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An opening in the Sun Belt?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The University of New Orleans may become Louisiana's second school to begin a move from the NCAA's Division I to Division III.
UNO, the city's largest public university at 11,800 students and only about 100 students smaller than Tulane, announced Wednesday that it is considering such a drop.
The board of trustees for Centenary, a Methodist school in Shreveport with fewer than 900 undergraduate students, voted in July to make the switch, which requires approval by the NCAA.
Only five other schools have done so since 1981. Birmingham-Southern, which began the process in 2006, was the first in this decade.
Link: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/11/11/new.orleans.ap/
My take and how it affects Georgia State: The Sun Belt (if it hasn't already) will contact our Athletic Dept. and guage interest. I fully expect Tulane to drop down classifications as well. There will be a choice of Conference USA and/or Sun Belt if we choose to go Division 1. I beleive this is a great opportunity and it will be up to us and our fundraising efforts to make this jump.
UNO, the city's largest public university at 11,800 students and only about 100 students smaller than Tulane, announced Wednesday that it is considering such a drop.
The board of trustees for Centenary, a Methodist school in Shreveport with fewer than 900 undergraduate students, voted in July to make the switch, which requires approval by the NCAA.
Only five other schools have done so since 1981. Birmingham-Southern, which began the process in 2006, was the first in this decade.
Link: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/11/11/new.orleans.ap/
My take and how it affects Georgia State: The Sun Belt (if it hasn't already) will contact our Athletic Dept. and guage interest. I fully expect Tulane to drop down classifications as well. There will be a choice of Conference USA and/or Sun Belt if we choose to go Division 1. I beleive this is a great opportunity and it will be up to us and our fundraising efforts to make this jump.
Beyond the Box Score: Embarassing Loss to Winless FAMU 60-58
Good:
-Xavier Hansbro. 14 pts (7-14 fg), 7 rebounds. All you can ask for from your starting PF.
Bad:
-Trey Hampton. Mr. Inconsitency. 4 pts, 6 rebounds in 32 minutes. No offense. No help.
-Joe Dukes. 2-12 and 0-5 from 3. Having an awful season so far and I really hope he can wake up.
-Jihad Ali. 3-10 (10 shots in 18 minutes?!?) from the field. Not good.
-11 assists, 13 turnovers. Can't win with that margin.
Ugly:
-FAMU currently ranks #311 in RPI out of 320 teams and we were their first win. Absolutely horrible.
Next Game: Tuesday night at Florida State. Look for an absolute beat down. I don't believe we keep this game within 20 points. This is the best team on our schedule.
-Xavier Hansbro. 14 pts (7-14 fg), 7 rebounds. All you can ask for from your starting PF.
Bad:
-Trey Hampton. Mr. Inconsitency. 4 pts, 6 rebounds in 32 minutes. No offense. No help.
-Joe Dukes. 2-12 and 0-5 from 3. Having an awful season so far and I really hope he can wake up.
-Jihad Ali. 3-10 (10 shots in 18 minutes?!?) from the field. Not good.
-11 assists, 13 turnovers. Can't win with that margin.
Ugly:
-FAMU currently ranks #311 in RPI out of 320 teams and we were their first win. Absolutely horrible.
Next Game: Tuesday night at Florida State. Look for an absolute beat down. I don't believe we keep this game within 20 points. This is the best team on our schedule.
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