Quote Originally Posted by NY Crusader 2010 View Post
While I believe there is ZERO chance URI would consider the A-East anytime soon, I will give you this:

Right now, the MAC, which UMass just left the A-10 for, is rated BELOW the America East. So, UMass-Amherst could be playing in a worse basketball league than UMass-Lowell. I'm sure that's a temporary anomaly but pretty funny nonetheless.
A bit of a blip this year.

Year-MAC-AE conference rating
24-24-21
23-19-25
22-20-26
21-15-19
20-12-23
19-9-26

It's clear the MAC has slid pretty ahrd the last few years, but the AE is pretty solidly a 21-25 conference. The MAC traditionally between 15-20. I don't expect the MAC to stay on the downslide and in the 20s for long. Especially with UMASS and likely WKU coming in.