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The number of new Division I schools has risen dramatically over the past decade, but the NCAA has decided that there are ENOUGH.
"the NCAA instituted a moratorium on schools moving to Division I for the next four years. The NCAA said it was going to take a timeout to examine the growth in Division I."
But...in addition to all the New Jersey Institute of Technology's and Longwood's who just made the jump, there are already twenty more schools who have just beaten the deadline and who have already submitted applications and are already on their way through the process of moving from D-II to D-I. Those final twenty new D-I schools before the moratorium hits include:
The University of New Haven (Conn.)
Houston Baptist
Bryant University (RI)
South Dakota
North Dakota
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Seattle
Within two years these guys may be eligible to play at the D-I level...the decision by NCAA will be based on whether they have made certain improvements to their facilities and athletic programs and whether they have shown themselves able to play at an adequate competetive level to represent the NCAA at the D-I level.
The NCAA's moratorium comes as a bit of a discappointment to some schools, notably Northern Kentucky University
(where DeAaron Williams just went) who were considering the jump to D-I,
but who will now have to wait at least four years.
"the NCAA instituted a moratorium on schools moving to Division I for the next four years. The NCAA said it was going to take a timeout to examine the growth in Division I."
But...in addition to all the New Jersey Institute of Technology's and Longwood's who just made the jump, there are already twenty more schools who have just beaten the deadline and who have already submitted applications and are already on their way through the process of moving from D-II to D-I. Those final twenty new D-I schools before the moratorium hits include:
The University of New Haven (Conn.)
Houston Baptist
Bryant University (RI)
South Dakota
North Dakota
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Seattle
Within two years these guys may be eligible to play at the D-I level...the decision by NCAA will be based on whether they have made certain improvements to their facilities and athletic programs and whether they have shown themselves able to play at an adequate competetive level to represent the NCAA at the D-I level.
The NCAA's moratorium comes as a bit of a discappointment to some schools, notably Northern Kentucky University
(where DeAaron Williams just went) who were considering the jump to D-I,
but who will now have to wait at least four years.
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