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Subject: Re: North Dakota State Going Big Time, and It's Expensive

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Date Posted: 16:46:35 02/09/26 Mon
In reply to: An Observer 's message, "North Dakota State Going Big Time, and It's Expensive" on 10:20:09 02/09/26 Mon

GG and observer, you raise very interesting points that warrants further discussion.

NYU does seem to be the university with the most upside potential among all of the D3 colleges to be able to move up into D1 athletics. While it would make more sense for them to be in the Patriot League than the B12 conference, NYU appears to have several attributes that would favor their potential to eventually move up to a D1 conference. First, as you pointed out, the NYC market is very favorable for recruitment and attracting game attendance. Second, NYU already has a massive student base that is much larger than each of the Patriot League schools. NYU has 61,890 enrolled students (29,760 undergraduate and 27,578 graduate students). Third, NYU has $6.7 billion endowment, which is much larger than any Patriot League school (nearly four times greater than Lehigh which has the largest endowment within the Patriot League).

That said, NYU would have to dramatically change its emphasis on sports. Despite the above noted advantages, NYU currently does not dominate in D3 team sports as reflected by its records in its three largest team sports (15-5 in basketball, 20-17 in baseball and 4-9 in soccer). NYU has the resources, but it would struggle badly in the Patriot League unless there are a major change in direction in its Athletic Department.

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Author: observer [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:57:13 02/09/26 Mon It's a lack of vision at the highest levels. Duke, Stanford, Vanderbilt have all shown that private schools can do well in sports without abandoning academic mission. NYU is a potential giant, but it looks in the mirror and sees Hervé Villechaize. With the accent and all.

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Author: Zee Plane! Zee Plane! [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:44:14 02/12/26 Thu Aka Tattoo. Well played