{"id":101322,"date":"2019-11-23T06:10:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T12:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=101322"},"modified":"2019-11-22T23:03:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T05:03:09","slug":"st-thomas-looking-at-possible-move-to-division-i-will-know-more-after-ncaa-convention-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/11\/23\/st-thomas-looking-at-possible-move-to-division-i-will-know-more-after-ncaa-convention-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Thomas looking at possible move to Division I, will know more after NCAA convention in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-101332\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tommies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tommies.jpg 240w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tommies-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommiemedia.com\/news\/esten-ncaa-says-st-thomas-could-be-a-division-i-institution\/\">According to TommieMedia<\/a>, St. Thomas athletics director Phil Esten said Thursday that the NCAA agrees that St. Thomas &#8220;look(s) like we could be and operate like a Division I institution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The university will know more after the NCAA convention that will be held in January in Anaheim, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>Last October, St. Thomas was invited to the NCAA Division I Summit League, which would be a jump from the Division III MIAC, where St. Thomas was reportedly \u201cinvoluntarily\u201d removed last May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The NCAA] will hopefully select one model that would allow consideration of Division III institutions to directly reclassify to Division I,\u201d Esten said in the report. \u201cMy hope is that we know definitively sometime in April, which is the next time that the group convenes following the convention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Esten also noted that there are not certain capacity requirements for athletic facilities or sports at the Division I level, saying that a large number of Division I programs \u201clook a lot like (St. Thomas) from a facility standpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order for us to best leverage the opportunity from a revenue generating standpoint, there may be some things we want to do from a fan amenity standpoint and from a recruiting perspective,&#8221; said Esten. &#8220;There is nothing that we have to do,\u201d but the university will look into improving the fan and student athlete experience.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the athletics department is continuing to search for affiliate memberships for football and men\u2019s and women\u2019s hockey, sports the Summit League does not offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to TommieMedia, St. Thomas athletics director Phil Esten said Thursday that the NCAA agrees that St. Thomas &#8220;look(s) like we could be and operate like a Division I institution.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":101332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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