Dana O'Neil on the continuing circus called realignment

[SelectionSunday]

If George Mason, ODU and VCU all leave the Colonial, what a killer that would be for that conference.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...ler-basketball-conferences-college-basketball

If anyone's interested, here's how the D-I basketball conferences look for the 2012-13 season. Most comical? The three Texas schools that moved from the Southland to the WAC (Texas Arlington, Texas-San Antonio, Texas State) will be playing their only seasons in the WAC before moving to different conferences (again).

2012-13 COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCES
AMERICA EAST (9)
ALBANY
BINGHAMTON
BOSTON U
HARTFORD
MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
STONY BROOK
UMBC
VERMONT

ACC (12)
BOSTON COLLEGE
CLEMSON
DUKE
FLORIDA STATE
GEORGIA TECH
MARYLAND
MIAMI-FLORIDA
NORTH CAROLINA
NC STATE
VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA TECH
WAKE FOREST

ATLANTIC SUN (10)
EAST TENNESSEE STATE
FLORIDA GULF COAST
JACKSONVILLE
KENNESAW STATE
LIPSCOMB
MERCER
NORTH FLORIDA
NORTHERN KENTUCKY (transitional)
SC-UPSTATE
STETSON

ATLANTIC 10 (14)
CHARLOTTE
DAYTON
DUQUESNE
FORDHAM
GEORGE WASHINGTON
LASALLE
RHODE ISLAND
RICHMOND
SAINT BONAVENTURE
SAINT JOSEPH’S
SAINT LOUIS
TEMPLE
UMASS
XAVIER

BIG EAST (15)
CINCINNATI
DEPAUL
GEORGETOWN
LOUISVILLE
MARQUETTE
NOTRE DAME
PITT
PROVIDENCE
RUTGERS
SAINT JOHN’S
SETON HALL
SYRACUSE
UCONN (ineligible/APR)
USF
VILLANOVA

BIG SKY (11)
EASTERN WASHINGTON
IDAHO STATE
MONTANA
MONTANA STATE
NORTH DAKOTA (from Great West)
NORTHERN ARIZONA
NORTHERN COLORADO
PORTLAND STATE
SACRAMENTO STATE
SOUTHERN UTAH (from Summit)
WEBER STATE

BIG SOUTH (12)
CAMPBELL
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
COASTAL CAROLINA
GARDNER-WEBB
HIGH POINT
LIBERTY
LONGWOOD (from Independent)
NC-ASHEVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN
RADFORD
VMI
WINTHROP

B1G (12)
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN STATE
MINNESOTA
NEBRASKA
NORTHWESTERN
OHIO STATE
PENN STATE
PURDUE
WISCONSIN

BIG 12 (10)
BAYLOR
IOWA STATE
KANSAS
KANSAS STATE
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA STATE
TEXAS
TCU (from Mountain West)
TEXAS TECH
WEST VIRGINIA (from Big East)

BIG WEST (10)
CAL POLY
FULLERTON STATE
HAWAII (from WAC)
LONG BEACH STATE
NORTHRIDGE STATE
PACIFIC
UC-DAVIS
UC-IRVINE
UC-RIVERSIDE
UCSB

COLONIAL (12)
DELAWARE
DREXEL
GEORGE MASON
GEORGIA STATE (ineligible for CAA tourney due to pending move to Sun Belt)
HOFSTRA
JAMES MADISON
NC-WILMINGTON (ineligible/APR)
NORTHEASTERN
OLD DOMINION
TOWSON (ineligible/APR)
VCU
WILLIAM & MARY

CONFERENCE USA (12)
EAST CAROLINA
HOUSTON
MARSHALL
MEMPHIS
RICE
SMU
SOUTHERN MISS
TULANE
TULSA
UAB
UCF
UTEP

GREAT WEST (5)
CHICAGO STATE
HOUSTON BAPTIST
NJIT
TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN
UTAH VALLEY

HORIZON (10)
BUTLER
CLEVELAND STATE
DETROIT
GREEN BAY
LOYOLA-CHICAGO
MILWAUKEE
UIC
VALPARAISO
WRIGHT STATE
YOUNGSTOWN STATE

IVY (8)
BROWN
COLUMBIA
CORNELL
DARTMOUTH
HARVARD
PENN
PRINCETON
YALE

METRO ATLANTIC (10)
CANISIUS
FAIRFIELD
IONA
LOYOLA-MARYLAND
MANHATTAN
MARIST
NIAGARA
RIDER
SAINT PETER’S
SIENA

MAC (12)
AKRON
BALL STATE
BOWLING GREEN
BUFFALO
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
EASTERN MICHIGAN
KENT STATE
MIAMI-OHIO
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
OHIO
TOLEDO (ineligible/APR)
WESTERN MICHIGAN

