU have any say in this?  

My understanding is that Pestello will not leave until June. If I am not wrong about his retirement date, we currently have no president capable to speak for SLU to A10 until the next president takes over. This places us at a disadvantage in transferring our School's desires to the A10 board. If Pestello is still president of SLU he cannot speak for SLU or bind his successor to his opinion in this matter. I would not want May's opinion presenting SLU's desires to the A10 in this matter.

[The Wiz]

2 hours ago, Lando Griffin said:

Lord.  If that happens, SLU should look for the exit.  Quickly. 

Are you saying that High Point would be a Low Point?

[CenHudDude]

6 hours ago, The Wiz said:

Are you saying that High Point would be a Low Point?

Of all the schools we have mentioned on this board as possible replacements for UMASS, I don’t believe anyone has mentioned High (Low) Point.

[Box and Won]

A10 sucks

[White Pelican]

2 hours ago, CenHudDude said:

Of all the schools we have mentioned on this board as possible replacements for UMASS, I don’t believe anyone has mentioned High (Low) Point.

Well, not until Conklin did. I had never heard of High Point. Just like I'd never heard of Longwood until we hired their women's coach. As it turns out High Point and Longwood are in the same conference. Big South maybe? Too lazy to look it up again.

[White Pelican]

8 hours ago, thetorch said:

The A10 is going to move to add 1 or 2 new members within the next 2 years.  High Point is a strong candidate along with a couple others.

SLU should go independent.  I'm not joking.

Ok I'll play. Who would we get to play us? Could we find enough teams in the top 100 (preferably of course the top 50) that would play us at their place and more importantly, would come to OUR place? Remember now that most conferences are going big, big, big and have so many teams that to schedule many out of conference games is getting difficult. Also, we aren't exactly a big draw for anyone.

And we'd have to have games all winter long, right in the middle of everyone else's league games. I know they do happen midseason, but it's getting rarer and rarer.

I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm really curious how we could do it. And we'd have to do it every year. Until that mythical call from the Bigger East.

[OkieBilliken]

High Point is two hours closer to Jacksonville by car than Richmond so I would welcome them.   But why not College of Charleston?   Basketball centric school, great city to visit, really nice arena....

[White Pelican]

2 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said:

High Point is two hours closer to Jacksonville by car than Richmond so I would welcome them.   But why not College of Charleston?   Basketball centric school, great city to visit, really nice arena....

The Reddit convo (from sometime last year) that I mentioned way up above had some "votes" for College of Charleston too. This was a general college basketball subreddit and the thread was about who should the A10 get to replace UMass.

[VeniceMenace]

High Point has been in D1 since 1999-2000 and is 17 spots higher than SLU in the Pomeroy...so, at least currently, the addition would strengthen the A10.

[Lando Griffin]

9 hours ago, The Wiz said:

Are you saying that High Point would be a Low Point?

Boom! 

smooth as Jimerson from the corner Wiz

[Box and Won]

27 minutes ago, VeniceMenace said:

High Point has been in D1 since 1999-2000 and is 17 spots higher than SLU in the Pomeroy...so, at least currently, the addition would strengthen the A10.

Wow, we suck.

[Lando Griffin]

29 minutes ago, White Pelican said:

The Reddit convo (from sometime last year) that I mentioned way up above had some "votes" for College of Charleston too. This was a general college basketball subreddit and the thread was about who should the A10 get to replace UMass.

Why not look to the MO Valley or MAC?