A10 to add men's lacrosse

[RhowdyRam02]

I put this in the other college sports category because currently our men's lacrosse team is a club team, but all indications are that the Atlantic 10 will add men's lacrosse to the list of sports it sponsors, though the conference hasn't made an official announcement yet. Current A10 schools that play division 1 lacrosse and their current conferences:

#26 UMass in the Colonial
#13 Richmond in the Southern
#40 St. Bonaventure in the MAAC
#16 St. Joseph's in the Northeast

The Northeast conference announced yesterday they will no longer sponsor the sport.



You need six teams to be able to get an auto qualifier into the tournament, so apparently the A10 is looking at #38 Hobart, #32 High Point, and/or #51 Fairfield as associate members to get an automatic qualifier.

Currently there are 73 teams that play division 1 men's lacrosse. St. Joe's and Richmond made this year's lacrosse tournament (18 teams make it) and will be playing Saturday

[SGreenwell]

It's a growing sport in the U.S., so hey, why not? Seems fine to me.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Go for it

[KeaneyBluBallz]

100% for it

[Ramulous]

Title IX implications ?

[RhowdyRam02]

Title IX implications ?

I assume none. I don't think Title IX is concerned with how many men's sports a conference offers, the concern only comes if individual schools add the sport and how their scholarships are affected by adding

[ramster]

URI Current Varsity D1 Sports

URI Men
1-Basketball
2-Soccer
3-Cross Country
4-Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field
5-Baseball
6-Football
7-Golf


URI Women
1-Basketball
2-Soccer
3-Cross Country
4-Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field
5-Softball
6-Swimming & Diving
7-Rowing
8-Tennis
9-Volleyball
10-Lacrosse - Announced Dec 2, 2021. To join A10 for 2024-25 Season

viewtopic.php?t=9026

[ramster]

A-10 has D1 Women’s Lacrosse
There are currently 10 teams

Only URI, Dayton, Fordham and St Louis do not have Women's Lacrosse D1 Atlantic 10

UMASS and St Joseph's will be in this year's NCAA Tournament. 29 teams in the Tournament.

UMASS plays @ Princeton tonight
St Joseph's plays @ Rutger's tonight

Top 8 Seeds are:
1-UNC
2-Maryland
3- Boston College
4-Northwestern
5-Syracuse
6-Loyola Maryland
7-Florida
8-Stony Brook

[ramster]

There are 15 New England Schools with D1 Men's Lacrosse. Included is their NCAA Ranking from among 73 Total D1 Teams:
6-Yale
10-Brown
12-Boston University
15-Harvard
26-UMASS
33-Dartmouth
35-Vermont
36-Bryant
46-PC
51-Fairfield
54-Merrimack
65-Quinnipiac
69-Sacred Heart
70-Holy Cross
72-UMASS-Lowell



A10 Teams with D1 Lacrosse playing in other Conferences:

13-Richmond - Southern Conference
16-St Joseph's - NEC
26-UMASS - CAA
40-St Bonaventure - MAAC


Why wouldn't URI have D1 Man's Lacrosse with so many nearly New England Schools having D1 Programs? Seems logical to add Men's Lacrosse after announcing Women's D1 Lacrosse for 2024-25 Season.

[steviep123]

Why wouldn't URI have D1 Man's Lacrosse with so many nearly New England Schools having D1 Programs? Seems logical to add Men's Lacrosse after announcing Women's D1 Lacrosse for 2024-25 Season.

See also, hockey.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Why wouldn't URI have D1 Man's Lacrosse with so many nearly New England Schools having D1 Programs? Seems logical to add Men's Lacrosse after announcing Women's D1 Lacrosse for 2024-25 Season.

See also, hockey.

D1 hockey would be awesome

[RF1]

Why wouldn't URI have D1 Man's Lacrosse with so many nearly New England Schools having D1 Programs? Seems logical to add Men's Lacrosse after announcing Women's D1 Lacrosse for 2024-25 Season.

See also, hockey.

One reason for for not having either - MONEY $$$

URI already can't adequately provide enough financial support to many of its existing programs. Adding two men's programs would also necessitate adding more female programs for Title IX.

[RhowdyRam02]

There are 15 New England Schools with D1 Men's Lacrosse. Included is their NCAA Ranking from among 73 Total D1 Teams:
6-Yale
10-Brown
12-Boston University
15-Harvard
26-UMASS
33-Dartmouth
35-Vermont
36-Bryant
46-PC
51-Fairfield
54-Merrimack
65-Quinnipiac
69-Sacred Heart
70-Holy Cross
72-UMASS-Lowell



A10 Teams with D1 Lacrosse playing in other Conferences:

13-Richmond - Southern Conference
16-St Joseph's - NEC
26-UMASS - CAA
40-St Bonaventure - MAAC


Why wouldn't URI have D1 Man's Lacrosse with so many nearly New England Schools having D1 Programs? Seems logical to add Men's Lacrosse after announcing Women's D1 Lacrosse for 2024-25 Season.

Why would we add lacrosse before hockey? Hockey is far more logical

[Brian Forster]

URI already can't adequately provide enough financial support to many of its existing programs

RF is right. Look how competitive most of the sports are. Imagine where they could be with a budget of say $35M,instead of $25M.
$25M is the bare minimum for D1 competition. Delaware is $50M.

[RhowdyRam02]

Officially announced today by the Atlantic 10. The four conference schools that already have men's lacrosse with High Point and Hobart as associate members

https://atlantic10.com/news/2022/5/23/a ... sport.aspx

[hrstrat57]

At some point a booster will step up and fund both URI men’s and women’s hockey

Sadly the powerhouse teams of the mid 2000’s were the ones to promote. How much is left in Augustine’s tank?

Both programs would be immediately welcome in multiple conferences.

Assume we’d also have to add both men’s and women’s lacrosse simultaneously due to Title IX constraints?

[RhowdyRam02]

At some point a booster will step up and fund both URI men’s and women’s hockey

Sadly the powerhouse teams of the mid 2000’s were the ones to promote. How much is left in Augustine’s tank?

Both programs would be immediately welcome in multiple conferences.

Assume we’d also have to add both men’s and women’s lacrosse simultaneously due to Title IX constraints?

We're already adding women's lacrosse. I think spring 2025 is their first season

[KeaneyBluBallz]

At some point a booster will step up and fund both URI men’s and women’s hockey

Sadly the powerhouse teams of the mid 2000’s were the ones to promote. How much is left in Augustine’s tank?

Both programs would be immediately welcome in multiple conferences.

Assume we’d also have to add both men’s and women’s lacrosse simultaneously due to Title IX constraints?

it's not a dig on Auggie or the woman's program but the current coaching staffs would not be coaching URI if they went D1.

[Brian Forster]

"At some point a booster will step up and fund both URI men’s and women’s hockey"

To help with the fund raising,I have a deed for a bridge in Brooklyn for sale.
90% of profits to womens hockey start up. Min. bid $5K. Any takers?