MEAC (13)
BETHUNE-COOKMAN
COPPIN STATE
DELAWARE STATE
FLORIDA A&M
HAMPTON
HOWARD
MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE
MORGAN STATE
NORFOLK STATE
NORTH CAROLINA A&T
NCCU
SAVANNAH STATE
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE

MISSOURI VALLEY (10)
BRADLEY
CREIGHTON
DRAKE
EVANSVILLE
ILLINOIS STATE
INDIANA STATE
MISSOURI STATE
NORTHERN IOWA
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
WICHITA STATE

MOUNTAIN WEST (9)
AIR FORCE
BOISE
COLORADO STATE
FRESNO STATE (from WAC)
NEVADA (from WAC)
NEW MEXICO
SAN DIEGO STATE
UNLV
WYOMING

NORTHEAST (12)
BRYANT
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
LONG ISLAND
MONMOUTH
MOUNT SAINT MARY’S
QUINNIPIAC
ROBERT MORRIS
SACRED HEART
SAINT FRANCIS-NY
SAINT FRANCIS-PA
WAGNER

OHIO VALLEY (12)
AUSTIN PEAY
BELMONT (from Atlantic Sun)
EASTERN ILLINOIS
EASTERN KENTUCKY
JACKSONVILLE STATE
MOREHEAD STATE
MURRAY STATE
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE
SIU-EDWARDSVILLE
TENNESSEE-MARTIN
TENNESSEE STATE
TENNESSEE TECH

PAC 12 (12)
ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE
CAL
COLORADO
OREGON
OREGON STATE
STANFORD
UCLA
USC
UTAH
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON STATE

PATRIOT (8)
AMERICAN
ARMY
BUCKNELL
COLGATE
HOLY CROSS
LAFAYETTE
LEHIGH
NAVY

SEC (14)
ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
AUBURN
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
KENTUCKY
LSU
MISSISSIPPI STATE
MISSOURI (from Big 12)
OLE MISS
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS A&M (from Big 12)
VANDERBILT

SOUTHERN (12)
APPALACHIAN STATE
CHATTANOOGA
CITADEL
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
DAVIDSON
ELON
FURMAN
GEORGIA SOUTHERN
NC-GREENSBORO
SAMFORD
WESTERN CAROLINA
WOFFORD

SOUTHLAND (10)
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
LAMAR
MCNEESE STATE
NICHOLLS STATE
NORTHWESTERN STATE
ORAL ROBERTS (from Summit)
SAM HOUSTON STATE
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI

SWAC (10)
ALABAMA A&M
ALABAMA STATE
ALCORN STATE
GRAMBLING
JACKSON STATE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
SOUTHERN U
TEXAS SOUTHERN
UAPB

SUMMIT (9)
IPFW
IUPUI
NEBRASKA-OMAHA (transitional)
NORTH DAKOTA STATE
OAKLAND
SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
UMKC
WESTERN ILLINOIS

SUN BELT (11)
ARKANSAS STATE
FAU
FIU
LOUISIANA
LOUISIANA-MONROE
MIDDLE TENNESSEE
NORTH TEXAS
SOUTH ALABAMA
TROY
UALR
WESTERN KENTUCKY

WEST COAST (9)
BYU
GONZAGA
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
PEPPERDINE
PORTLAND
SAINT MARY’S
SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO
SANTA CLARA

WAC (10)
DENVER (from Sun Belt)
IDAHO
LOUISIANA TECH
NEW MEXICO STATE
SAN JOSE STATE
SEATTLE (from Independent)
TEXAS-ARLINGTON (from Southland)
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (from Southland)
TEXAS STATE (from Southland)
UTAH STATE

INDEPENDENTS (2)
CAL STATE-BAKERSFIELD
NEW ORLEANS (returning to D-I)

 

[zipsofakron]

Nice breakdown of the landscape, SS. Did you build this from scratch? I'm curious to know if you got the APR statuses from one place.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Thanks.

The APR statuses are ones I heard from different sources. Some of them (I know Toledo is) are still appealing their NCAA tourney ineligibility. I only have 4 or 5 listed, but I heard somewhere the actual APR casualties could end being in double digits (10-12).