MAAC Commissioner Rich Ensor
Statement on Conference Realignment
January 18, 2022
 
The MAAC is aware of media reports on membership realignment impacting the conference. NCAA Division I conferences are again in a period membership changes. A recent ESPN January story noted that of college basketball's 32 Division I conferences, fifteen (15) have pending membership change. As I have noted before, the MAAC is not immune from this process of realignment which occurs periodically in college sports, usually driven by schools seeking better affiliation for their football programs.
 
The MAAC has participated in these realignment process since it was formed in 1980 with member schools that once competed in the ECAC. Since then, the MAAC has realigned membership many times, most recently in July 2013, when Quinnipiac University and Monmouth University joined the MAAC to replace Loyola University Maryland. The MAAC membership has ranged from six (6) members when it started operations, upwards to twelve (12) schools in the 1989-90 season.
 
The MAAC continues to review potential membership expansion.