Re: Conference changes and impact on college baseball

"Boyd Nation" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> These are probable, but moves to D1 are always shaky:
>
> >Cal-Davis, moves up from Division II to Big West
> >Florida A&M, will leave Mid-Eastern, no conference affiliation yet
> >Longwood, moves up from Division II, no conference affiliation yet
> >North Dakota State, moves up from Division II, no conference affiliation
yet
> >Northern Colorado, moves up from Division II, no conference affiliation
yet
> >(schedule to be included in 2004 D-I RPI)
> >South Dakota State, moves up from Division II, no conference affiliation
yet
>
> According to Jim Wright, Northern Colorado will not be counted for 2004.
> There was an earlier question of how many Division I opponents they could
> schedule; apparently they didn't get enough.
>
   That could be true.  E-mail he sent me on October 15th of this year said:
   "Regarding the reclassifying teams, note that Northern Colorado has
   voluntarily upgraded their '04 schedule and, pending the submission and
   approval of the slate, WILL be included for RPI PURPOSES in 2004.
   They still have to wait '08 to be a full-fledged DI school."  So it may
very
   well be true that they aren't.

> Unsure:
>
> >Dallas Baptist, moves up from Division II, no conference affiliation yet
> >(baseball only)
>
> They've threatened to before and didn't follow through.  Currently, I
> can't find a reference to it, although I do have a note that the
> volleyball team is moving up.
>

   I got the original info on this from the NCAA web site, so I queried Mr.
Wright
   on this as well.  He replied, "Dallas Baptist would be DI in '06...JW"

> One team moving up that you've missed is Utah Valley State (www.uvsc.edu),
> unless that whole school Web site turns out to be an elaborate prank
played
> on me by my readers.
>

   I did see that, but I had assumed it was NAIA Division I (since it had
been a
   junior college), and was therefore a mistake in the article I read.  But
you're right,
   they certainly are on the list.  Thanks.

> That's all that I'm aware of, and, as usual, you're ahead of me on this.
> There are still some open negotiations, with TCU being courted by the
> Mountain West as the most notorious.
>
> -- 
> Boyd Nation
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