Saturday, August 11, 2018

What Could Happen College Basketball had More Realignment

With College Basketball overcharging environment, I thought it would be fun to look at how in a fantasy world what it would look like if a few teams changed conferences to make College Basketball as fun and competitive as possible.   

2018–19 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Cincinnati    0000
Connecticut0000
East Carolina0000
Houston0000
Stephan F Austin 0000
Georgia State 0000
South Florida0000
Temple0000
Tulane0000
Tulsa0000
UCF0000
Wichita State

This conference losses Memphis and SMU so it grabs Georgia State and SFA. 
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† 2019 AAC Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
Team  WLPCTWLPCT
Albany0000
Binghamton0000
Hartford0000
New Hampshire0000
UMass Lowell0000
Maine0000
Stony Brook0000
UMBC0000
Vermont0000
Carleton 

This conference remains the same but adds Canadian Basketball powerhouse Carleton as an extra team. 
† 2019 America East Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 
2018–19 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Davidson0000
Dayton0000
Duquesne0000
Fordham0000
George Mason0000
George Washington0000
La Salle0000
Massachusetts0000
Rhode Island0000
Richmond0000
Saint Joseph's0000
Saint Louis0000
St. Bonaventure0000
VCU0000

Stays the Same 
† 2019 A10 Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll
2018–19 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Florida Gulf Coast0000
Jacksonville0000
Kennesaw State0000
Liberty0000
Lipscomb0000
NJIT0000
North Alabama*0000
North Florida0000
Stetson0000

Stays the Same 
† 2019 ASUN Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from
*North Alabama ineligible for ASUN Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II
2018–19 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Boston College0000
Clemson0000
Duke0000
Florida State0000
Georgia Tech0000
Louisville0000
Miami (FL)0000
North Carolina0000
NC State0000
Notre Dame0000
Pittsburgh0000
Syracuse0000
Virginia0000
Virginia Tech0000
Wake Forest
Memphis

Adds Memphis to add to the basketball culture. 
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† 2019 ACC Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll
2018–19 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Butler0000
Creighton0000
DePaul0000
Georgetown0000
Marquette0000
Providence0000
Seton Hall0000
St. John's0000
Villanova0000
Xavier

Stays the same. 
0000
† 2019 Big East Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
2018–19 Big Sky men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Hawaii Hilo 0000
Idaho0000
Idaho State0000
Montana0000
Montana State0000
Northern Arizona0000
Northern Colorado0000
Portland State0000
Sacramento State0000
Southern Utah0000
Weber State

Adds Hawaii Hilo to replace Eastern Washington. 
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† Big Sky Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 
2018–19 Big South men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Campbell0000
Charleston Southern0000
Gardner–Webb0000
Hampton0000
High Point0000
Longwood0000
Presbyterian0000
Radford0000
UNC Asheville0000
USC Upstate0000
Winthrop

Stays the same 
0000
† 2019 Big South Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 
2018–19 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Illinois0000
Indiana0000
Iowa0000
Maryland0000
Michigan0000
Michigan State0000
Minnesota0000
Nebraska0000
Northwestern0000
Ohio State0000
Penn State0000
Purdue0000
Rutgers0000
Wisconsin

Stays the same. 
0000
† 2019 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll
2018–19 Big West men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Cal Poly0000
Cal State Fullerton0000
Cal State Northridge0000
Chaminade 0000
Long Beach State0000
UC Davis0000
UC Irvine0000
UC Riverside0000
UC Santa Barbara
Adds Maui invatational darling to replace Hawaii 
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† 2019 Big West Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 
2018–19 Big 12 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Baylor0000
Iowa State0000
Kansas0000
Kansas State0000
Oklahoma0000
Oklahoma State0000
TCU0000
Texas0000
Texas Tech0000
West Virginia
SMU

Adds SMU to add to the conference in football and basketball 
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† 2019 Big 12 Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll
2018–19 CAA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Charleston0000
Delaware0000
Drexel0000
Elon0000
Hofstra0000
James Madison0000
Northeastern0000
Towson0000
UNC Wilmington0000
William & Mary

Stays the same 
0000
† 2019 CAA Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 
2018–19 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Charlotte0000
FAU0000
FIU0000
Louisiana Tech0000
Marshall0000
Middle Tennessee0000
North Texas0000
Old Dominion0000
Rice0000
Southern Miss0000
UAB0000
UTEP0000
UTSA0000
Western Kentucky

Stays the same 
0000
† 2019 C-USA Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 
2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Cleveland State0000
Detroit0000
Green Bay0000
IUPUI0000
Milwaukee0000
Northern Kentucky0000
Oakland0000
UIC0000
Wright State0000
Youngstown State0000
 Stays the same 
† 2019 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 
2018–19 Ivy League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Brown0000
Cornell0000
Columbia0000
Dartmouth0000
Harvard0000
Penn0000
Princeton0000
Yale

Stays the same. 
0000
† 2019 Ivy League Tournament winner
As of April 10, 2018; 
2018–19 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
East
Akron0000
Buffalo0000
Bowling Green0000
Kent State0000
Miami (OH)0000
Ohio0000
West
Ball State0000
Central Michigan0000
Eastern Michigan0000
Northern Illinois0000
Toledo0000
Western Michigan

Stays the Same 
0000
† 2019 MAC Tournament winner
As of April 10, 2018; 
2018–19 MAAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Canisius0000
Iona0000
Fairfield0000
Manhattan0000
Marist0000
Monmouth0000
Niagara0000
Quinnipiac0000
Rider0000
Saint Peter's0000
Siena0000

