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Subject: NYU could do a two step process in D1 basketball

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Date Posted: 15:55:01 02/25/26 Wed
In reply to: observer 's message, "Re: North Dakota State Going Big Time, and It's Expensive- NYU" on 14:38:23 02/25/26 Wed

As noted earlier, NYU could test the waters with a D1 sport, which would give it additional time to further upgrade its athletic facilities.

I agree that basketball would be NYU's best opportunity for prime time D1 sports. However, this would require a two step process in basketball. First, NYU would need to play in a lower level D1 eastern conference, such as the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). Then, after NYU achieves success in a conference like the MAAC, it can move up to a higher level conference like the Atlantic 10 or the Big East. It would be highly unlikely for NYU to be invited into a conference that is above the mid-major basketball level straight from D3 athletics.

I selected the above three conferences since the majority of schools in these conferences do not have a football program. The top FBS football conferences rarely invite schools without a football program into their conferences. A recent exception is Gonzaga, who was invited to join the recently rebuilt Pac-12 conference in the fall of 2026. Gonzaga has decades of success in March Madness.

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