According to the Sun Belt message board and Jeff Goodman, the MAC and the Sun Belt will commence a basketball challenge in 2023-2024. 12 schools from each conference will participate, which means annually 2 SBC schools will have to sit out.
Participation and matchups will be based upon NET rankings. 2 games will be played by each participating school each season under the challenge.
According to a poster, based upon last year’s NET rankings, ULM and USM would be excluded this season if the challenge were to have taken place. If ULM's NET after this season is bad, we may be excluded when it actually does start.
This will force ULM to either improve its basketball programs or become a useless part of the conference.
Participation and matchups will be based upon NET rankings. 2 games will be played by each participating school each season under the challenge.
According to a poster, based upon last year’s NET rankings, ULM and USM would be excluded this season if the challenge were to have taken place. If ULM's NET after this season is bad, we may be excluded when it actually does start.
This will force ULM to either improve its basketball programs or become a useless part of the conference.
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