Stays the same 
† 2019 MAAC Tournament winner
As of April 10, 2018; 
2018–19 MEAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Bethune–Cookman0000
Coppin State0000
Delaware State0000
Florida A&M0000
Howard0000
MD Eastern Shore0000
Morgan State0000
Norfolk State0000
North Carolina A&T0000
North Carolina Central0000
Savannah State0000
South Carolina State0000

Stays the same. 
† 2019 MEAC Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 
2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Bradley0000
Drake0000
Evansville0000
Illinois State0000
Indiana State0000
Loyola–Chicago0000
Missouri State0000
Northern Iowa0000
Southern Illinois0000
Valparaiso
Gonzaga
BYU

The addition of Gonzaga and BYU make this conference a sleeping giant. Only realistic if two teams come from the west coast. 
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† 2019 MVC Tournament winner
As of April 11, 2018; 
2018–19 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Air Force0000
Eastern Washington0000
Colorado State0000
Fresno State0000
New Mexico0000
Nevada0000
San Diego 0000
San Jose State0000
UNLV0000
Utah State0000
Wyoming

Adds Eastern and San Diego to replace Boise and San Diego State 
0000
† 2019 MW Tournament winner
As of April 11, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll
2018–19 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Bryant0000
Central Connecticut0000
Fairleigh Dickinson0000
LIU Brooklyn0000
Mount St. Mary's0000
Robert Morris0000
Sacred Heart0000
Saint Francis Brooklyn0000
Saint Francis (PA)0000
Wagner0000
† 2019 NEC Tournament winner
As of April 11, 2018; 
2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Austin Peay0000
Belmont0000
Eastern Illinois0000
Eastern Kentucky0000
Jacksonville State0000
Morehead State0000
Murray State0000
SIU Edwardsville0000
Southeast Missouri State0000
Tennessee Martin0000
Tennessee State0000
Tennessee Tech0000

Stays the same 
† 2019 OVC Tournament winner
As of April 10, 2018; 
2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Arizona0000
Arizona State0000
California0000
Colorado0000
Oregon0000
Oregon State0000
Stanford0000
UCLA0000
USC0000
Utah0000
Washington0000
Washington State
Boise State
San Diego State

Adds San Diego State and Boise State for football reasons but it does help the basketball RPI as well. 
0000
† 2019 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll
2018–19 Patriot League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
American0000
Army0000
Boston University0000
Bucknell0000
Colgate0000
Holy Cross0000
Lafayette0000
Lehigh0000
Loyola (MD)0000
Navy0000

Stays the same. 
† 2019 Patriot League Tournament winner
As of April 10, 2018; 
2018–19 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Chattanooga0000
East Tennessee State0000
Furman0000
Mercer0000
Samford0000
The Citadel0000
UNC Greensboro0000
VMI0000
Western Carolina0000
Wofford

Stays the same 
0000
† 2019 SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 10, 2018; 
2018–19 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Abilene Christian0000
Central Arkansas0000
Houston Baptist0000
Incarnate Word0000
Lamar0000
McNeese State0000
New Orleans0000
Nicholls State0000
Northwestern State0000
Sam Houston State0000
Southeastern Louisiana0000

Texas A&M–CC

Loses SFA but can't reeplace it with anyone 
0000

† 2019 Southland Tournament winner
As of April 10, 2018; 
2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Alabama0000
Arkansas0000
Auburn0000
Florida0000
Georgia0000
Kentucky0000
LSU0000
Missouri0000
Mississippi State0000
Ole Miss0000
South Carolina0000
Tennessee0000
Texas A&M0000
Vanderbilt

UCF tried to get in, but SEC wasn't interested. 
0000
† 2019 SEC Tournament winner
As of April 11, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll
2018–19 SWAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Alabama A&M*0000
Alabama State0000
Arkansas–Pine Bluff0000
Alcorn State0000
Grambling State0000
Jackson State0000
Mississippi Valley State0000
Prairie View A&M0000
Southern0000
Texas Southern

Stays the same 
0000
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2019 SWAC Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 
2018–19 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Appalachian State0000
Arkansas State0000
Coastal Carolina0000

Georgia Southern0000
Little Rock0000
Louisiana0000
Louisiana–Monroe0000
South Alabama0000
Texas–Arlington0000
Texas State0000
Troy

Loses Georgia State and doesn't replace them. 
0000

† 2019 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner
As of April 10, 2018; 
2018–19 Summit League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Denver0000
North Dakota0000
North Dakota State0000
Omaha0000
Oral Roberts0000
Purdue Fort Wayne0000
South Dakota0000
South Dakota State0000
Western Illinois0000

Stays the same 
† 2019 Summit League Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 















2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
Hawaii 0000
SFU 
Loyola Marymount0000
Pacific0000
Portland0000
Pepperdine0000
Saint Mary's0000
UBC 0000
San Francisco0000
Santa Clara

Adds Hawaii, UBC and SFU to cope with the losses of Gonzaga and BYU. 
0000
† 2019 West Coast Conference Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll


2018–19 WAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamWLPCTWLPCT
California Baptist*0000
Cal State Bakersfield0000
Chicago State0000
Grand Canyon0000
New Mexico State0000
Seattle0000
UMKC0000
UTRGV0000
Utah Valley

Stays the same 
0000
† 2019 WAC Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018
*California Baptist ineligible for WAC Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II; 

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