D1 Basketball at Emory?
icfireball
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Dear Prospective Students,
My group for BUS 330 (Marketing Management) is working on a project that looks at the possibility of adding a NCAA Division 1 basketball program at Emory. Please take a moment to complete this brief survey -- it should take about 2 minutes to complete.
Follow this link:
[url]https://emory.****/SE/?SID=SV_bNHBPpwh7ZFOHPK[/url]
24 repliesMy group for BUS 330 (Marketing Management) is working on a project that looks at the possibility of adding a NCAA Division 1 basketball program at Emory. Please take a moment to complete this brief survey -- it should take about 2 minutes to complete.
Follow this link:
[url]https://emory.****/SE/?SID=SV_bNHBPpwh7ZFOHPK[/url]
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I'll definitely fill out the survey. For a second IC I thought you were a prospective student asking the question but then I saw your username haha.
Edit: Just took the survey. Great job! I don't know if Emory could survive in the ACC
Would Emory be more suited in the ACC or maybe the SEC? Man I really, REALLY want this. Emory was ranked in the top 25 for DIII at one point this year...
I'm a huge sports fan, so for me sports are important. However, I do really love Emory and everything about it so if I'm accepted, I'm attending. I just feel if Emory had a D1 team, it would have everything I would want in a college and more.
The biggest obstacle will be an NCAA rule that states:
I don't think Emory is willing or interested in going D1 in all of its sports, so the NCAA would have to be lobbied to change this rule.
In terms of which conference Emory would fit into, I can see arguments for both the SEC an ACC. On the one hand, the SEC tends to be one of the least strong major conferences at basketball, so it may be a good initial fit for the program. On the other hand, with the exception of Vandy, the SEC is made up of all large state schools, which doesn't really fit Emory's profile. In comparison, the ACC has four private schools, and more of the schools have a high quality of academics. Geographically speaking, I think the ACC is just as good a fit as the SEC Georgia Tech would be cross-town rival, and then Duke, Clemson, UNC, Wake Forest, and Florida State are all within 6 hours (with Clemson being just 2). But getting into a major conference with a newly minted D1 basketball program might be difficult. A mid-major like the Atlantic 10 would probably be a better initial fit.
Emory would have to join a really small conference such as the Colonial or Big South conference.
IC, I'd be interested in helping you pursue this goal outside of your business class - feel free to contact me. I'll push hard for Emory DI! So many pros, few cons.
Seton Hall and DePaul are in the Big East, they wouldn't do well in the ACC or SEC either. Emory would never be able to join a conference like the ACC for SEC for one sport, but the Big East could eventually be a possibility, although none of this will ever happen.
IC tell me if you're still planning on pursuing this.
I agree that it's not feasible (or even necessarily desirable) for Emory to move all of its programs to D1. But if the NCAA could be lobbied to change their rule, this would be plausible.
If someone is looking for strong athletics at a top academic school, Duke, Vandy, UNC, UMich, Northwestern, Georgetown, BC, Notre Dame, and Stanford are where it's at.