Concordia (Texas), McMurry and the University of the Ozarks have all announced moves from the American Southwest Conference to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, and it turns out LeTourneau will join them as well, as the ASC continues to dissolve.
The conference shuffle continues to hit the former Great Lakes region, as in the fall of 2025, Hiram will return to the Presidents' Athletic Conference after more than 35 years away.
In the spring of 2006, Birmingham-Southern started its journey from Division I to Division III in hopes of saving the institution. Although athletics found success at the D-III level, the institution was not able to hold on, and will close at the end of the semester.
Right before the NCAA convention, NCAA Division III leadership told a meeting of conference commissioners that an expansion of the football playoffs from 32 to 40 teams could happen as soon as this upcoming season. Patrick Coleman takes us through what that would look like, on D3football.com.
The North Coast Athletic Conference was formed by members leaving the Ohio Athletic Conference in the early 1908s. One school made that transition as recently as 2000, and John Carroll will be joining them soon.
When you watch 3x3 basketball at the next Olympic games this year, know that it was a pair of Division III teams who helped make it possible. Colorado College and Trinity (Texas) have players who compete in 3x3 on a high level. Ryan Scott has more in Around the Nation on D3hoops.com.
In an era where few conferences mix state and private schools, the Empire 8 is bringing in two SUNY schools to join its nine private institutions, starting in the fall of 2024.
In the year in which Division III celebrates its 50th anniversary, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame finally saw fit to honor a Division III member with induction, an honor which Amherst coach Dave Hixon graciously accepted. Ryan Scott reports from Springfield.
Texas-Dallas, the largest school in the American Southwest Conference and one of the two non-football schools that had not yet announced a new home, is choosing the Lone Star Conference and NCAA Division II.
Cabrini University is expected to be sold to Villanova University and will cease operating as a separate entity after the 2023-24 academic year and sports season, D3sports.com and Hoopsville have learned.
Why do conferences align, and realign so frequently? There are multiple reasons, and any change, whether it's a conference being torn in two or just a move of a school or two, could be attributed to any of them. Pat Coleman has more on the never-ending Conference Shuffle.
Wells to close at semester's end
April 29, 2024"Revenues, unfortunately, are not projected to be sufficient for Wells’ long-term financial stability."
