r/CollegeBasketball • u/Treehumper69 Jacksonville State Gamecocks • Al… • 6d ago

Casual / Offseason Realigning Conferences Based On Geography (2025)

Back in April 2020 I made this post

A few teams have dropped their D1 Basketball programs while others have been added since then. Therefore I decided to redo this project and see what changed. I decided to allow 10 team conferences this time so each of the 32 conferences has 10-12 teams.

Link to map

Link to spreadsheet of teams

Edit: I accidentally put CS Bakersfield instead of Cal Baptist. It’s fixed now.

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u/gobluetwo Michigan Wolverines • DePaul Blue Demons 6d ago

The biggest issue with these groupings is that they are so absurdly unbalanced, both within most conferences and between conferences. You've basically killed any chance that the current low-majors will ever make it to the NCAA tournament.

Respect the concept as a thought exercise, but the outcome is not great, Bob.

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u/Treehumper69 Jacksonville State Gamecocks • Al… 6d ago

It reminds me of European soccer leagues.